Lowerable motor vehicle roof

#1. Field of the Invention

#The invention relates to a lowerable motor vehicle roof, especially of a hardtop convertible, with at least one openable front roof part which is movably supported lengthwise on the side roof members, and a rear roof part or rear element which can be moved into the storage position in the body.

#2. Description of Related Art

#FIGS. 1.1 to 1.3 are schematic side views of a convertible vehicle in accordance with a first embodiment of a lowerable roof according to the invention in different positions of motion as louvers of the roof are being stored;

#FIG. 2 is a view of the motor vehicle with the complete roof lowered and stowed;

#FIGS. 3.1 to 9 show schematic side views of different embodiments of the storage positions for louvered roof parts of the motor vehicle roof;

#A motor vehicle such as, for example, a four-seat convertible, contains a body 1 (see FIG. 1.1) with a rear fixed side part 2 which is located on each side of the vehicle, with a rear trunk compartment 3 and a cover 4 of the trunk compartment. A convertible, lowerable and retractable convertible roof 5 of the motor vehicle contains a rear element 7 which has a rear window 6, which is located in front of the trunk compartment cover 4 and which is movably supported on the body 1, and a side roof member 8 which is located on each side of the vehicle which, in the closed position of the roof 5 shown in FIG. 1.1, extends between the rear element 7 and the apron 9 on the top edge of the front window 10, and which forms a top, frame-like boundary for the front side window 11 and the rear side window 12. Between the two side roof members 8, there is a louvered roof with several movable louvered roof parts 13 which are formed as rigid elements, which are movably supported on the lengthwise guide 14 of the respective side roof member 8 and which are located behind one another in the closed position of the convertible roof 5.

#When the convertible roof 5 is being converted and lowered or retracted into the storage position shown in FIG. 2 as an example, the louvered roof parts 13 are pushed by means of a drive in the body 1 along the lengthwise guide 14 and a guide 15 in the rear element into the stored position, and the rear element 7 and the side roof member 8 are stored in different ways according to the following embodiments. The rear side window 12 can be lowered in the conventional manner into the side part 2.

#Since the motor vehicle and the convertible roof 5 are built largely symmetrically with respect to the vertical lengthwise center plane of the motor vehicle, the convertible roof 5 is described simply using the motor vehicle side or motor vehicle half shown at the time.