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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2004
Frank Neubrand, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Frank Neubrand, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, Osnabruck, DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle with a retractable roof includes front and rear rigid roof parts that are movable between a closed position covering the passenger compartment and an open position stored in a rear receiver space. An articulated connector interconnects the front and rear roof parts. The articulated connector includes two control levers, which form a four-bar linkage, and a support plate. The control levers each having one end rotatably connected to the rear roof part and another end rotatably connected to the support plate. The support plate is movably connected to the front roof part. In the open position, the front roof part is arranged below the rear roof part and the outer surfaces of the roof parts face upwardly.