IP Library Granted Patent US 7,717,461
Granted Patent B2
US 7,717,461 · App. 12/334,987 · Granted May 18, 2010

Motor vehicle with a displaceable roof configuration and a rollover protection element

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,717,461
App. No.
12/334,987
Granted
May 18, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor vehicle with a roof configuration which can be displaced between a closed position and open position and has a roof skin. At least one rollover protection element which, in a retracted inoperative position, is concealed under a covering, is moveable, by displacing the covering, into an extended protective position and has a manipulation element for the roof skin in order to be able to penetrate the roof skin to reach the protective position. In order to be able to reliably extend the rollover protection element, it is provided that, on its lower side facing the rollover protection element, the covering has a contact structure which prevents the manipulation element from making contact with the covering.

Claims (13)

1. A motor vehicle, comprising:

a covering;

a roof configuration being displaceable between a closed position and an open position and having a roof skin;

at least one rollover protection element which, in a retracted inoperative position, and concealed under said covering, is moveable, by displacing said covering, into an extended protective position, said rollover protection element having a manipulation element for penetrating said roof skin to reach the extended protective position; and

said covering having a lower side facing said rollover protection element and a contact structure for preventing said manipulation element from making contact with said covering disposed on said lower side.

2. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said covering and said contact structure are produced as a single piece part.

3. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said contact structure has at least one projection which projects from said lower side of said covering in a direction of said rollover protection element.

4. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said rollover protection element has an upper side, and said manipulation element is configured as a fixed spike on said upper side of said rollover protection element.

5. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said manipulation element is attached to said rollover protection element in a laterally offset manner in relation to said contact structure.

6. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said rollover protection element is disposed at an angle with respect to an imaginary vertical parallel to a vertical axis of the motor vehicle.

7. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said manipulation element is disposed at a highest point of said rollover protection element.

8. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said contact structure is disposed approximately centrally with respect to said rollover protection element.

9. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said rollover protection element is at least one roll bar.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 15, 2010
From: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
To: DR. ING H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 024689/0278 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 14, 2010
From: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (COMPANY NO. 722287)
To: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 024684/0871 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2010
From: BEIERL, DOMINIK; BRONDA, ANGELO
To: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (COMPANY NO. 722287)
Reel/Frame 024134/0512 →