Vehicle roof

US5265930A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Berthold Klein · Rutesheim, DE
• Anton Reichel · Ditzingen, DE
• Johann Tomforde · Sindelfingen, DE
• Bruno Sacco · Sindelfingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 7, 1992
• Grant date: Nov 30, 1993
• Expiry date: Jan 7, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/1853
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a lowerable vehicle roof having a dimensionally stable roof shell in a front end area of the roof, which shell extends over the entire width of the roof and, when the roof is closed, is detachably connected to a frame profile of a front windscreen frame, lying opposite its front end face. When the roof is open the roof shell is disposed in a substantially transverse plane of the vehicle located behind a seat area. The roof shell which is swivelled about a horizontal vehicle transverse axis protrudes upwards in relation to a center horizontal plane of the vehicle and has in the protruding longitudinal area a viewing opening located essentially in the center of the vehicle width when the roof is open. So that the front end area of the vehicle roof can be made non-transparent, the front end face of the roof shell delimits, in the central area of the roof, an indentation of the roof shell which extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle when the roof is closed, the frame profile of the front windscreen frame being widened in the central area in a fashion which is complementary to said roof shell, and the roof shell being completely upright when the ro…