Segmented roof comprising differently dimensioned pins
AssigneeBayer Material Science AG
InventorsFlorian Dorin, Stephan Lange, Roland Brambrink, Ulrich Grosser
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AssigneeBayer Material Science AG
InventorsFlorian Dorin, Stephan Lange, Roland Brambrink, Ulrich Grosser
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The present invention relates to a segmented roof for a motor vehicle comprising a plurality of segments which are connected to one another in a cohesively bonded and/or interlocking manner, are guided laterally in guide rails by means of pins and are movable between a closed position, in which the segments are closely contiguous to one another, and an open position, in which the segments are pushed together and folded in a roof region, characterized in that, apart from the last segment [10], each segment [8] has two opposite sides A and two opposite sides B, and the segments are connected to one another along the sides B, and each side A has two pins [4], [5], one subset of the pins [4] being differently dimensioned from the other subset of the pins [5], two pins located on one side A being differently dimensioned, and two opposite pins on the opposite sides A of a segment each being identically dimensioned.
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A segmented roof for a motor vehicle comprising a plurality of segments which are connected to one another in a cohesively bonded and/or interlocking manner, are guided laterally in guide rails by means of pins and are movable between a closed position, in which the segments are closely contiguous to one another, and an open position, in which the segments are pushed together and folded in a roof region, wherein, apart from the last segment, each segment has two opposite sides A and two opposite sides B, and the segments are connected to one another along the sides B, and each side A has two pins, one subset of the pins being differently dimensioned from the other subset of the pins, two pins located on one side A being differently dimensioned, and two opposite pins of on the opposite sides A of a segment each being identically dimensioned.
The segmented roof as claimed in claim 1, wherein the segments are connected to one another in a cohesively bonded manner.
The segmented roof as claimed in claim 1, wherein the segments are connected to one another in an interlocking manner.
The segmented roof as claimed in claim 1, wherein the two opposite sides A run along the transverse direction of the vehicle and the two opposite sides B run along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
The segmented roof as claimed in claim 1, wherein two pins located next to each other upstream and downstream of the cohesively bonded and/or interlocking connection on two segments connected to each other are each identically dimensioned.
The segmented roof as claimed in claim 1, wherein one subset of the pins is longer than the other subset of the pins.
The segmented roof as claimed in claim 1, wherein one subset of the pins is wider than the other subset of the pins.
The segmented roof as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide rail comprises a deep plane and a shallow plane, the planes running one behind the other and being formed via grooves.
The segmented roof as claimed in claim 6, wherein the deep plane and the shallow plane run parallel to the outer skin (roof skin) as far as a convertible top compartment.
The segmented roof as claimed in claim 6, wherein the deep plane and the shallow plane diverge in a V-shaped manner within the convertible top compartment.
The segmented roof as claimed in claim 1, wherein the last segment only has pins of identical dimensioning.
The segmented roof as claim in claim 1, wherein the folding arrangement is moved with a driving device, the driving device preferably being a chain, a threaded rod or a cable pull or belt drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.