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Cover for protecting the occupants of a motor vehicle having an openable roof

US7309097B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Magna Car Top Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

Berthold Klein · Rutesheim, DE
Emil Schnell · Konstanz, DE
Thomas Halbweiss · Erbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 8, 2006
Grant date	Dec 18, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 8, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60J7/223
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A covering apparatus protects motor vehicle occupants from an openable roof of the vehicle in which the roof is movable along an enveloping surface between a stored position in which the roof is opened and a closed position in which the roof is closed. The apparatus includes a cover movable between a rest position in which the cover is stowed and a protecting position in which the cover is extended, wherein the cover moves between the rest position and the protecting position without intersecting the enveloping surface of the roof prior to or during movement of the roof between the stored and closed positions of the roof. In the resting position, the cover is located between the vehicle interior and the enveloping surface formed by the opening and closing motion of the roof.

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