Removable hardtop for an automobile

US6007146A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Dieter Reuter · Ehningen, DE
• Peter Reutlinger · Knittlingen, DE
• Stefan Guelsdorf · Sindelfingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 28, 1999
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/106
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A removable hardtop for an automobile has a rear window and can be secured to the adjoining body via releasable latches. To stiffen the hardtop in the transverse direction, the hardtop is provided with a parcel shelf below the rear window. The shelf joins at least the two lengthwise side parts of the hardtop with one another.