Daimler Chrysler Ag

Mercedes-benz Aktiengesellschaft

Uwe Wacker

Thomas Graf

Hans-Peter Kuttner

Peter Muller

A seal arrangement is used for a folding roof of a hardtop vehicle, which has a front roof part, a rear roof part and a frame. The rear roof part can be moved from a closed position into a storage position inside a rear luggage space. The frame has a rear window and is pivotable in relation to the lateral roof pillars. The seal arrangement includes a sealing strip at least partially disposed in a region adjacent to a front end of the rear window, and an additional seal extending under the rear window and from the region of the pivoting axis to a rear edge of the rear window. The sealing strip extends under the front roof part and the lateral roof pillars and into a region of a pivoting axis of the rear window. The sealing strip includes a main seal having a surface, a comfort seal, and a channel disposed between the main seal and comfort seal. The additional seal includes a main seal having a surface, a comfort seal, a channel disposed between the main seal and comfort seal of the additional seal, and an additional channel in the region of the pivoting axis, the additional channel being in alignment with the channel of the sealing strip and communicating with the channel between the main seal and the comfort seal of the additional seal. The two main seals adjoin one another in the region of the pivoting axis with the surfaces abutting each other.

Seal arrangement for a folding roof of a hardtop vehicle and method for making a seal arrangement

In a drainage arrangement for a folding hard-top vehicle roof that can be moved into a storage position in the vehicle luggage compartment with the aid of pivotable C pillars, the rear window is pivotable relative to the C pillars ( ). Associated with the bottom edge of the rear window is a seal which has a water-guiding channel formed therein. The channel opens in the area of the C pillars into a collecting trough ( ), which in turn is connected by a flexible hose ( ) to a moisture space of one of the vehicle side windows.

Drainage arrangement for a folding roof of a hard-top vehicle

A two-seat convertible has wind deflecting bodies which are disposed behind the headrests of the vehicle seats and rest on the vehicle body top rear side and project upwards to approximately the height of the upper edge of the respective headrest. The headrests are constructed in the shape of a hood which tapers toward the rear and is approximately parabolic with respect to the outer contour, in which case the contour of a headrest is situated within the flow-around area of the surface of the assigned wind deflecting body which projects upwards in the front. Each wind deflecting body can be detachably fastened on the vehicle body.

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Schoenaich, Germany

Uwe Wacker