Passenger car, particularly a sports car
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsStephen Murkett, Reinhold Schreiber
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Abstract
A passenger car, particularly a sports car, has a vehicle body with an aerodynamically advantageous construction which comprises a windshield, a top, a rear window and door window panes above a belt line. For creating a passenger car with a changeable top configuration and having a vehicle body and a top of a simple construction that can be manufactured at reasonable cost and have a low weight, it is provided that a continuous supporting frame extends along the upper edge of the windshield, the door window panes and rear side windows situated behind them, the top and the rear window being detachably fastened to the frame.
Claims25
A passenger car having an aerodynamic advantageously constructed vehicle body which, above a belt line, comprises a windshield, a top, a rearmost window, door window panes and rear side windows, wherein a supporting frame is provided which extends to a rear area along an upper edge of the windshield, of the door window panes and of the rear side windows arranged behind said door window panes, the supporting frame forming a supporting structure including two laterally exterior legs connected at one end by a substantially transverse piece forming an approximately U-shaped construction of the supporting structure from a top view and, each leg having another end directed toward the rear of the passenger car, and wherein the top and the rearmost window are detachably fastened to the supporting frame with said rearmost window being disposed directly behind said top.
A passenger car having an aerodynamic advantageously constructed vehicle body which, above a belt line, comprises a windshield, a top, a rear window, door window panes and rear side windows, wherein a supporting frame is provided which extends to a rear area along an upper edge of the windshield, of the door window panes and of the rear side windows arranged behind said door window panes, the supporting frame forming a supporting structure including two laterally exterior legs connected at one end by a substantially transverse piece forming an approximately U-shaped construction of the supporting structure from a top view and, each leg having another end directed toward the rear of the passenger car, and wherein the top and the rear window are detachably fastened to the supporting frame with said rear window being disposed directly behind said top;
- said passenger car further comprising a cross member fixed at the vehicle body and including pins provided locally at an underside of said cross member;
- wherein at least locally bent brackets are provided at the rear edge of the rear window, said locally bent brackets interacting with the pins for locking the rear window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.