Motor vehicle having a roof opening

US9027990B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH & Co KG · AT

Inventors

• Christoph Aschaber · Graz, AT
• Claus Careni · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Berthold Klein · Rutesheim, DE
• Wolfgang-Dieter Richter · Stockdorf, DE
• Martin Rodler · Velden am Wörther See, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 2013
• Grant date: May 12, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J7/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle and a method for at least partially opening and closing a folding roof for the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle a roof frame defining a roof opening and a roof mechanism configured to permit a selective closing and at least partial opening of the roof opening. The roof mechanism includes a folding roof system having a hood cover with a plurality of spaced apart first transparent elements in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and a second plurality of transparent elements between the first transparent elements and configured such that, in the at least partial opening of the roof opening, the hood cover forms folds in which the first transparent elements are positioned in an upper, upward-facing side of a fold and the second transparent elements are positioned in a lower, downward-facing side of a fold and are concealed by the first transparent elements.