Richard A Trotter

US Patent:

44666578, Aug 21, 1984

Filed:

Sep 27, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/424072

Inventors:

Milton C. Kaltz - Allen Park MI
Richard H. Trotter - Southgate MI

Assignee:

American Sunroof Corporation - Southgate MI

International Classification:

B60J 704

US Classification:

296221

Abstract:

A lifter apparatus for moving a roof panel between closed, open and vent positions in an opening of a roof of a vehicle. The lifter apparatus includes a link pivotally connected at a first end to a slidable guide shoe mounted in a longitudinally extending guide rail attached to the vehicle. The second end of the link is slidingly disposed in an aperture formed in an attachment member secured to the roof panel. A cam block mounted on the guide shoe engages the attachment member to urge the attachment member upward such that the roof panel is urged into registry with the roof opening to close the roof opening. Further movement of the guide shoe causes the link to pivot about the first end to a substantially vertical orientation such that the second end of the link slides along the aperture in the attachment member and urges the attachment member and roof panel upward to the vent position.

US Patent:

20150343936, Dec 3, 2015

Filed:

May 30, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/291938

Inventors:

- Ann Arbor MI, US
Daniel R. LOUISELLE - Milford MI, US
Richard H. TROTTER - Trenton MI, US
Jerold E. GARLAND - Romulus MI, US
Thomas C. BOCHENEK - Clinton Township MI, US

Assignee:

Domino's IP Holder LLC - Ann Arbor MI

International Classification:

B60P 3/00
B60J 5/10
E05F 15/611
B60J 5/04

Abstract:

A delivery vehicle may include a vehicle body having a side with an opening for providing access to an interior of the vehicle, a linkage assembly connected to the vehicle body, and a door connected to the linkage assembly. The door may be movable upwardly from a lowered position, in which the door covers the opening, to a raised position for providing access to the interior of the vehicle through the opening. Furthermore, the door may be oriented generally upright in both the lowered and raised positions, and the door may be movable outwardly away from the vehicle body when the door moves from the lowered position to the raised position.