Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
  • B60J7/00—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs
  • B60J7/20—Vehicle storage compartments for roof parts or for collapsible flexible tops

Definitions

• Vehicle comprising a rear roof element attached to the boot lid
• the present invention relates to a motor vehicle having a retractable roof and a trunk with a hood.
• Such a retractable roof makes it possible in particular to transform a cut-off motor vehicle into a cabriolet type vehicle.
• the invention relates to a motor vehicle comprising roof elements movable between a covering position in which they cover the passenger compartment of the vehicle and a storage position in which they are in the trunk.
• FR-A-2,845,949, FR 2,805,218 and FR-A-2,778,610 in the name of the applicant, a retractable roof that fits in the trunk of a vehicle.
• the trunk opens from front to rear for storage of the roof and back to front for access to luggage, the trunk has a storage area of the elements roof.
• FIG. 3 there is described by the prior art a rear roof element having a rear edge which, in the roof covering position, is adjacent to a front edge of the trunk lid.
• This arrangement implies that the rear roof element is fully retractable and therefore the storage area of the trunk must be relatively large.
• One of the problems of the prior art is to be able to act on the dimensions of the vehicle or its trunk, without reducing the apparent length of the roof while the storage area of the chest remains large enough for storage of roof elements.
• the invention aims to remedy these problems by proposing to optimize the arrangement of the constituents of such a vehicle, in particular the roof elements, the trunk lid and the storage area located inside the trunk and the trunk. optimize the dimensions of these different constituents.
• the invention proposes a motor vehicle comprising:
• a retractable roof comprising at least one rear roof element movable between an extended position in which it covers at least a portion of the passenger compartment of the vehicle and a retracted position in which it is stored in the trunk of the vehicle, and
• the vehicle further comprises an attached roof element, said element being secured to the front edge of the trunk lid so that in the closed position of said hood the attached roof element is substantially in line with the rear roof element. in his deployed position.
• the invention proposes to fix a portion of the additional rear roof on the edge of the trunk lid of the vehicle.
• the storage space of the rear roof elements is increased while the space required for storage is reduced. It is therefore possible to reduce the length of the trunk of the vehicle and therefore the length of the vehicle.
• the invention proposes to reduce the height of the trunk lid.
• FIG. 1 schematically shows a motor vehicle according to the invention.
• FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal section of the trunk and the rear part of a vehicle according to the invention, showing the junction between the rear roof element and the trunk lid.
• FIG. 3 shows a longitudinal section of the rear part of the vehicle at the junction of the trunk lid and the rear roof element according to the prior art.
• FIG. 4 shows a longitudinal section of the rear part of the vehicle at the junction of the trunk lid and the rear roof element according to the invention.
• the vehicle 1 comprises a trunk 2 provided with a cover 3.
• the cover 3 has two open positions. Indeed, the hood 3 can open at the choice from front to rear for storage of the retractable roof 4 or from the rear to the front to access a luggage storage space.
• the retractable roof 4 is composed of at least one front roof element 6 and a rear roof element 5.
• the front member 6 is hingedly connected to the rear member 5 whose rear end is articulated to the vehicle frame 1.
• the roof elements 5, 6 are movable between a deployed position in which they cover at least a portion of the passenger compartment of the vehicle 1 and a retracted position in which they are stored in the rear trunk 3 of the vehicle 1.
• the present invention is not limited to a vehicle having a retractable roof 4 of this type but can be adapted to any type of retractable roof 4 whose roof elements are retractable in the trunk 2 of the vehicle 1 .
• the rear roof element 5 rests on a seal 9 bonded to a cross member 10 integral with the vehicle frame 1.
• An attached rear roof element 1 1 is fixed on a section 12 secured to the front edge of the hood 3 of the rear trunk 2.
• the rear roof element 11 attached is located substantially in the extension of the rear roof 5 in its deployed position.
• the rear roof element 11 attached 1 may be similar in nature to that of the rear roof element 5, especially from the material that constitutes it.
• the roof element 1 1 is made of glass.
• the shape of the profile can be broken down into three distinct parts:
• the first part 13 is the upper part of the profile 12. This part is inclined relative to the outer line of the cover 3 of the box 2 and extends substantially in a plane parallel to the rear roof element 5.
• the rear roof element attached 1 1 is fixed on this first portion 13 of profile 12 by gluing.
• the second portion 14 of the profile 12 is substantially parallel to the outer line of the cover 3 of the trunk 2. This second portion 14 may advantageously form a bearing surface for a seal 15 disposed on the crossbar 10 fixed to the vehicle frame 1.
• the third part 16 is opposite and at a distance from the rear part of the crosspiece 10.
• the third portion 16 of the section 12 comprises a recess 17 making it possible in particular to increase the rigidity of the section 12.
• the first part 13 of the profile 12 is preferably formed directly in the front edge of the cover 3 of the trunk 2, for example by stamping, while the second part 14 and the third part 16 are formed of the same part which is then fixed to the cover 3 of the trunk 2.
• the manufacture of the cover 3 of the trunk 2 is relatively easy to achieve.
• the shape of the profile 12 makes it possible to increase the rigidity of the cover 3.
• the profile 12 can be used to fix the front articulation system of the cover 3.
• the front hinge system of the cover 3 consists of deployable hinges not shown.
• FIGS. 2 and 3 makes it possible to better understand the advantages of the present invention.
• the size of the trunk 2 of the vehicle 1 can be increased by a length A. Therefore, the volume of the storage area 18 of the roof elements 5, 6, 7, 8 in the trunk 2 is increased.
• the length of the rear roof element 5 can be decreased by a length B, the mixed line of Figure 4 indicating the rear roof element according to the prior art. This arrangement reduces the space required for the storage of the roof elements 5, 6, 7, 8 in the trunk 2.
• the storage area 18 of the roof elements 5, 6, 7, 8 is larger, while the space required for storing the roof elements is reduced.
• the size of the trunk 2, and therefore the size of the vehicle 1 can be optimized by reducing them by a length L compared to the prior art shown in phantom.
• the apparent length of the rear roof 5 can be increased by a length C.
• the height of the upper line of the cover 3 of the box 2 can be reduced by a length D with respect to the prior art shown in phantom.

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