Convertible top for vehicles, especially for passenger motor vehicles
US4720134A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60J7/1286
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A convertible top for vehicles with a frame and a textile cover, in which two columns stretching the cover material are pivotal about an axis extending transversely to the vehicle and with a closed convertible top have a maximum distance from one another at the height of the upper edges of the side walls of an associated body; this maximum distance is adapted to be automatically reduced in the course of the folding-in operation by means of spring-loaded adjusting mechanisms as a function of the pivot angle of the columns stretching the cover material. In order to enable a folding-in of the convertible top into a top box of a vehicle rear section tapered for aerodynamic reasons, the columns supporting the fabric material of the textile cover are each formed by a roof column and a fabric-retaining bow-shaped member of which the roof column extends offset toward the inside and the fabric-retaining bow-shaped member is arranged on the outside of the roof column, and the fabric-retaining bow-shaped member which is pivotally connected in the upper area of the roof column, is adapted to be pivoted from an outwardly pivoted stretching position in which, with a closed top, it predetermines …
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