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
  • B60J7/02—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of sliding type, e.g. comprising guide shoes
  • B60J7/06—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of sliding type, e.g. comprising guide shoes with non-rigid element or elements

Definitions

• the invention relates to a motor vehicle with an openable roof and a roof closure device, which is adjustable between a closed position closing a roof opening and a storage position releasing the roof opening.
• a vehicle in the manner of a notchback sedan with an openable roof which has at least one movable cover, which is displaceably guided along roof-fixed guide rails and between a closed position in which it covers a roof opening, and a Storage position in which he is accommodated in a receiving space in a trunk lid, is adjustable.
• a rear window can also be slidably mounted on guides and moved into the receiving space in the boot lid. In their storage position in the receiving space, the stored lid as well as the rear window have no utility.
• a motor vehicle with a pivotable roof unit which is formed as a one-piece L-shaped structure and is adjustable about a fixed pivot axis between the closed position in the roof opening and the storage position in which it is in the passenger compartment is fixed behind the front seats and the seat and the back rest at least one rear seat zes forms.
• the one-piece rigid L-shaped structure of the roof unit requires when pivoting a relatively large space for their movement.
• the roof unit may be guided for pivoting movement within a guide rail laterally of the rear seats.
• the roof unit or the L-shaped structure may include a rear window, as a vehicle-side rear window would be located in the path of movement. To increase the comfort of two seat cushions may be provided which cover the inside of the optionally existing rear window. If the rear seats formed by the L-shaped structure are occupied by occupants, however, the roof opening can not be closed if necessary.
• a vehicle with a roof opening which can be closed by a folding roof.
• opening the folding roof this can be moved into a receiving space, which is provided in a rear cross member.
• the cross member is releasably secured to lateral roof rails of the vehicle roof, so that it can be removed from the vehicle roof or the roof rails with the folding roof open.
• the invention has for its object to provide an aforementioned motor vehicle, which is improved in terms of its uses.
• the roof opening can be closed by means of an additional roof closing device when the roof closing device is arranged in its storage position.
• the additional roof closing device offers the possibility of closing the roof or the roof opening, nevertheless, when the roof closing device is arranged in the storage position.
• the additional roof closing device is particularly advantageous when the roof closing device forms a functional assembly in its storage position or has a useful function, which otherwise from another component would bring. This otherwise required component can thus be saved.
• This utility can z. B. be a partition between the passenger compartment and a rear-side space such as a trunk or an engine compartment of a mid or rear motor vehicle.
• the roof closing device in its storage position forms a functional assembly and in particular at least one rear seat of the vehicle in the aforementioned motor vehicle.
• the vehicle interior behind the front seats can be used as a utility or storage space.
• This utility or storage space can be used by at least one other person who finds space on the at least one rear seat formed by the roof closure device in its storage position. If the occupancy of the rear seat by a person, the roof opening z. B. be closed due to weather conditions, the roof closing device used by the person as a seat is not available for this purpose. By means of the additional roof closing device is still the roof opening closed.
• the roof closing device is displaceably mounted on vehicle-side guides, which are arranged on both sides of the roof opening arranged Dachl Kunststoffsholmen and on the side structures of the body.
• the roof closing device has two covers, which are displaceably mounted on vehicle-side guides, can be pivoted relative to one another during movement along the curve of the guides and can be moved in the storage compartment. Form a seat or a backrest of the at least one rear seat.
• the subdivision of the roof closing device in at least two covers allows a flexible adaptation of the roof closing device to the course of the guides, so that in contrast to a total rigidly formed roof closing device, the required movement path for the two lids is narrower and thus requires less free space.
• the two lids are a coupled unit, which are adjustable together between the closed position and the storage position.
• the coupling takes place via joints or hinges.
• suitable seals for mutual sealing of the lid as well as for sealing the lid are provided on the vehicle roof.
• the covers can each be individually movable, for. B. by a respective drive device.
• each lateral guide includes a first guide portion on the roof longitudinal spar, a second guide portion along a roof pillar and a third guide portion in the bottom portion of the vehicle interior behind the front seats.
• the guide may also have a different course from this design, so that it can be adapted to a respective vehicle design and to a respective roof closure device. It is expedient if each guide is formed as a continuously extending guide rail.
• a preferred embodiment provides that the additional roof closing device is detachably arranged on the vehicle roof and in particular in a compact Mon- Tagean extract by means of a fastening device on the roof longitudinal beams and / or the roof pillars can be used or removed therefrom.
• the additional roof closing device is permanently arranged on the vehicle, it can be received when opening, in particular in a roof cross member or in a receiving space in the body.
• the additional roof closing device may be formed as a fabric or folding top and have a top cross member for receiving the open fabric or folding top or of hoops and top fabric.
• the additional roof closing device is adjustable in a closed position covering the roof closing device when the roof closing device is arranged in its closed position.
• a support device which provides additional support for the roof closure means, in particular the rear cover, arranged in its storage position. This will support the weight of a person sitting in the backseat.
• Safety devices such as safety belts can also be integrated on the support device as well as on the covers.
• a particular upright rear window behind the roof opening or behind the rear seats fixed or movable, in particular vertically lowered, can be arranged.
• a lowerable rear window can release the movement path for the roof closing device, if this should be necessary due to their arrangement.
• the roof closing device or the lid can have on the inside a seated contour appropriate for the body.
