Patent ID: 6962386
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A roof storage compartment cover ( 1 ) for a storage compartment ( 2 ) of a removable roof ( 3 ) of a vehicle having a vehicle body ( 5 ) on which said roof storage compartment cover ( 1 ) is pivotally supported, a roof storage compartment cover operating mechanism for moving the roof storage compartment cover ( 1 ) between a closed position and an open position, said roof storage compartment cover operating mechanism including an over-dead center operating structure, with which the vehicle roof ( 3 ) is mechanically coupled such that the roof storage compartment cover operating mechanism is movable between its closed and open positions depending on the transfer movement of the vehicle roof ( 3 ) wherein the direction of movement of the roof storage compartment cover ( 1 ) during the transfer of the vehicle roof ( 3 ) from the closed position to the storage position is reversed so that the roof storage compartment cover ( 1 ) is closed in the closed position and also in the storage position of the vehicle roof ( 3 ) but is open in an intermediate position of the vehicle roof ( 3 ), said over-dead center operating structure including a transfer link ( 6 ) connected between a pivotal operating arm ( 4 ) of said roof operating mechanism and said over-dead center operating structure such that, in the open position of said roof storage compartment cover said pivotal operating arm ( 4 ) of said roof operating mechanism and said transfer link ( 6 ) are in a dead center position, and said transfer link ( 6 ) being connected with its end remote from the operating arm ( 4 ) of the roof operating mechanism pivotally to a control arm ( 7 ) of the roof storage compartment cover operating mechanism, which is pivotally mounted on the vehicle body and which, at its end remote from the transfer link ( 6 ), is slidably supported in a guide track ( 9 ) on the roof storage compartment cover ( 1 ).