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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2003
Wolfram Salz, Vaihingen, DE;
Gernot Bruder, Karlsruhe, DE;
Markus Papendorf, Besigheim, DE;
Andreas Hasselgruber, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, DE;
Matthias Rösler, Stuttgart, DE;
Frank Bertz, Rutesheim, DE;
CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
In a removable vehicle roof supported by way of an operating mechanism on a vehicle body for movement between a closed position, in which the vehicle roof covers an interior vehicle space and a storage position in which the roof is deposited in a vehicle storage compartment, a spring element is supported on the vehicle body and connected to the roof operating mechanism in such a way as to bias the operating mechanism in each of the two end positions of the roof in a direction toward the other end position so as to facilitate movement of the vehicle roof out of each end position.