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US 6,742,829 B2Granted
Lowerable motor vehicle roof
AssigneeWebasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
InventorPeter Reihl
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Abstract
A motor vehicle roof which can be lowered into a rear receiving space, with a rear roof part (8) which is pivotally supported on the body and a front roof part (6) which is pivotally supported thereon. The rear roof part (8) has a lengthwise dimension which is equal essentially to twice the lengthwise dimension of the rear window (22). The rear window can be moved out of a position which closes a rear window cutout to under the closed front section of the rear roof part.
Claims13
Lowerable vehicle roof for motor vehicles, comprising:
- a rear roof part which has a rear window cutout and a rear window, the rear window being mounted for displacement between a closed position in which the rear window closes the rear window cutout and a position in which the rear window clears the rear window cutout, and
- at least one front roof part, the rear roof part adjoining the front roof part and the front roof part being supported in an area of a front edge of the rear roof part to be able to pivot into a position which adjoins an underside of the rear roof part, and the roof parts being supportable on a vehicle body so as to be lowerable together into a rear receiving space of the vehicle body;
- wherein the rear roof part has a dimension in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle roof which corresponds to at least twice a lengthwise dimension of the rear window, the rear roof part comprising a rear section which has the rear window cutout and a front section which forms a closed surface, and
- wherein the position of the rear window which clears the rear window cutout is a forward position in which the rear window is covered with the front section of the rear roof part.
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