Lowerable rear window for a folding roof
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsThomas Baessler, Thomas Graf, Siegfried Zipperle
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Abstract
A lowerable rear window that can be convex or bent for a folding roof of a vehicle that has lateral C-pillars is provided for a passenger vehicle. The rear window is designed as a separate part and is locked in the closed state to the folding roof. The rear window has control levers on each side. The rear window is separated from the C-pillars and the folding roof by the rotary movement of the control levers and can be stowed behind a tank of the vehicle.
Claims12
Passenger vehicle assembly comprising:
- a trunk compartment,
- a fuel tank disposed in front of the trunk compartment and spaced therefrom,
- a nonplanar rear window, and
- a rear window support assembly accommodating movement of the rear window between a vehicle closed position and a stowage position with said rear window extending above and behind the fuel tank, wherein
- said rear window support assembly includes a pair of control levers at each side of the rear window, said control levers forming a parallelogram support for the rear window with guided predetermined movement of the rear window from the vehicle closed position to the stowage position.
A lowerable rear window assembly which in use is disposed on a vehicle having a trunk compartment and a fuel tank disposed in front of the trunk compartment and spaced therefrom, said rear window assembly comprising:
- a rear window, and
- a rear window support assembly accommodating movement of the rear window between a vehicle window opening in closed position and a vehicle window opening opened position, said window being disposable in a stowage position when opened in a position extending behind the fuel tank, wherein
- said rear window support assembly includes a pair of control levers at each side of the rear window, said control levers forming a parallelogram support for the rear window with guided predetermined movement of the rear window from the vehicle closed position to the stowage position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.