Patent ID: 6227613
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A vehicle, comprising:a fixed roof having an opening therein;a fabric sliding roof arranged at the opening in the fixed roof so as to be slidable between an open position and a closed position:a spoiler mounted in a stationary manner on an outer surface of the fixed roof in a region of a front edge of the sliding roof so as to be outside the opening in the fixed roof in front of the front edge when viewed in a direction of travel, and extend transversely over the vehicle for reducing draft and noise phenomena in an interior of the vehicle when the fabric sliding roof is open, the spoiler having at least one passage opening arranged so a to divide an air stream striking against the spoiler during movement of the vehicle in the direction of travel into a first stream passing through the passage opening and a second stream passing along an upper surface of the spoiler; anda deflecting device arranged in a rearward region of the spoiler relative to the direction of travel so as to influence air flow in one of the first steam and the second stream, the deflecting device being an essentially upwardly extending part.