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Adjustable motor vehicle roof

US7780219B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Magna Car Top Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Halbweiss · Erbach, DE
Wojciech Wezyk · Sindelfingen, DE
Robert Koschien · Esslingen am Neckar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 5, 2008
Grant date	Aug 24, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 16, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60J7/143
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle roof assembly includes a roof having rear and front roof elements relative to the direction of forward vehicle travel. The roof elements are movable between closed and opened positions of the roof. The assembly further includes a roof kinematic system having first and second guide rod systems located on opposite sides of the roof for movably connecting the roof to a vehicle body to move the roof between its closed and opened positions. Each guide rod system includes a guide rod. The guide rods are articulately connectable at respective ends to the front roof element and the vehicle body. The two guide rods with their respective pairs of articulated joints form a common four-bar kinematic linkage. Alternatively, the first guide rod system may be a two-bar kinematic linkage and the second guide rod system may be a four-bar kinematic linkage.

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