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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2005
Jörg Plassmeyer, Bad Laer, DE;
Heinrich Selle, Bad Oeynhausen, DE;
Ralf Buecker, Hagen, DE;
Dirk Flaspöhler, Georgsmarienhutte, DE;
Hermann Heidtmann, Haselunne, DE;
Udo Heselhaus, Ibbenburen, DE;
Jörg Plassmeyer, Bad Laer, DE;
Heinrich Selle, Bad Oeynhausen, DE;
Ralf Buecker, Hagen, DE;
Dirk Flaspöhler, Georgsmarienhutte, DE;
Hermann Heidtmann, Haselunne, DE;
Udo Heselhaus, Ibbenburen, DE;
Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A cabriolet includes a displaceable roof that can be secured in its closed position on a windscreen frame. To secure the roof, the cabriolet is equipped with at least two displaceable engagement bodies and at least one associated drive, which interacts with the engagement bodies to transmit the drive force via intermediary elements having a component that extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The drive includes a drive member, which is generally parallel to the transverse direction of the vehicle on the plane of the intermediary elements and which is used to displace a gear that controls the displacement of one or more intermediary elements by means of a coupling member that lies on the plane of the drive member.