Convertible hardtop vehicle

US5775766A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Kurt Schaible · Aidlingen, DE
• Holger Seel · Aidlingen, DE
• Bernahrd Schenk · Böblingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 9, 1996
• Grant date: Jul 7, 1998
• Expiry date: May 9, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/205
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A hardtop vehicle is provided with a roof construction having a forward roof part and a rear window part, which roof construction can be swivelled from a closing position resting against the area of a forward windshield frame into an opening position toward the rear area of the vehicle body, placed in a top compartment and this top compartment can be covered by means of a swivellable rear opening device. On the rear opening device, an auxiliary frame is provided which can be moved around a pivot bearing fixed to the body and which, when the rear opening device is closed, is supported on the vehicle body by at least one additional supporting connection.