Patent ID: 9283833
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B60J

Claim Text:
1. A top for a convertible vehicle, comprising: at least one roof element configured to be displaceable between a closed position closing a roof opening and an open position for uncovering said roof opening and which, in relation to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof, is guided slidably in the longitudinal direction of the roof on both sides at one guide rail, respectively, said guide rail being arranged at a respective lateral roof beam, a rear roof cassette configured to be displaceable between an erected position for adjoining, in the rear, to the lateral roof beams in the longitudinal direction of the roof and a storage position that is lower with respect to the former position and the roof cassette accommodating the roof element in the open position thereof, as well as a sealing arrangement that seals a vehicle interior off with respect to a vehicle environment in the closed position of the roof element and in the erected position of the roof cassette, wherein the sealing arrangement, on both sides of the vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof, comprises one inner beam sealing portion, respectively, which is arranged at the relevant lateral roof beam on the side of the roof opening, and, in the rear, one cassette sealing portion, respectively, which is arranged at the roof cassette, and which comprises one transverse sealing portion running in the transverse direction of the roof and one longitudinal sealing portion running in the longitudinal direction of the roof, and wherein the cassette sealing portions, in the erected position of the roof cassette, abut against sealing surfaces of the respective lateral roof beam from below.