Patent · US Expired

Folding roof for a motor vehicle

US6033012A · kind A · utility

17Cited by

5References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Wilhelm Karmann GmbH · DE

Inventors

Klaus Russke · Bissendorf, DE
Winfried Bunsmann · Bissendorf, DE
Frank Hoffmeister · Lüdenscheid, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 1997
Grant date	Mar 7, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60J7/04
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle includes a motor vehicle body having side frames which support a roof area, the roof area including at least two roof panels which lie flat and parallel in the closed position and can be moved to an open position. The roof panels are constructed so that they can be moved by a guiding mechanism from the flat, parallel closed position into a packed open position completely in the interior of the vehicle body at a distance from the roof region and disposed essentially vertically and parallel to one another.

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