Drainage arrangement for a folding roof of a hard-top vehicle
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsThomas Graf, Uwe Wacker
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Abstract
In a drainage arrangement for a folding hard-top vehicle roof that can be moved into a storage position in the vehicle luggage compartment with the aid of pivotable C pillars, the rear window is pivotable relative to the C pillars (2). Associated with the bottom edge of the rear window is a seal which has a water-guiding channel formed therein. The channel opens in the area of the C pillars into a collecting trough (12), which in turn is connected by a flexible hose (13) to a moisture space of one of the vehicle side windows.
Claims8
Drainage arrangement for a folding hard-top vehicle roof that can be moved into a storage position within a vehicle rear luggage compartment via lateral and pivotable roof pillars, and a rear window that can be pivoted relative to the roof pillars during movement to the storage position, a water-guiding channel being provided at a bottom edge of the rear window, said channel, in a closed condition of the roof, extending underneath a luggage-compartment cover and being connected to a flexible hose for water drainage, wherein:
- the water-guiding channel is formed in a first seal associated with the rear window;
- the water guiding channel opens in an area adjacent each of the roof pillars, into a collecting trough that is part of a sealing system of the roof pillars or of a part of a rear roof portion that lies laterally outward of the rear window;
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- the collecting trough is connected by the flexible hose to a moisture space of a vehicle side window.
A drainage arrangement for a folding hard top vehicle roof that can be moved between a closed position and a storage position within a rear storage space via pivotable roof pillars situated laterally adjacent to a vehicle rear window, said drainage arrangement comprising:
- a seal provided at a bottom edge of the rear window, said seal extending underneath a luggage compartment cover of the vehicle when the folding roof is in the closed position;
- a water-guiding longitudinal channel formed in the seal and extending beneath the luggage compartment cover when the folding roof is in said closed position;
- at least one collecting trough, which is part of a sealing system of the roof pillars or a part of a rear roof portion that lies laterally outward of the rear window, and into which the water-guiding channel opens in an area adjacent each said roof pillar;
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- a flexible hose connecting the collecting trough to a moisture space of a vehicle side window.
Top apparatus for a hard-top vehicle, comprising:
- a movable hard top;
- a rear window;
- pivotable roof pillars situated laterally adjacent said rear window, said hard top and said rear window being movable between a closed position and a storage position by a pivoting of said roof pillars;
- a seal provided at a bottom edge of the rear window, said seal extending underneath a luggage compartment cover of the vehicle when the hard top is in the closed position;
- an elongated a water-guiding channel formed in the seal and extending laterally beneath the luggage compartment cover when the hard top is in said closed position;
- at least one collecting trough which is part of a sealing system of the roof pillars or a part of a rear roof portion that lies laterally outward of the rear window, and into which the water-guiding channel opens in an area adjacent each said roof pillar;
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- a flexible hose connecting the collecting trough to a moisture space of a vehicle side window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.