Hardtop vehicle roof movable between closed and open positions
AssigneeCTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
InventorsAndreas Hasselgruber, Wojciech Wezyk, Klaus Laue
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Abstract
In a vehicle roof which is movable between a closed position, in which the roof covers an interior vehicle space, and an open position and wherein the roof part includes a locking bolt for engagement with an adjacent vehicle part when the roof is in a closed position, the roof part and the adjacent vehicle part each has a guide tube incorporated therein and the locking bolt is movably supported in one of the adjacent guide tubes and, upon closing of the vehicle roof, is insertable into the adjacent guide tube and lockable thereto so that the guide tubes and the locking bolt form a continuous tube structure with a common axis when the vehicle roof is in the closed position.
Claims11
A vehicle roof which is movable between a closed position and an open position, comprising at least two roof parts which, in the closed position of the vehicle roof, form a continuous outer roof surface, at least one of said roof parts including a locking bolt for engagement with an adjacent roof part when the vehicle roof is in a closed position, said roof parts each including a guide tube incorporated in opposite side portions thereof for reinforcement of said roof parts and said locking bolt being movably supported in one of two adjacent guide tubes and, upon closing of said vehicle roof, being insertable into the other of the adjacent guide tubes and being lockable thereto so as to form a continuous reinforcement tube and bolt structure with a common tube axis when the vehicle roof is in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.