IP Library Granted Patent US 9,346,342
Granted Patent B1
US 9,346,342 · App. 14/642,976 · Granted May 24, 2016

Vehicle roof and roof opening mechanism

Inventor: Jason Bowles (Owosso, MI)
Assignee: WEBASTO-EDSCHA CABRIO GMBH
B60J7/06B60J7/12
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,346,342
App. No.
14/642,976
Granted
May 24, 2016
Kind
B1
Abstract

A vehicle roof having a roof structure with a roof opening, which, by a roof opening mechanism, can be closed or at least partially uncovered as desired, said roof opening mechanism being designed as an interchangeable insert. Additionally, a roof opening mechanism is proposed, being designed as an interchangeable insert, for unlockable fixation at a roof structure of a vehicle roof, and comprising a frame, which can be placed upon an edge region of the roof structure, said edge region limiting a roof opening.

Claims (14)

1. A vehicle roof having a roof structure with a roof opening, which, by a roof opening mechanism, can be closed or at least partially uncovered as desired, said roof opening mechanism being designed as an interchangeable insert,

wherein the interchangeable insert comprises a base frame, which follows an edge of the roof opening, wherein the roof opening mechanism further comprises a fabric covering element, which, by at least one tensioning bow fixedly pivotable with respect to the base frame, is displaceable between a closed position for covering the roof opening and an uncovering position for uncovering the roof opening,

wherein the tensioning bow is coupled to an auxiliary tensioning bow fixedly pivotal to the base frame, and

wherein the tensioning bow, in relation to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof, is on each of its two sides connected to the auxiliary tensioning bow via a coupling rod,

the coupling rod being articulated to the auxiliary tensioning bow and to the main tensioning bow via intermediately positioned hinge points.

2. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the base frame is an open frame having the shape of an U and comprising a transversal rear leg and two longitudinal side legs.

3. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the base frame is attached to the roof structure via fixation elements being manually unlockable.

4. The vehicle roof according to claim 3 , wherein the manually unlockable fixation elements are in each instance formed from a handle screw, which reaches through the roof structure from below.

5. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the tensioning bow, in the closed position, is adjacent to a front edge of the roof opening and is secured at the roof structure by a fastening mechanism.

6. A roof opening mechanism, being designed as an interchangeable insert, for unlockable fixation at a roof structure of a vehicle roof, and comprising:

a base frame, which can be placed upon an edge region of the roof structure, said edge region for limiting a roof opening, further comprising a fabric covering element, which, by at least one tensioning bow fixedly pivotable with respect to the base frame, is displaceable between a closed position for covering the roof opening and an uncovering position for uncovering the roof opening,

wherein the tensioning bow is coupled to an auxiliary tensioning bow fixedly pivotal to the base frame, and

wherein the tensioning bow, in relation to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof, is on each of its two sides connected to the auxiliary tensioning bow via a coupling rod,

the coupling rod being articulated to the auxiliary tensioning bow and to the main tensioning bow via intermediately positioned hinge points.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2024
From: WEBASTO CONVERTIBLES GMBH
To: WEBASTO SE
Reel/Frame 069562/0364 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2016
From: WEBASTO-EDSCHA CABRIO GMBH
To: WEBASTO-EDSCHA CABRIO USA INC.; WEBASTO THERMO & COMFORT NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 039716/0361 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2015
From: BOWLES, JASON
To: WEBASTO-EDSCHA CABRIO GMBH
Reel/Frame 035303/0594 →