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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:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas Fischer, Tübingen, DE;
Assignee:
CTS Fahrzeng Dachsysteme GmbH, Korntal-Münchingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/00 ;
Abstract
An adjustable vehicle roof has an adjustable folding top between a closed position and a folded position with a convertible top rod assembly and a top cover material. At least one rod component of the convertible top rod assembly is lowerable into a stowing compartment in the folded position via an adjustment kinematic. In a space conserving embodiment, this rod component is moved along the path of a pitch circle during transport into the stowing compartment.