• Figure 1 is a perspective plan view of an inventive vehicle with an openable roof and arranged in the closed position roof closing device.
• Fig. 2 in a side view in a partially broken view of the
• FIG. 3 shows the vehicle when opening the roof in a view according to FIG. 2, wherein the roof closing device is shown in a first intermediate position;
• Fig. 4 is a perspective plan view of the vehicle when opening the
• FIG. 5 shows a view according to FIG. 2 of the vehicle when opening the roof, wherein the roof closing device is shown in a third intermediate position.
• FIG. 6 is a view according to FIG. 2 of the vehicle with the roof open, wherein the roof closing device is arranged in its storage position and forms rear seats;
• FIG. and Fig. 7 is a perspective plan view of the vehicle with stored
• a passenger vehicle 1 includes (see FIG. 1) a roof 2 with a roof opening 3 (FIG. 7) and a roof closing device 4 with which the roof opening 3 can optionally be closed (FIG. 1) or released (FIG. 6).
• the roof opening 3 is front of a cowl 5 above the windshield 6, laterally bounded by a roof longitudinal spar 7 and rear of a rear cross member 8, which connects the two opposing roof longitudinal beams 7 or rear facing roof pillars 9 together and is firmly attached to this.
• a substantially upright or steep rear window 10 is arranged as a conclusion of the vehicle interior, the upper edge rests against the cross member 8.
• the cross member 8 may also be formed by a frame of the rear window 10 and be firmly connected only to the rear window 10 or additionally with the roof pillars 9.
• a fixed or movable cover 11 connects, for example, a flap for covering an engine compartment in the case of a rear-engined vehicle and / or a trunk.
• the roof closing device 4 includes a first, front cover 12 and a second, rear cover 13, which close the roof opening 3 between the cowl 5 and the rear cross member 8 flat when the roof 2 is closed.
• the two covers 12 and 13 are adjustably mounted by means of a cover guide device on the vehicle.
• the cover guide device includes on both sides of the vehicle in each case a guide in the manner of a guide rail (see Fig.
• the two covers 12 and 13 are by means of a hinge device 20 such.
• a hinge at their adjacent edges, d. H. the rear edge 21 of the front lid 12 and the front edge 22 of the rear lid 13, connected to each other, so that they are mutually pivotable.
• the first cover 12 has at its opposite outer edges near its front edge 23 each have a bearing unit 24 which is engaged on the associated lateral guide and thus the first cover 12 movably supports along the guide.
• the two opposite bearing units 24 are designed such that the front cover 12 can be pivoted relative to the guide about a defined by the bearing units 24 transverse axis 25.
• the rear cover 13 has at each of its opposite outer edges a front bearing unit 26 near or at its front edge 22 and a rear bearing unit 27 near or at its rear edge 28.
• the known storage units are shown schematically in the figures with circles, they contain z. As a mounted on the guide slider or carriage with a pivotally mounted thereon journal of the lid 12 and 13 respectively.
• the drive device includes a z. B. electrically or hydraulically operated drive motor which moves along each guide guided drive element or drive cable, which is connected to at least one of the two covers 12 or 13, for example with the rear cover 13th
• the rear cover 13 moves along the guide, wherein initially its rear edge 28 in the region of the first deflection section 15 of the guide moves downward and depending on the course of the guide in the region of the deflection 15 can also move slightly backwards, so that the rear cover 13 pivots down about its front bearing unit 26 (Fig. 3).
• the coupled front cover 12 is taken along and moved backwards (FIGS. 4 and 5). Upon further movement of the two covers 12 and 13, the rear cover 13 reaches a vertical position during its downward movement in front of the inside of the rear window 10 (see FIG. 5). The front cover 12 follows the rear cover 13 and assumes an increasingly inclined position. Finally, the advancing trailing edge 28 of the rear cover 13 follows the second deflecting section 17 and is slightly raised again in the vehicle's forward movement to the end position of the stowed position so that the rear cover 13 is horizontal or obliquely rearward inclined position is arranged, in which the front edge 22 of the rear cover 13 is arranged in front of the vertical second guide portion 16 (Fig. 6). The front cover 12 follows the movement of the rear cover 13 and, in the end position, assumes a slightly reclined position, in which its front edge 23 is arranged approximately in front of the rear window 10 at the upper end of the vertical second guide section 16.
• the two covers 12 and 13 have on the underside a body-shaped lining or upholstery or they are z. B. as shell components integral formed with a corresponding shape, which can also be visible on the top.
• a Ab constellation- device (not shown) be active and at least the seat 29 forming rear cover 13 in addition to its support on the guide additionally firmly supported on the body, so that even under load the rear seats by persons the rear seats are firmly stored.
• an additional roof closing device may be provided (see Fig. 7), the z. B. is formed as a folding top 31 with a fabric supported by flats top material 32.
• the folding top 31 has a top cross member 33, which is detachably mounted in the region of the rear cross member 8 on the roof longitudinal beams 7 or the roof pillars 9 and has a receiving space in which the top fabric 32 is received with the bows in the rearward opening of the folding top 31 becomes.
• the folding top 31 may be guided on additional guides arranged on the roof longitudinal beams 7 or on the existing guides or guide sections 14 for opening and closing.
• the folding top 31 may also be firmly integrated on the vehicle and, for example, extend from a lower storage position in front of or behind the rear window 10 upwards.
• the top fabric then contains a transparent see-through area, which is substantially congruent with the rear window when the top is closed, so that the view is ensured to the rear.
• the rear window 10 may be fixedly attached to the body or be adjustable by means of a bearing device in a lowered position, for. B. can be lowered on substantially vertical guide rails pivotable about a fixed pivot point or be pivotable by means of a hinge or link device. In this case, the rear cross member 8 with the rear window 10 or regardless of its position on the upper edge of the rear window 10 can be removed.
• the roof closing device can also have more than two covers. So z. B. two lids form the backrest or the seat, with other combinations are possible.
• the covers of the roof closing device may be a rear seat or it may also be provided two rear seats.
• Roof closing device 21 rear edge (front cover)
• Cross member 25 transverse axis

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