Claims
- 1. A drive apparatus of a roof structure for a vehicle, said apparatus comprising:
- a positionable lid disposed in the roof structure;
- a drive gear system rotatably supported by a casing of the apparatus;
- a first transmission gear drive means for opening and closing the lid;
- switch means having a plurality of switches stacked with respect to each other and attached to the casing by attachment means;
- a second transmission gear control means including a rotary member having a plurality of stacked rotary control surfaces thereon, each surface in controlling contact with a respectively positioned one of the switches for switching the switches to detect the position of the lid, said plurality of control surfaces being disposed in upward and downward positions of the outer circumferences of the rotary member such that positions of all of the switches are completely adjusted by determining only one of the positions thereof at the attachment means;
- a motor;
- a main gear and a main shaft, disposed in said drive gear system; and
- means for connecting the motor, the main gear and the main shaft; wherein
- said motor being connected to drive the main shaft through the main gear, said first and second transmission gear means being driven by the motor through said means for connecting;
- said rotary member being disposed such that the rotary member does not overlap and does not underlap the main gear and the first transmission gear drive means.
- 2. A drive apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control surfaces are projected from an outer circumference of the rotary member.
- 3. A drive apparatus claimed in claim 1, wherein said lid is tilted and slidably moved by the first transmission gear drive means so as to open and close the lid.
- 4. An apparatus for driving a roof structure of a vehicle, said apparatus comprising:
- a positionable lid disposed in the roof structure;
- a drive gear system rotatably supported by a casing of the apparatus and having:
- a first transmission gear drive means for opening and closing the lid;
- switch means having a plurality of switches stacked with respect to each other and attached to the casing by attachment means;
- a second transmission gear control means including a rotary member having a plurality of stacked rotary control surfaces thereon, each surface in controlling contact with a respectively positioned one of the switches for switching the switches to detect a position of the lid, said plurality of stacked control surfaces being disposed in upward and downward positions of the outer circumference of the rotary member such that positions of all of the switches are completely adjusted by determining only one of the positions thereof at the attachment means;
- a drive motor for slidably and tiltably driving the lid in response to rotations of the drive motor;
- a tilting control circuit having first and second tilting contacts disposed in a first one of said switches, and operative for tilting the lid by directionally driving the drive motor by switching between the first and second tilting contracts when the first one of said switches is operated; and
- a sliding control circuit having first and second sliding contacts disposed in a second one of said switches, and operative for sliding the lid by directionally driving the drive motor by switching between the first and second sliding contacts when the second one of said switches is operated, wherein
- said rotary member being disposed such that the rotary member does not overlap and does not underlap the main gear and the first transmission gear drive means.
- 5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said switch means includes switching terminal means for contacting said control surfaces.
Priority Claims (3)
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61-226603 |
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62-3599 |
Jan 1987 |
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62-29821 |
Feb 1987 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 07/096,536, filed Sept. 15, 1987, abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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