Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Let-down type top
Patent
1996-04-01
1997-09-16
Mitchell, David M.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Let-down type top
296108, B60J 712
Patent
active
056672691
ABSTRACT:
A top for convertibles includes a frame, the side parts of which are disposed symmetrically to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and comprise front and rear pieces which are pivotably braced over a main column and a main guide rod at a rear main bearing of the chassis frame. The roof peak of the frame lies in a closed position against an upper cross-tie of a windshield frame. The frame is constructed in the front region as a one-piece, shaped carrying part with a U-shaped contour at the basic cross-member of which, forming the roof peak, the front frame parts, which have at their free ends at least one joint connecting element directed towards the main column, are integrally molded over a respective connecting zone as profiled legs.
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Nissen Uwe
Prenger Rainer
Mitchell David M.
Robinson Kia M.
Wilhelm Karmann GmbH
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