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US 9,114,690 B1Granted
Modular roof assemblies for vehicles
AssigneeWebasto-Edscha Cabrio GmbH
InventorsJason Bowles, Magnus Sviberg, Georg Kopp, Alexander Haimerl
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Abstract
A modular roof assembly includes a pair of side rails configured for attachment to longitudinal roll bar members of a vehicle frame by at least one fastener. The side rails extend a direction along a length of the vehicle frame and include at least one guideway to slidably receive transverse tensioning bows and a track car for a soft top and include at least one attachment member adapted to latchably receive at least one hard top panel.
Claims9
A modular roof assembly, comprising:
- a pair of side rails configured for attachment to a pair of longitudinal roll bar members of a vehicle frame by at least one fastener, the side rails extending from a wind screen frame in a rearward direction along an entire length of the vehicle roof;
- the side rails having at least one inboard guideway to slidably receive transverse tensioning bows and a track car for a soft top;
- and
- the side rails further adapted to receive at least one hard top panel.
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A modular roof assembly, comprising:
- a pair of side rails configured for attachment to a pair of longitudinal roll bar members of a vehicle frame by at least one fastener, the side rails extending from a wind screen frame in a rearward direction along an entire length of the vehicle roof;
- the side rails having at least one inboard guideway to slidably receive transverse tensioning bows and a track car for a soft top;
- and
- the side rails further adapted to receive at least one hard top panel;
- wherein a weather tight seal with a sill of the vehicle frame is an upwardly pivoting hatch.
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A modular roof assembly, comprising:
- a pair of side rails configured for releasable attachment above a pair of longitudinal roll bar members of a vehicle frame by at least one fastener, the side rails extending along at least an entire length of a vehicle roof frame;
- the side rails having at least one inboard guideway along its entire length to slidably receive transverse tensioning bows and a track car for a soft top;
- and
- the side rails further adapted to receive at least one hard top panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.