Patent · US Expired

Foldable vehicle roof for a convertible vehicle

US6921125B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

12Claims

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Assignee

CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Netzel · Hamburg, DE
Thorsten Schumacher · Kummerfeld, DE
Thomas Halbweiss · Erbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 10, 2003
Grant date	Jul 26, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 10, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60J7/146
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a foldable vehicle roof for a convertible vehicle with an operating mechanism including spaced control arms pivotally supported on the vehicle body for moving the vehicle roof between a closed position, in which an interior vehicle space is covered, and an open position, and the vehicle roof includes a rear roof part and a roof part disposed in front of, and adjacent, the rear roof part, the rear roof part is biased in the closed position of the vehicle roof against the vehicle body by way of clamping means engaging one of the control arms with the rear roof part.

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