Roll-over protection arrangement for a motor vehicle

A roll-over protection arrangement for a motor vehicle which has a vehicle railing extending along at least portions of a passenger accommodating area, said roll-over protection arrangement comprising:

• an approximately U-shaped roll-over bar having downwardly directed U-legs and an upper bridging portion between top portions of the U-legs,
• a guiding arrangement for supportably guiding the U-shaped roll-over bar for movement between a downward inoperative position for normal driving operations and an upper operative position above the vehicle railing for protecting vehicle passengers in the event of a vehicle rollr-over, said guiding arrangement including guiding elements slidably engageable with the U-legs,
• a releasable holding device for holding the U-legs in the downward position,
• a locking device for locking the U-legs in the upper position, and
• a force-applying mechanism for rapidly moving the U-shaped roll-over bar from the downward position to the upper position,
• wherein the U-legs and the guiding elements are made from extruded profile members,
• wherein the lower ends of the legs are connected with one another by means of a transverse yoke when in an installed position on a vehicle, and
• wherein the transverse yoke is made of an extruded profile and includes a transverse web, receiving bushes which enclose the leg ends being provided on ends of the transverse web.

A roll-over protection arrangement for a motor vehicle which has a vehicle railing extending along at least portions of a passenger accommodating area, said roll-over protection arrangement comprising:

• an approximately U-shaped roll-over bar having downwardly directed U-legs and an upper bridging portion between top portions of the U-legs,
• a guiding arrangement for supportably guiding the U-shaped roll-over bar for movement between a downward inoperative position for normal driving operations and an upper operative position above the vehicle railing for protecting vehicle passengers in the event of a vehicle roll-over, said guiding arrangement including guiding elements slidably engageable with the U-legs,
• a releasable holding device for holding the U-legs in the downward position,
• a locking device for locking the U-legs in the upper position, and
• a force-applying mechanism for rapidly moving the U-shaped roll-over bar from the downward position to the upper position,
• wherein the U-legs and the guiding elements are made from extruded profile members,
• wherein the guiding elements comprise two stand pipes made of an extruded profile which are fastened to the housing by means of their lower end, and
• wherein the stand pipes are surrounded on the bottom by centering cones which are supported on the housing bottom by way of springs.

A roll-over protection arrangement for a motor vehicle which has a vehicle railing extending along at least portions of a passenger accommodating area, said roll-over protection arrangement comprising:

• an approximately U-shaped roll-over bar having downwardly directed U-legs and an upper bridging portion between top portions of the U-legs,
• a guiding arrangement for supportably guiding the U-shaped roll-over bar for movement between a downward inoperative position for normal driving operations and an upper operative position above the vehicle railing for protecting vehicle passengers in the event of a vehicle roll-over, said guiding arrangement including guiding elements slidably engageable with the U-legs,
• a releasable holding device for holding the U-legs in the downward position,
• a locking device for locking the U-legs in the upper position, and
• a force-applying mechanism for rapidly moving the U-shaped roll-over bar from the downward position to the upper position,
• wherein the U-legs and the guiding elements are made from extruded profile members,
• wherein the guiding elements are arranged on a housing which is essentially formed from an extruded profile and can be fastened to an approximately vertically extending vehicle body wall,
• wherein the guiding elements comprise two stand pipes made of an extruded profile which are fastened to the housing by means of their lower end, and
• wherein the stand pipes are held on their upper ends by a transverse plate made of an extruded profile arranged on the housing which by way of a connecting web carries two receiving bushes for the stand pipes.

A roll-over protection arrangement for a motor vehicle which has a vehicle railing extending along at least portions of a passenger accommodating area, said roll-over protection arrangement comprising:

• a roll-over bar having downwardly directed legs and an upper bridging portion between top portions of the legs,
• a guiding arrangement supportably guiding movement of the legs between a downward inoperative position for normal driving operations and an upper operative position above the vehicle railing for protecting vehicle passengers in the event of a vehicle roll-over, said guiding arrangement including guiding elements slideably engageable with the legs,
• a downward position leg holding device,
• an upper position leg holding device, and
• a force-applying mechanism disposed to move the roll-over bar from the downward position to the upper position,
• wherein said roll-over bar and guiding arrangement are supported in a cassette housing which in use is disposed separate from vehicle passenger seats and adjacent the passenger accommodating area, said cassette housing including a housing floor at its bottom,
• and wherein said guiding elements include respective standpipes fastened to the housing floor.