Patent · US Expired

Convertible vehicle top

US6435598B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Halbweiss · Erbach, DE
Harald Bergerhoff · Hamburg, DE
Christian Holst · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 28, 2001
Grant date	Aug 20, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 28, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60J7/1286
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a convertible vehicle top which is movable between a closed position in which it covers an interior vehicle space and an open position in which it is contained in a storage compartment, the vehicle includes rear side windows which are pivotally connected to the vehicle top and the edges of the rear side window remote from the vehicle top are held in sealing engagement with the vehicle body when the top is closed but are pivoted inwardly during movement of the top from the closed to the open position.

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