Convertible vehicle with a wind deflector

US6582009B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Wojciech Wezyk · Sindelfingen, DE
• Thomas Halbweiss · Erbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 16, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 24, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 16, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/223
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a convertible vehicle with a hardtop vehicle roof comprising at least two roof parts, which are movable between a closed position in which to roof parts cover the interior space of the vehicle and an open position in which the roof parts are in storage compartment behind the interior vehicle space, and wherein the roof includes a rear window which is removable from the roof and utilized, in a raised upright position, as a wind deflector, the roof parts and the window are separated from each other and fitted when the roof is open, into the storage compartment behind the interior space in an upright position one behind the other transverse to the longitudinal vehicle direction.