Patent · US Active

Roof assembly for vehicles having an open body

US7309099B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17References

20Claims

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Assignee

Magna Car Top Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Netzel · Hamburg, DE
Michael Neuberger · Winnweiler, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 12, 2006
Grant date	Dec 18, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 12, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60J7/1855
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A roof assembly for a vehicle includes a roof having roof parts. A rod kinematic system is connected to the roof parts to move the roof parts between a closed position of the roof in which the roof parts adjoin one another along a planar level to thereby cover the vehicle interior and a stored position of the roof in which the roof parts stack on top of one another to thereby expose the vehicle interior. First and second locking devices are associated with the roof parts. The locking devices have locking elements which engage one another to lock the stacked roof parts together when the roof is in the stored position.

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