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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Joachim Maass, Bissendorf, DE;
Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, Osnabrueck, DE;
Abstract
A convertible vehicle with a roof, which can be stowed in the rear region of the vehicle and comprises at least one front roof part, which faces a windshield frame in the closed position, and a rear roof part, which extends backward and downward at the rear and has, at its side edge regions, frame parts, which are held at their rear end regions so that they can be swiveled about a horizontal axis. In such a vehicle, in order to increase the headspace for the passengers, especially in the case of four-seater convertible vehicles for the passengers on the rear seat, and to improve the optics in the connecting region of the folding top, without significantly enlarging the stowage space for the open folding top, provisions are made so that the axis mentioned lies above the window parapet in the closed position of the roof and, for this purpose, over connecting frame parts, which are linked to the rear end regions of the rear frame parts so that they can be swiveled, are at a distance from the main bearing, which is on the car body and about which the roof can be swiveled, at least one part region of the connecting frame part, lying above the window parapet, enclosing an obtuse angle with the window parapet in the driving direction.