Containment for receiving a removable vehicle top

US6739644B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gerald Hahn · Schenectady, US
• Christian Holst · Hamburg, DE
• Bernd Roschat · Meldorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 2003
• Grant date: May 25, 2004
• Expiry date: May 5, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/207
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a containment for receiving a removable vehicle top, including a containment cover, a containment cover operating mechanism for transferring the vehicle top between closed and open positions, a containment bottom movable between raised and lowered positions and a containment bottom operating mechanism, the containment bottom operating mechanism is coupled to the vehicle top in such a way that, during the transfer of the vehicle top from the closed to the open position, movement of a component of the vehicle top initiates the lowering of the containment bottom by uncoupling the containment bottom from its operating mechanism before the vehicle top enters the containment.