Top for a convertible vehicle
AssigneeEdscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme GmbH
InventorsThomas Mandl, Walter Pecho, Werner Freimuth, Klaus Obendiek
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Abstract
A top for a convertible vehicle moveable between an open state and a closed state: The top includes a flexible top fabric, a top linkage, a laterally disposed top-cloth tensioning bracket, and a fin link including an inherently rigid structural part configured to bear longitudinal and tensile loads. The fin link is connected in an articulated manner on a rear end of the top-cloth tensioning bracket. In the closed state, the top-cloth tensioning bracket is part of a fin of the top and the fin link supports the top-cloth.
Claims31
A top for a convertible vehicle moveable between an open state and a closed state, comprising:
- a flexible top fabric;
- a top linkage;
- a laterally disposed top-cloth tensioning bracket;
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- a fin link including an inherently rigid structural part configured to bear longitudinal and tensile loads, the fin link connected in an articulated manner on a rear end of the top-cloth tensioning bracket,
- wherein, in the closed state, the top-cloth tensioning bracket is part of a fin of the top and the fin link supports the top-cloth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.