Webasto Vehicle Systems International Gmbh

Webasto Ag

Michael Respondek

Kozo Ohdoi

Thomas Dintner

Jürgen Stenvers

Ulrike Bruggaier

The object of providing a technical function edge and a styling edge is solved by the cloth for a soft top according to the invention which is designed to be stretchable over at least one solid element, wherein the solid element comprises at least one offsetting or indentation, and wherein the cloth overstretching the solid element is deformed by suitable clamping devices such that the cloth substantially follows the contour of the offsetting or indentation in the region of the offsetting or indentation.

Soft top cloth with styling edge

In a cabriolet motor vehicle () with a foldable roof, especially a foldable hardtop (), with a rigid rear window () which is movable between a closed position in which it covers the vehicle interior, and a stowage position in which it is held in the stowage space () in the vehicle (), the hardtop () has a front roof part () which can be connected to a transverse roof support () which borders the windshield and a rear roof part () which can be moved relative to it and which is coupled to it. Furthermore, the rear window () is made on a rear window element () which can be moved relative to the vehicle body and relative to the rear roof part ().

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Munich, Germany

Michael Respondek