Patent ID: 6811205
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A removable vehicle roof supported on a vehicle body and including a four-link roof operating mechanism (4) mounted on said vehicle body for supporting and guiding said vehicle roof (1) during movement between a closed end position, in which the vehicle roof (1) covers an interior vehicle space, and a storage position, in which the vehicle roof is disposed in a vehicle storage compartment, an actuating element (5) for operating said roof operating mechanism and a spring element (11) supported on said vehicle body and said operating mechanism (41) so as to bias said operating mechanism in each end position of said vehicle roof toward the other end position thereof, said four-link roof operating mechanism (4) including first and second links (6, 7) supported on the vehicle body and a C-pillar link (8) extending between said first and second vehicle body supported links (6, 7), said actuating element (5) being also supported on said vehicle body and connected to one of said two vehicle body supported links (6, 7) which forms a drive link for operating said vehicle roof (1).