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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2007
Jan Gaertner, Sindelfingen, DE;
Thomas Meier, Berlin, DE;
Juergen Schrader, Weil im Schoenbuch, DE;
Andreas Zygan, Malsch, DE;
Jan Gaertner, Sindelfingen, DE;
Thomas Meier, Berlin, DE;
Juergen Schrader, Weil im Schoenbuch, DE;
Andreas Zygan, Malsch, DE;
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A convertible motor vehicle with at least two vehicle seating rows and with at least two side doors is provided. A respectively associated door column is arranged in between the doors, and an active rollover protection system is provided in the region thereof. The door columns end upwards in the region of an associated waistline of the motor vehicle, and the rollover protection system is at least substantially arranged below the waistline of the motor vehicle in a retracted position.