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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2013
Christoph Aschaber, Graz, AT;
Claus Careni, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Berthold Klein, Sachsenheim, DE;
Wolfgang Richter, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Martin Rodler, Krottendorf, AT;
Christoph Aschaber, Graz, AT;
Claus Careni, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Berthold Klein, Sachsenheim, DE;
Wolfgang Richter, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Martin Rodler, Krottendorf, AT;
MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG, Graz, AT;
Abstract
A motor vehicle and a method for at least partially opening and closing a folding roof for the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle a roof frame defining a roof opening and a roof mechanism configured to permit a selective closing and at least partial opening of the roof opening. The roof mechanism includes a folding roof system having a hood cover with a plurality of spaced apart first transparent elements in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and a second plurality of transparent elements between the first transparent elements and configured such that, in the at least partial opening of the roof opening, the hood cover forms folds in which the first transparent elements are positioned in an upper, upward-facing side of a fold and the second transparent elements are positioned in a lower, downward-facing side of a fold and are concealed by the first transparent elements.