Convertible vehicle

US6578899B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Hasselgruber · Lambach, DE
• Matthias R{haeck over (o)}sler · Stuttgart, DE
• Wolfram Salz · Leinfelden, DE
• Thomas Halbweiss · Erbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 17, 2003
• Expiry date: Apr 1, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/205
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a convertible vehicle including a roof which is movable between a closed position, in which the roof covers an interior vehicle space, and an open position, in which the roof is deposited in a storage compartment behind the passenger compartment of the vehicle, that is covered by a rear lid, an operating mechanism for opening and closing the rear lid is provided which includes front and rear pivot arms pivotally mounted to the vehicle body, a coupling arm pivotally connected to the pivot arms and first and second links, each of which has one end pivotally connected to the rear lid and the first link is pivotally connected with its other end to the coupling arm while the second link forms an extension of the rear pivot arm.