Patent ID: 6679539
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
An opening roof system for a convertible vehicle, the system comprising at least a rear roof element movable relative to the bodywork of said vehicle between a closed position and a stored position in a rear trunk of the vehicle, the rear roof element having its concave side facing upwards, said rear roof element being hinged on either side of the bodywork of the vehicle at a corresponding hinge point, and including a central element that is movable relative to said rear roof element, guide means for guiding said central element to maintain said central element substantially parallel to itself during its displacement between its closed position and its stored position in said rear trunk during the corresponding displacement of said rear roof element, the central element being connected on either side of the vehicle to the bodywork via two pivot arms which include a front arm and a rear arm, and being hinged to respective front and rear hinge axes carried by respective ends of the corresponding pivot arms whose respective opposite ends are hinged to the bodywork of the vehicle, said pivot arms being arranged in such a manner as to guide said central element to its stored position and to impose on each of the front and rear hinge axes a respective predetermined path, and the rear roof element comprising means for cooperating with complementary means of said central element in such a manner as to control the displacement of said central element as a function of the displacement of the rear roof element.