Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Let-down type top
Patent
1994-08-05
1996-09-24
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Let-down type top
296108, 296117, 29614614, 296216, 296222, B60J 700
Patent
active
055583881
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a vehicle roof with at least one roof cover part that can be opened during driving. This roof part can be moved into at least one open position in the manner of a conventional sliding-lifting roof on roof parts lying laterally to it or on guideways arranged on it in lengthwise direction of the vehicle. Furthermore, after complete opening of the roof part that can be opened, the roof as a whole is able to be placed in a lengthwise compacted configuration and then lowered into a stowage space behind the passenger compartment, whereby the vehicle becomes a fully open convertible-type vehicle without substantially consuming the usually available trunk space. In one set of embodiments, the compacted roof configuration is stored in a vertical orientation. In another embodiment, the compacted roof package is stowed under a rear window, and then the complete package of rear roof part and rear window lowered by retracting the B-columns supporting the rear roof part into a storage space between seats and rear axle.
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Danzl Martin
Furst Arpad
Mayer Johann
Miklosi Stefan
Pedder Dennis H.
Safran David S.
Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH
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