Patent ID: 6039383
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
Roof construction for a motor vehicle comprising a dimensionally stable forward roof part which, in a closed operating position thereof, adjoins a windshield frame of a body of the vehicle, a dimensionally stable rearward roof part configured to form C-column sections and be provided with a rear window, the forward and rear roof parts being swivellably connected with one another, a control mechanism for moving the forward and rear roof parts between a lowered inoperative position and a closed operative position, the rearward roof part, in the lowered inoperative position thereof, being swivelled about a horizontal transverse axis such that rearward ends of the C-column sections, as viewed in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle, have free ends which project toward the front of the motor vehicle, wherein, at least in the lowered inoperative position of the C-column sections, at least along a portion of the length of the C-column sections, starting from the rearward ends thereof, wherein the free ends of the C-column sections are free of transverse connection therebetween, and control devices for forward displacement of the rearward roof part in the longitudinal direction are operatively arranged such that, in the inoperative position, the C-column sections at least partially laterally flank a rear area of an interior portion of the motor vehicle.