Roof assembly for a convertible vehicle

US5979970A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Wilhelm Karmann GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Karl Rothe · Bramsche, DE
• Siegfried Licher · Georgsmarienhütte, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 1997
• Grant date: Nov 9, 1999
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/148
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A roof assembly for a convertible vehicle includes a roof shell, which, in the closed position, is connected with a front windshield frame and runs essentially horizontally to a rear roof region and which can be shifted into an open position which opens the interior of the vehicle regionally. The roof shell is formed by two roof parts which are divided in the transverse direction of the vehicle and are connected over joint connections at the edge and which, by means of a driving unit engaging the rear roof part, can initially be swiveled up jointly during the opening process counter to the driving direction into an approximately vertical position and, after that, lowered into a packed position behind the rear seats.