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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2005
Applicant:
Udo Heselhaus, Ibbenburen, DE;
Inventor:
Udo Heselhaus, Ibbenburen, DE;
Assignee:
Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, Osnabrueck, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A top for a convertible vehicle with a flexible roof panel, which is attached to an arrangement of convertible-top rods and, in its rear area, to an attachment device of the vehicle body, in which a clamping device, acting on the flexible roof panel in the region of its attachment to the vehicle body in the closed state of the convertible top, is provided. The clamping device is designed with at least one bracket that forces the flexible roof panel in the closed state of the convertible top against an auto-body closure seal.