Top for an openable vehicle roof
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorAndreas Dillinger
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Abstract
A top for an openable vehicle roof, includes a front section constructed coupleable to a windshield cross member of a vehicle, a rear section configured pivotal and/or lowerable, a flexible section arranged between the front section and the rear section, wherein at least one of the front section and the flexible section is configured shiftable, and a self-supporting pushing- and/or pulling device for moving the flexible section, wherein during an opening process of the top the flexible section is foldable above the rear section so that an outer surface of the flexible section faces an outer surface of the front section.
Claims19
A top for an openable vehicle roof, comprising:
- a front section constructed coupleable to a windshield cross member of a vehicle,
- a rear section configured at least one of pivotal and lowerable;
- a flexible section arranged between the front section and the rear section, wherein at least one of the front section and the flexible section is configured shiftable;
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- a self-supporting pushing/pulling device operatively connected with the flexible section and configured to perform a substantially linear movement in longitudinal direction of the vehicle for moving the flexible section toward a front or rear of the vehicle in longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein during movement of the flexible section toward the rear of the vehicle the flexible section folds above the rear section so that an outer surface of the flexible section faces an outer surface of the front section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.