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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernhard Schenk, Boeblingen, DE;
Juergen Schrader, Weil im Schoenbuch, DE;
Eckart Schuler, Sindelfingen, DE;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296108 ; 292D / ; 2961201 ; 296121 ;
Abstract
A movable roof construction for an open or convertible passenger car with a two-part foldable hardtop. To prevent the occurrence of wind noises in the area of the bordering of the two hardtop parts, a locking mechanism is provided between the two parallelogram control arms on each side of the parallelogram linkage. The locking mechanism is restrictedly coupled by transmission devices to the locking device of the forward roof part on the windshield cross member. Thereby, for a release of the parallelogram control arms, the locking mechanism can be unlocked together with an unlocking of the locking device.