Patent · US Expired

Openable motor vehicle roof

US6485091B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

9Claims

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Assignee

Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH · DE

Inventors

Malamiri Jadolah Karami · Ottobrunn, DE
Manfred Pfalzgraf · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Walter Schatzler · Gauting, DE
Joachim Birkner · Puchheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 20, 2001
Grant date	Nov 26, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 20, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60J7/047
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An openable motor vehicle roof with at least two successive, separately openable roof systems, of which the front roof system has at least one cover (4) which can be raised at its rear edge (4D) over the fixed motor vehicle roof (1). The rear roof system is formed by a louvered roof which has a plurality of louver-shaped cover parts of which a rearmost cover part (9) is located over the rear area of a cargo space (28) of the motor vehicle, and which can be opened from back to front, beginning with the rearmost cover part (9). Preferably, the rear edge (9D) of the rear cover part (9) directly adjoins the rear hatch, the rear door, or the rear window (10) of the vehicle.

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