Vehicle construction having roll bars and a convertible roof

US9108493B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WEBASTO-EDSCHA CABRIO GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Alexander Haimerl · Stockdorf, DE
• Georg Kopp · Uhwiesen, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2013
• Grant date: Aug 18, 2015
• Expiry date: Dec 26, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/132
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle construction having one roll bar respectively on both sides relative to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the vehicle construction and a convertible roof, the roll bar extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction and supporting itself in the rear region of the vehicle construction, and the convertible roof being displaceable between a closed position spanning a vehicle interior as well as the roll bars and an uncovered position uncovering the vehicle interior to the top and including a linkage, which can have a link arrangement on both sides, pivotably mounted at a main bearing fixed relative to the vehicle construction. The main bearings and/or the link arrangements each include at least one bridging element, which reaches over the respective roll bar and to which at least one link of the link arrangement is linked.