US 12,065,024 B2
Vehicle convertible top systems
Michael S Boyle, Berkley, MI (US); Joshua Hall, Fraser, MI (US); Robert Rizzo, Macomb, MI (US); Cole T Schaenzer, Royal Oak, MI (US); Christopher J Allen, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US); Jimmy L Suder, Ortonville, MI (US); Jeffery E Long, Canton, MI (US); Robert H Perkins, Oxford, MI (US); Mikil L Sockow, Troy, MI (US); and David C Fischer, Troy, MI (US)
Assigned to FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/158,013.
Application 18/158,013 is a division of application No. 17/124,853, filed on Dec. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,584,206.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/949,040, filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158870 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 1/18 (2006.01); B60J 1/08 (2006.01); B60J 7/00 (2006.01); B60J 7/10 (2006.01); B60J 7/11 (2006.01); B62D 33/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 1/1853 (2013.01) [B60J 1/085 (2013.01); B60J 1/1823 (2013.01); B60J 1/183 (2013.01); B60J 7/0076 (2013.01); B60J 7/106 (2013.01); B60J 7/11 (2013.01); B62D 33/04 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body including a truck bed at least partially defining a cargo area;
a vehicle interior with passenger seating; and
a multi-component hard top assembly configured to selectively and removably couple to the vehicle body to provide an enclosed configuration at least partially enclosing the vehicle interior,
wherein the multi-component hard top assembly includes a rear window assembly configured to selectively and removably couple to the hard top assembly and the vehicle body, and
wherein the vehicle body further includes an interior cabin rear wall extending upwardly from a floor of the vehicle interior and separating the cargo area and the vehicle interior, and wherein the rear wall includes a channel formed therein to slidingly and removably receive the rear window assembly.