Webasto Vehicle Systems International Gmbh

Marco Lauterbach

Fritz Wegener

Burkhard Reinsch

Peter Biecker

Gerhard Schwarz

Thomas Sch&uuml;tt

Sven Asendorf

A convertible motor vehicle roof with a roof part ( ), with a rear part ( ) which adjoins the roof part, and with side roof members ( ) which are pivotally coupled on both sides to the roof part ( ). To open the motor vehicle roof, the rear part ( ) together with the roof part ( ) and the side roof members ( ) can be lowered into a stowage space ( ) located in the rear and the side roof members ( ) can be swung to the outside before or during lowering into the storage space ( ), the swivel bearing means ( ) which supports the respective side roof member ( ) on the roof part ( ) having at least two connecting rods or a connecting rod and a crank guide and being formed especially as a planar four-joint linkage.

Convertible motor vehicle roof

A convertible roof ( ) of a convertible motor vehicle with at least one front roof part which is movably supported on the body by a bearing ( ), and a rear roof part ( ) which can be moved over the front roof part ( ) and can be lowered with it into a rear stowage space ( ). An especially simple structure can be achieved when the rear roof part ( ) on the front side can be moved over the front roof part ( ) by a raising mechanism ( ) which is movably supported on a lengthwise guide ( ) which is located on the front roof part ( ). A carriage ( ) can be guided on the lengthwise guide ( ) of the front roof part ( ) and the raising lever ( ) of the raising mechanism, which lever is pivotally connected to the rear roof part ( ), is supported on the carriage to be able to pivot and to be moved by the raising mechanism.

Convertible roof of a convertible motor vehicle

A wind deflector ( ) for a motor vehicle with roof or a convertible top which can be transferred to a stowage space. The wind deflector ( ) is pivotally supported on a cross beam ( ) which extends over the front windshield ( ), and it can be pivoted by a drive ( ) which also actuates a detachable interlock of the convertible top ( ) on the cross beam ( ), depending on the position of the raising mechanism ( ) which is actuated by the drive means ( ) for the wind deflector ( ), a locking device ( ) is coupled to the drive ( ) or is uncoupled from it.

Wind deflector for a motor vehicle

A latching device for latching a folding roof ( ) of a motor vehicle on a windshield apron ( ) which has a movably supported latch hook ( ) which can be latched by a drive in locking engagement on a counterpiece of the lock. The latch hook ( ) is movably supported either on the free end ( ) of the folding roof ( ) or on the apron ( ) and it can be latched on the apron ( ) or the roof free end ( ) as a lock counterpiece, and the drive moves an intermediate element, such as a pivot lever ( ) which is coupled to the latch hook ( ), for closing and latching the folding roof ( ) in a pivoting and sliding motion relative to the stationary guide part ( ) which is in guided engagement in a guideway ( ) of the latch hook ( ) and pivots around the guide part ( ).

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Kasendorf, Germany

Marco Lauterbach