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Actuating device for a folding top compartment cover

US8376447B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13References

15Claims

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Assignee

AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Jan Just · Bloomfield Hills, US
Kwan Yoder · Waterford, US
Waldemar Stapler · Eppelheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 26, 2010
Grant date	Feb 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 5, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/20582
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An actuating device for opening and closing a cover of a folding top compartment of a convertible vehicle. The actuating device includes a drive unit and an interconnected seven-bar linkage system. The linkage system is pivotably connected to a main bearing of the vehicle body and is pivotably connected to the cover. The drive unit actuates the linkage system to move the linkage system between a retracted position corresponding to the cover being in a lowered closed position covering the folding top compartment and an extended position corresponding to the cover being in a raised opened position allowing access to the folding top compartment.

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