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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Waleri Katrini, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Marcus Papendorf, Boennigheim, DE;
Berthold Klein, Sachsenheim, DE;
Randolf Liebhardt, Grafenau, DE;
Waleri Katrini, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Marcus Papendorf, Boennigheim, DE;
Berthold Klein, Sachsenheim, DE;
Randolf Liebhardt, Grafenau, DE;
Magna Car Top Systems GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Abstract
A collapsible roof for a vehicle includes a roof guide, a roof cap, a top fabric, and an adjusting mechanism. The adjusting mechanism movably couples the roof cap to the roof guide such that the roof cap with the top fabric are movable relative to the roof guide between a closed position in which the top fabric covers a roof opening and an opened position in which the top fabric exposes the roof opening. The adjusting mechanism includes front and rear control arms coupled to the roof cap. The front control arm includes a locking hook and the rear control arm includes a latching hook. The locking hook engages a front cavity of the roof guide in the closed position to fix the roof cap in place and the latching hook engages a rear cavity of the roof guide in the opened position to fix the roof cap in place.