Vehicle roof having high inherent stiffness
AssigneeBayer MaterialScience AG
InventorsFlorian Dorin, Stephan Lange, Roland Brambrink, Ulrich Grosser
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Abstract
A vehicle roof having an opening, a folding arrangement, and a device for receiving the folding arrangement. The folding arrangement has at least two slats made of plastic which are arranged parallel to one another, and the folding arrangement can be retracted, while being folded, into the device in order to at least partially unblock the opening. The folding arrangement closes the opening completely when in the closed position. The slats are curved as a result of bracing when in the closed position and are oriented in a substantially flat and plane-parallel manner when retracted into the device.
Claims7
A vehicle roof having an opening, the roof comprising:
- a folding arrangement having at least two slats made of plastic which are arranged parallel to one another, the folding arrangement being retractable, while being folded, in order to at least partially unblock the opening, wherein the folding arrangement closes the opening completely when in a closed position, and wherein the slats are curved as a result of bracing when in the closed position and are oriented in a substantially flat and plane-parallel manner when retracted;
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- two guide rails which include a converging region in the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and a diverging region in the region of the device, such that the converging region causes the slats to curve as a result of bracing, and the diverging region permits the slats to reduce their curvature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.