POWER RETRACTABLE HARDTOP LINK CONSTRUCTION/OPERATION

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Construction

• Installed to the inside of the power retractable hardtop.
• The front roof panel is installed to the front roof panel link.
• The middle roof panel is installed to the middle roof panel link and roof motor link.
• The roof motor link gear is integrated with the roof motor link.
• The rear window glass is installed to rear window glass link A and B.
• The power retractable hardtop fully opens/closes via the rotation of each link in conjunction with the roof motor rotation.

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Operation

Open operation

1. After the deck panel is fully opened, the roof motor starts rotating based on the operation signal from the power retractable hardtop control module.

2. The roof motor link gear and the roof motor link start rotating due to the roof motor rotation, and at the same time, the middle roof panel and the middle roof panel link rotate.

3. The front roof panel link and rear window glass link B rotate due to the middle roof panel link rotation.

4. Rear window glass link A rotates faster than the middle roof panel link at pivot fulcrum A, rear window glass link A moves downward, and the rear window glass moves in the inner side of the middle roof panel.

5. Due to the rotation of the roof link at pivot fulcrum B, the middle roof panel, rear window glass, and the front roof panel move to the fully-open position.

6. When the roof motor link rotates to the fully-open position, A part of the roof motor link shown in the figure presses the power retractable hardtop open position switch stopping the roof motor rotation.

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