Motor vehicle having a roof with sliding convertible top

US6676192B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Adolf Marold · Ehningen, DE
• Ulrich Moll · Schnaittach, DE
• Siegfried Zipperle · Aidlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 29, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 13, 2004
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/061
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle having a front roof region which has a roof opening which may be closed by a sliding convertible top, having a rear roof region which includes roof columns connected to one another via a body crossmember, and having sliding guidance of the sliding convertible top along lateral guides of the front and rear roof regions, the sliding convertible top being guided roughly horizontally rearwardly in the front roof region and so as to be lowered downwardly into a stowage position in the rear roof region by the guides. The guides in the rear roof region are arranged on a side of the roof columns which faces the interior space of the motor vehicle, the sliding convertible top being guided in front of the body crossmember of the rear roof region between the roof columns.