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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2002
Christian Holst, Hamburg, DE;
Andreas Hasselgruber, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, DE;
Thomas Halbweiss, Remseck, DE;
Matthias Roesler, Stuttgart, DE;
CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
In a cover arrangement for a storage compartment for a removable vehicle roof with a storage compartment cover which is movable between a closed position and a clearing position, and wherein the storage compartment cover includes a center part and two side parts with an operating mechanism for the center part and actuating mechanisms for the side parts, the center part and the side parts are supported on the vehicle body in a common plane when the storage compartment is closed but are movable to a clearing position for the movement of the roof into, and out of, the storage compartment, the side part actuating mechanisms being inter-linked with the center part operating mechanism for moving the side parts together with the center part.