Openable roof for sports cars
AssigneeFerrari S.P.A.
InventorFabrizio FAVARETTO
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Abstract
An openable roof for sports cars has a containing tank and a fabric cover movable between an opening position of the roof and a closing position of the roof due to the thrust of two lever mechanisms, which are parallel to one another and are movable relative to one another in a moving direction transverse to a driving direction of the sports car between a narrow position, in which the lever mechanisms are arranged inside the containing tank following the movement of the fabric cover to its opening position, and a wide position, in which the two lever mechanisms extend on the outside of the containing tank following the movement of the fabric cover to its closing position.
Claims13
An openable roof for sports cars, the roof comprising a containing tank (7);
- a fabric cover (11);
- and an operating unit (12) to move the fabric cover (11) between an opening position, in which the fabric cover (11) is housed inside the containing tank (7) in order to open the roof, and a closing position, in which the fabric cover (11) extends on the outside of the containing tank (7) in order to close the roof;
- the operating unit (12) comprising two lever mechanisms (19), which are parallel to one another and to a driving direction (16) of the sports car, and a front bar (37), which extends between the two lever mechanisms (19) and is configured to be coupled to a support ring (40) of a front windshield (4) of the sports car following the movement of the fabric cover (11) to its closing position;
- the fabric cover (11) being fixed to the front bar (37) and to the two lever mechanisms (19);
- and being characterized in that the two lever mechanisms (19) are movable relative to one another in a moving direction (48), which is transverse to the driving direction (16) of the sports car, between a narrow position, in which the lever mechanisms (19) are arranged inside the containing tank (7) following the movement of the fabric cover (11) to its opening position, and a wide position, in which the lever mechanisms (19) extend on the outside of the containing tank (7) following the movement of the fabric cover (11) to its closing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.