Roof system for a cabriolet motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9783031-B2
Application number	US-201514955356-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2015
Priority date	Dec 10, 2014
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

A roof system ( 12 ) for a cabriolet vehicle ( 10 ) has a folding top ( 14 ) that is movable between a deployed position and a retracted position covered by a folding-top compartment lid ( 18 ). A side fin ( 16 ) is movable from a use position, in which the side fin ( 16 ) forms a rearward elongation of a support pillar ( 22 ), into a pivoted-away position, in which the side fin ( 16 ) is swiveled away from the folding-top compartment lid ( 18 ) about a swivel axis and into a pivoted-in position in which the side fin ( 16 ) is below the folding-top compartment lid ( 18 ). Movement of the side fin ( 16 ) away from the folding-top compartment lid ( 18 ) enables the side fin ( 16 ) to be positioned closer to or in the range of movement of the folding top ( 14 ) and the folding-top compartment lid ( 18 ) during movement between the deployed and retracted positions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A roof system for a cabriolet motor vehicle, comprising:
a folding top that is movable between deployed and retracted positions;
a folding-top compartment lid moveable between an open position and a closed position in which the folding-top compartment lid covers the folding top that is in the retracted position; and
at least one side fin provided on a side of the folding-top compartment lid, the at least one side fin being movable from:
a use position in which the side fin forms a rearward elongation of a support pillar in the deployed position of the folding top and with folding-top compartment lid in the closed position,
a pivoted-away position in which the side fin is pivoted outwardly away from the folding-top compartment lid about a pivot axis parallel to a direction of travel of the motor vehicle so that the folding-top compartment lid is moving independently of the at least one side fin between the closed and open positions, and
a pivoted-in position in which the side fin is moved to a position below the folding-top compartment lid, at least part of the movement of the side fin to the pivoted-in position being a pivoting movement about the pivot axis.

2. The roof system of claim 1 , wherein the side fin that is in the pivoted-in position is vertically above the folding top that is in the retracted position.

3. The roof system of claim 1 , wherein the side fin that is in the pivoted-in position is laterally adjacent to the folding top that is in the retracted position.

4. The roof system of claim 1 , wherein the side fin is swiveled through an angle α between the use position and the pivoted-in position, wherein α=0°±90°.

5. The roof system of claim 1 , wherein the side fin that is in the use position projects transverse to a direction of travel and is laterally adjacent to the folding-top compartment lid.

6. The roof system of claim 5 , further comprising a folding-top compartment that receives the folding top in the retracted position and the side fin in the pivoted-in position and that can be closed by the folding-top compartment lid.

7. The roof system of claim 6 , wherein at least a part of the side fin is outside the folding-top compartment in the use position.

8. The roof system of claim 1 , wherein the pivot axis of the side fin runs through a flexible material of the side fin.

9. The roof system of claim 8 , wherein the flexible material is tensioned between a bracket arranged below the closed folding-top compartment lid and a reinforcement strut that runs on an upper edge of the side fin.

10. The roof system of claim 1 , wherein a front end of the side fin is connected to a link lever that is coupled in terms of movement to the folding top and that is configured for the swiveling the side fin.

11. The roof system of claim 1 , wherein at least an element of the support pillar is connected to the side fin and swivels together with the side fin.

12. The roof system of claim 11 , wherein the support pillar is covered at least partially by the side fin.

13. The roof system of claim 1 , wherein the side fin is collapsed in the pivoted-in position.

14. The roof system of claim 1 , wherein the side fin, in the use position, partially covers the folding-top compartment lid.

15. The roof system of claim 1 , wherein an outflow opening is between the side fin and the folding-top compartment lid for discharging rainwater.

Assignees

• Porsche Ag

Inventors

• Froeschle Mathias
• Stukowski Dietmar

Classifications

• B60J7/148

  at least one element being stored in vertical fashion · CPC title

• B60J7/203

  the cover part comprising cover side flaps · CPC title

• B60J7/047 Primary

  movable to overlapping or nested relationship {(B60J7/041 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60J7/1265 Primary

  characterised by kinematic movements, e.g. using parallelogram linkages (B60J7/126 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B62D25/04

  Door pillars {; windshield pillars} · CPC title