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US 9,205,730 B2Granted
Cabriolet soft top
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsRoger Gustavsson, Magnus Olsson
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Abstract
A soft top is provided for a cabriolet. The soft top includes, but is not limited to, a monofilament warp thread and a monofilament weft thread. The soft top also includes, but is not limited to, a filling material substantially filling the interstices between the monofilament warp thread and the monofilament weft thread to form a substantially translucent fabric.
Claims19
A soft top for a cabriolet comprising:
- a monofilament warp thread;
- a monofilament weft thread;
- and
- a translucent filling material substantially filling the interstices between the monofilament warp thread and the monofilament weft thread to form a substantially translucent fabric that is part of a multilayer structure including an infrared (IR) reflective layer laminated on top of the substantially translucent fabric and an opaque layer laminated on top of the substantially translucent fabric around a translucent patch;
- wherein the monofilament warp thread and the monofilament weft thread are interwoven and embedded in the translucent filling material;
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- wherein each of the monofilament warp thread and the monofilament weft thread comprise a translucent fibre material.
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A cabriolet soft top comprising:
- a substantially translucent fabric layer including:
- a translucent warp thread, interwoven with a translucent weft thread;
- a translucent filling material substantially filling the interstices between the translucent warp thread and the translucent weft thread;
- an infrared-reflective layer overlying the substantially translucent fabric layer;
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- an opaque layer laminated on top of the substantially translucent fabric layer to define a translucent patch comprised of the substantially translucent fabric layer.
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A cabriolet soft top comprising:
- a substantially horizontal roof portion;
- a rear slope portion having a rear window disposed therein;
- a substantially translucent fabric layer configured to transition between an unfolded position and a collapsed position, wherein the substantially translucent fabric layer provides a translucent patch in the substantially horizontal roof portion, and wherein the substantially translucent fabric layer further comprises:
- a translucent warp thread;
- a translucent weft thread;
- a translucent filling material substantially filling the interstices between the translucent warp thread and the translucent weft thread;
- an IR-reflective layer overlying the substantially translucent fabric layer;
- an opaque layer laminated on the substantially translucent fabric layer around the translucent patch and surrounding the rear window;
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- a translucent gel layer on an inner side of the substantially translucent fabric layer;
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- wherein the translucent patch extends above front and rear seats of a passenger compartment of the cabriolet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.