The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1994
Guenter Gmeiner, Sindelfingen, DE;
Arno Jambor, Vahingen/Enz, DE;
Guenther Ellenrieder, Ostfildern, DE;
Dieter Guertler, Stuttgart, DE;
Oliver Wagner, Filderstadt, DE;
Roland Wendler, Boeblingen, DE;
Mercedes-Benz AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle with a lowerable roof construction, particularly a convertible sports car, has a roof part and a rear part as well as a forced control device for controlling the relative movement of the roof part with respect to the rear part. The forced control device has at least one control element which is connected in the region of the roof swivel axis in a rotationally fixed manner to the roof part and interacts with at least one further control element which is fixed to the body of the vehicle and is in the region of the rear swivel axis.