Adjustable folding top for a motor vehicle

US6364395B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 3, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 2, 2002
• Expiry date: Nov 3, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/1265
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An adjustable folding top for a motor vehicle can be adjusted between a closed position covering the vehicle interior and a deposited position. The top is equipped with a folding top linkage having a plurality of movably arranged transverse and side bows. In order to provide a simply constructed and space-saving folding top, a rearward transverse bow of the folding top linkage, which faces the depositing space of the folding top, has a multipart construction with at least one center section and two lateral sections. The lateral sections are connected with the center section by way of articulations. Furthermore, during the transition from the closed position into the deposited position, the rearward transverse bow can be displaced along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle in the direction of the rearward side of the vehicle and, during the transition from the closed position into the deposited position, the lateral sections of the rearward transverse bow can be swivelled in the direction of the vehicle interior.