Patent · US Expired

Folding hood for a motor vehicle

US6237986A · kind A · utility

25Cited by

14References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

Frank Neubrand · Beverly Hills, US
Thomas Halbweiss · Erbach, DE
Wojciech Wezyk · Sindelfingen, DE
Berthold Klein · Rutesheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 15, 1999
Grant date	May 29, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 15, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60J10/90
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A folding top for a motor vehicle, which can be adjusted between a closed position and a deposited position, has a folding top linkage and a folding top covering held on the folding top linkage. The folding top linkage comprises a plurality of adjustable side bows and at least one roof bow extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. In order to improve the design possibilities for the depositing space of a folding top, it is provided that the length of the roof bow is variably adjustable as a function of the position of the folding top.

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