Cabriolet vehicle with articulated frame flaps and soft top lock

US8919857B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WEBASTO-EDSCHA CABRIO GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Franz Haberl · Stockdorf, DE
• Georg Kopp · Uhwiesen, CH
• Magnus Sviberg · Stockdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 16, 2014
• Grant date: Dec 30, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 16, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/203
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cabriolet vehicle having an opening hood which is displaceable between a closed position spanning the interior of the vehicle, and a stowage position which opens up the top of the vehicle interior and which comprises a hood frame which comprises a frame arrangement on each side in relation to a vertical vehicle longitudinal center plane wherein the frame arrangement is mounted pivotally on a main bearing fixed on the vehicle at the rear end and in the closed position of the hood engages through a frame opening arranged in a vehicle edge area wherein the opening can be covered by means of a flap arrangement when the hood is in the stowage position, as well as a locking arrangement which secures the hood in its stowage position.