Folding top for vehicles
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorEugen Kolb
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Abstract
So that when a folding top is closed, a good sealing is achieved with respect to an adjacent lateral viewing window and the folding top can be stored without any problems in a rear side accommodating space of an aerodynamically optimized vehicle body, a rear edge of the viewing window, which extends approximately upright, interacts, in a sealing manner, with a pillar section which is pivotally connected with the rear folding top frame. The pillar section, by means of a connecting member, is connected to a control lever. During the swivelling-back of the folding top, a free end of the pillar section carries out a forced movement toward the inside.
Claims12
A folding top for vehicles, particularly passenger cars, having a front folding top frame and a rear folding top frame and a parallelogram linkage which engages at the rear folding top frame, the parallelogram linkage comprising a main bow and a control lever which are both pivotally connected to a vehicle body, a frameless viewing window extending adjacent to the rear folding top frame, wherein a rear, approximately upright extending edge of the viewing window, in a sealing manner, is in operative connection with a pillar section which is connected with the rear folding top frame by means of a diagonally extending rotating shaft, and wherein the pillar section interacts flexibly, by means of a connecting member, with the control lever in such a manner that, during a swivelling-back of the folding top, a free end of the pillar section carries out a forcibly controlled movement toward an inside of the vehicle body.
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