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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1996
Laurentius A Mentink, Haaksbergen, NL;
Applied Power Inc., Butler, WI (US);
Abstract
Motor vehicle with a foldable roof, which foldable roof comprises a bow assembly with a main bow, a fabric tensioning bow which can be pivoted up and down, for the rear part of the foldable roof, and a buggy-link system with two links. These links at one side are pivotably connected to each other and are also pivotably connected to the fabric tensioning bow and to a fixing point of the bow assembly respectively. The foldable roof also comprises a power drive unit which is connected for drive purposes to the buggy-link system, and can move the buggy-link system between an extended position, in which the links thereof lie essentially in line with each other and thereby force the fabric tensioning bow downwards, and a bent position, in which the links lie at an angle relative to each other. The power drive unit, for example a hydraulic cylinder, is placed in a side wall part of the vehicle. A transmission mechanism is present, which transmission mechanism connects the drive unit for drive purposes to one of the links of the buggy-link system.