Convertible vehicle folding roof movable between a closed and a storage position

US6623065B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CTS Fahrzeugdachsysteme GmbH g-dach · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 19, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2003
• Expiry date: Apr 19, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/0061
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a folding convertible roof for a vehicle which roof is movable between a closed position, in which it covers the interior of the vehicle, and an storage position, in which it is folded into a storage compartment behind the vehicle interior the folding roof includes a roof support structure with a roof material and side support elements extending at opposite sides of the roof and being mounted each on a pivot member which is pivotably and tiltably supported and coupled to the actuating element capable of pivoting and tilting the pivot member while opening or closing said roof for transferring the side support element between the closed position, in which it extends longitudinally along a side of the roof and a transverse storage position.