Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Let-down type top
Reexamination Certificate
2004-09-16
2008-11-25
Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Let-down type top
Reexamination Certificate
active
07455347
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle roof structure (10), which has at least one rear-side convertible top compartment lid (16) and a rigid roof part (12) movable between an opened- and a closed position, which roof part (12) extends in the closed position between a windshield frame (14) of the vehicle and the convertible top compartment lid (16) and in the opened position is stored in a space underneath the convertible top compartment lid (16), is movable between the closed position and the opened position by a linkage mechanism (30, 36) and is additionally provided with at least one guide device (40, 42, 44), with which the roof part (12) is in contact during at least one portion of its movement path between the opened- and closed position and which effects a directional change of the movement path of the roof part (12) when it arrives in contact with the roof part.
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Brockhoff Franz Ulrich
Bunsmann Winfried
Heselhaus Udo
Michael & Best & Friedrich LLP
Patel Kiran B.
Wilhelm Karmann GmbH
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