Adjusting device for a roof cap of a collapsible roof

US8657360B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Magna Car Top Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Waleri Katrini · Dresden, DE
• Marcus Papendorf · Brackenheim, DE
• Berthold Klein · Rutesheim, DE
• Randolf Liebhardt · Grafenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2011
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/1239
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A collapsible roof for a vehicle includes a roof guide, a roof cap, a top fabric, and an adjusting mechanism. The adjusting mechanism movably couples the roof cap to the roof guide such that the roof cap with the top fabric are movable relative to the roof guide between a closed position in which the top fabric covers a roof opening and an opened position in which the top fabric exposes the roof opening. The adjusting mechanism includes front and rear control arms coupled to the roof cap. The front control arm includes a locking hook and the rear control arm includes a latching hook. The locking hook engages a front cavity of the roof guide in the closed position to fix the roof cap in place and the latching hook engages a rear cavity of the roof guide in the opened position to fix the roof cap in place.