IP Library Granted Patent US 8,764,095
Granted Patent B2
US 8,764,095 · App. 13/958,025 · Granted Jul 1, 2014

Folding top with rear-window link

Inventors: Peter Ritzinger (Eging am See, DE); Armin Anzinger (Postmuenster, DE)
Assignee: Webasto-Edscha Cabrio GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,764,095
App. No.
13/958,025
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A folding top of a cabriolet vehicle, comprising a foldable top lining which can be adjusted by a top linkage between a closed position, in which it covers a vehicle interior, and a stowed position, in which it opens up the vehicle interior in the upward direction, the top linkage having, at both sides of a vertical top longitudinal central plane, in each case one link arrangement which comprises a rear-window link to which there is articulatedly connected a rigid rear window which is bordered by the top lining. The rear-window links are articulatedly connected in each case via a first joint to an intermediate link which is articulatedly connected via a second joint to a base element. The rear-window links, in the closed position, are supported in each case on the respectively associated intermediate link via a rear-window link stop.

Claims (6)

1. A folding top of a cabriolet vehicle, comprising a foldable top lining which can be adjusted by a top linkage between a closed position, in which the top lining covers a vehicle interior, and a stowed position, in which the top lining opens up the vehicle interior in an upward direction, the top linkage having, at both sides of a vertical top longitudinal central plane, in each case one link arrangement which comprises a rear-window link to which there is articulatedly connected a rigid rear window which is bordered by the top lining, wherein the rear-window links are articulatedly connected in each case via a first joint to an intermediate link which is articulatedly connected via a second joint to a base element, and the rear-window links, in the closed position, are supported in each case on the respectively associated intermediate link via a rear-window link stop.

2. The folding top as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate links, in the closed position, are supported in each case on the respective base element via an intermediate link stop.

3. The folding top as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base elements form in each case one bow link of the top linkage.

4. The folding top as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a corner bow of the top linkage is connected to the bow links.

5. The folding top as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the base elements form in each case one bow link of the top linkage.

6. The folding top as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a corner bow of the top linkage is connected to the bow links.

Assignments (2)
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 6, 2013
From: RITZINGER, PETER; ANZINGER, ARMIN
To: WEBASTO-EDSCHA CABRIO GMBH
Reel/Frame 031154/0481 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 107 314 · Aug 9, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140042770A1 · Feb 13, 2014