Collapsible hard top for a convertible

US6073988A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Edscha Cabrio-Verdecksysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Huber · Niederalteich, DE
• Karl Kressel · Lichtenfels, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2000
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/026
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A collapsible hard top for a convertible including a top panel, two side longitudinal top carriers, two rear posts adjoining the two side top carriers from behind, respectively, a top element including a rear window of the convertible and displaceable relative to the top panel, and support and guide rails forming a displacement guide for displacing the top element, together with the rear top posts, with the support and guide rails being arranged in drop-down position relative to a rear panel of the convertible and within a trunk, and with the top panel being formed of at least two longitudinal sections at least one of which is supported for displacement in a longitudinal direction of the convertible on the two side carriers.