Folding top for a motor vehicle

US6550842B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 9, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2003
• Expiry date: Aug 9, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/0069
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An automobile convertible top for an automobile which can be adjusted between a closed position and a folded-down position has a convertible-top mechanism and a convertible-top fabric which is supported by the convertible-top mechanism. A side bar, is comprised of two limbs arranged at an angle and, in the side region of the convertible-top mechanism, is held by a joint having a first axis and a second axis which runs at an angle to the first axis. The side bar is arranged on the convertible-top mechanism such that, in the folded-down position, one limb of the side bar is with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The end side of the limb which is remote from the joint faces toward the side region lying opposite the joint. To improve the seal for a convertible top in the region of the side windows, the pivotable side bar is configured as a single-part component and one limb of the pivotable side bar, in the closed position of the convertible top, extends as far as a window frame of the windshield.