Folding top for vehicles, in particular passenger cars
AssigneeCTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
InventorsEckart Schuler, Stefan Orth, Holger Röder, Harald Bergerhoff
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Abstract
In a folding top for vehicles, in particular passenger cars, it is proposed to assign to the folding top, between its closing position and its put-away position, an intermediate position in which the folding top assumes a folded-together stowage position, from which the folding top can be transferred as a stack into the put-away position or can be unfolded into the closing position.
Claims11
A folding top for vehicles having a rearward-side trunk arranged to be coverable by a trunk lid, the trunk lid swivellably openable about a transversely extending swiveling axis at a front end thereof into a loading position, the folding top being adjustable between a closing position for covering a vehicle interior portion and a stowage position where the folding top is foldable together and accommodatable in a covering area below the trunk lid in the trunk, the folding top comprising:
- adjustable carrying linkages operatively connected with lateral carrying brackets assigned to a trunk-side reception space of the folding top, the folding top being supported by the carrying brackets against a vehicle body and being displaceable in a folded-together condition by adjusting the carrying brackets with respect to the vehicle body,
- wherein the brackets are in an upper position when the folding top is in the closing position,
- wherein the brackets are in a lower portion when the folding top is in the stowage position,
- wherein the brackets, with the folding top being folded together, are in a raised position relative to the lower position,
- wherein the brackets are adjustable from said lower position into the raised position when the trunk lid is swiveled into the loading position and the folding top is folded together, and
- wherein the folded together folding top is situated at least partially outside the trunk when the brackets are in the raised position.
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