Vehicle roof having at least two rigid roof components
AssigneeWilhelm Karmann GmbH
InventorsWinfried Bunsmann, Klaus Russke
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Abstract
A vehicle roof has at least two rigid roof components which are tiltable and foldable away rearwardly in an opening operation, a profiled sealing element provided at least between the roof components and extending transversely to a vehicle on a frontal edge of a first one of the roof components, the first roof component being furnished with an associated collecting channel for collecting water that runs off when the first roof component is moved, the profiled sealing element incorporating a channel that is connected with the collecting channel, the further channel providing at least one orifice via which water is in the collecting channel is transferred to the further channel as the first roof component is moved.
Claims12
A vehicle roof, comprising at least two rigid roof components which are tiltable and foldable away rearwardly in an opening operation;
- a profiled sealing element provided at least between said roof components and extending transversely to a vehicle on an edge of a first one of said roof components, said first roof component being furnished with an associated collecting channel for collecting water that runs off when said first roof component is moved, said profiled sealing element incorporating a further channel that is connected with said collecting channel, said further channel providing at least one orifice via which water that is in said collecting channel is transferred to said further channel as said first roof component is moved.
A vehicle roof, comprising at least two rigid roof components which are tiltable and foldable away rearwardly in an opening operation;
- a profiled sealing element provided at least between said roof components and extending transversely to a vehicle on an edge of a first one of said roof components, said first roof component being furnished with an associated collecting channel for collecting water that runs off when said first roof component is moved, said profiled sealing element incorporating a further channel that is connected with said collecting channel, said further channel providing at least one orifice via which water that is in said collecting channel is transferred to said further channel as said first roof component is moved, said profiled sealing element having a first mantle section which is pressed by a second one of said roof components against said edge of said first roof component to seal a gap between said two roof components where said first roof component is in a closed position.
A vehicle roof, comprising at least two rigid roof components which are tiltable and foldable away rearwardly in an opening operation;
- a profiled sealing element provided at least between said roof components and extending transversely to a vehicle on an edge of a first one of said roof components, said first roof component being furnished with an associated collecting channel for collecting water that runs off when said first roof component is moved, said profiled sealing element incorporating a further channel that is connected with said collecting channel, said further channel providing at least one orifice via which water that is in said collecting channel is transferred to said further channel as said first roof component is moved;
- and means for forming water drainage channels, said collecting channel and said further channels being provided with sealing end pieces in a region of outer sides of a vehicle, said sealing end pieces being connected to said water drainage channels, said water drainage channels, being secured to members of a rod assembly, having free ends which are fed at least to a vehicle body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.