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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald Hahn, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/12 ;
Abstract
In a vehicle roof arrangement with a folding top which is movable between a closed position and a storage position, a support and operating linkage is provided by which the roof material is tensioned when the roof is closed by a tensioning structure which is held in position by an over-center tensioning linkage. For opening the roof, the tensioning linkage is first moved out of its over-center position by an auxiliary actuator and the tension in the roof is released which is then lowered by the operating linkage into a rear storage compartment.