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US 6,296,295 B1Granted
Motor vehicle with a convertible top
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsArno Jambor, Oliver Wagner
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Abstract
A motor vehicle having a convertible top and whose interior is shielded from drafts by means of a rearward protective wall for extensive protection of the occupants. The interior of the motor vehicle is largely enclosed around a circumference along upper edges of the side walls by the windshield, the side windows and the protective wall. A detachable roof part encloses the interior. As a result, minimum expenditures are required to place the roof part in an open or closed position.
Claims12
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a windshield;
- two side windows operatively connected to the windshield;
- at least one seat having a headrest;
- a protective, imperforate, one-piece wall that adjoins the two side windows, wherein an interior of the motor vehicle is bounded by the windshield, the side windows and the protective wall;
- and
- a detachably fastenable roof part for closing the interior;
- further comprising a rollover bar system, wherein the roof part is fastenable on the windshield and on the rollover bar system.
4 more elements
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a windshield;
- two side windows operatively connected to the windshield;
- at least one seat having a headrest;
- a protective, imperforate, one-piece wall that adjoins the two side windows, wherein an interior of the motor vehicle is bounded by the windshield, the side windows and the protective wall;
- and
- a detachably fastenable roof part for closing the interior,
- wherein the protective wall is independently movable in a vertical direction between operative and inoperative positions.
4 more elements
A motor vehicle comprising:
- a windshield;
- two side windows operatively connected to the windshield;
- at least one seat having a headrest;
- a protective, imperforate, one-piece wall that adjoins the two side windows, wherein an interior of the motor vehicle is bounded by the windshield, the side windows and the protective wall;
- and
- a detachably fastenable roof part for closing the interior,
- wherein top sides of the side windows slope downward from the windshield to a top edge of the protective wall.
4 more elements
A window assembly for a convertible, comprising:
- two side windows;
- and
- a protective, imperforate, one-piece wall comprising a window that extends in a transverse plane behind at least one seat of the convertible,
- wherein the protective wall has lateral edges that adjoin back edges of the two side windows, and further comprising
- a windshield that is operatively connected to the two side windows,
- wherein top sides of the side windows slope downward from the windshield to a top edge of the protective wall.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.