Hardtop vehicle roof movable between closed and open position

US6676191B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Hasselgruber · Lambach, DE
• Alexander Bernhardt · Pforzheim, DE
• Berthold Klein · Rutesheim, DE
• Lothar Reiff · Markgröningen, DE
• Wojciech Wezyk · Sindelfingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 13, 2004
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/145
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a hardtop vehicle roof, which includes a front roof element and a rear roof element comprising side support members and a rear window panel, the front roof element is supported so as to be independently movable from the closed position to a storage position in a storage compartment disposed behind the vehicle roof so as to provide for the vehicle a Targa configuration, the rear window panel is independently movable into the storage compartment to provide for a Landau configuration and the front window is deposited in the storage compartment below the rear window panel while the side support members are retracted into side storage spaces to provide for a cabriolet configuration of the vehicle.