Three section convertible top

US5667269A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Wilhelm Karmann GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Prenger · Osnabrück, DE
• Uwe Nissen · Steinhagen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 1996
• Grant date: Sep 16, 1997
• Expiry date: Apr 1, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/1234
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A top for convertibles includes a frame, the side parts of which are disposed symmetrically to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and comprise front and rear pieces which are pivotably braced over a main column and a main guide rod at a rear main bearing of the chassis frame. The roof peak of the frame lies in a closed position against an upper cross-tie of a windshield frame. The frame is constructed in the front region as a one-piece, shaped carrying part with a U-shaped contour at the basic cross-member of which, forming the roof peak, the front frame parts, which have at their free ends at least one joint connecting element directed towards the main column, are integrally molded over a respective connecting zone as profiled legs.