Patent · US Expired

Removable vehicle roof

US6595574B2 · kind B2 · utility

9Cited by

5References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jay Shaw · Fenton, US
Peter Netzel · Hamburg, DE
Thorsten Schumacher · Kummerfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 9, 2002
Grant date	Jul 22, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 9, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60J7/143
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a removable vehicle roof including an operating mechanism for moving the roof between a closed position in which the vehicle roof covers an interior vehicle space and a storage position in which the vehicle roof is deposited in a rear storage compartment, the operating mechanism includes operating and coupling arms which are pivotable relative to each other and provided with locking means for locking the vehicle roof in position in the storage compartment and also for rigidly interconnecting the operating and coupling arms when the vehicle roof is in a closed position.

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