Vehicle having convertible top and side panel
AssigneeWebasto SE
InventorMagnus Sviberg
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Abstract
A vehicle having a vehicle body which is provided with a manually removable side panel at a longitudinal side of the vehicle, and a top having a top linkage which comprises a link arrangement on either side of the vertical longitudinal center plane of the vehicle, each link arrangement being pivotably mounted on a respective vehicle-attached main bearing. The removable side panel can be secured to at least one element of the top linkage by a manually unlockable locking device.
Claims14
A vehicle, comprising a vehicle body which is provided with a manually removable side panel at a longitudinal side of the vehicle, and a top having a top linkage which comprises a link arrangement on either side of a vertical longitudinal center plane of the vehicle, each link arrangement being pivot-ably mounted on a respective vehicle-attached main bearing, wherein the re-movable side panel is secured to at least one element of the top linkage by a manually unlockable locking device;
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- wherein the locking device comprises a coil spring-loaded locking pin which is pre-loaded into a locking position by a spring device.
A vehicle, comprising a vehicle body which is provided with a manually removable side panel at a longitudinal side of the vehicle, and a top having a top linkage which comprises a link arrangement on either side of a vertical longitudinal center plane of the vehicle, each link arrangement being pivot-ably mounted on a respective vehicle-attached main bearing, wherein the re-movable side panel is secured to at least one element of the top linkage by a manually unlockable locking device;
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- wherein the locking device comprises a spring-loaded locking pin which is pre-loaded into a locking position by a spring device;
- wherein the side panel comprises a positioning device which is engaged with a vehicle-attached seat;
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- wherein the seat is disposed on the respective main bearing.
A vehicle, comprising a vehicle body which is provided with a manually removable side panel at a longitudinal side of the vehicle, and a top having a top linkage which comprises a link arrangement on either side of a vertical longitudinal center plane of the vehicle, each link arrangement being pivot-ably mounted on a respective vehicle-attached main bearing, wherein the re-movable side panel is secured to at least one element of the top linkage by a manually unlockable locking device;
- wherein at its lower edge, the side panel is positioned on the vehicle body via a rib/groove connection;
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- wherein the groove is disposed on a rear-side tensioning bracket which is mounted on the bilaterally disposed main bearings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.