Patent ID: 6767045
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
Motor vehicle roof, comprising:a front roof part and a following second roof part which are displaceable between a closed position which covers an interior space of a motor vehicle and a lowered position, in a rear roof storage space, which exposes the motor vehicle interior space, and a laterally arranged multiple hinge means movably supporting the front roof part on the second roof part so as to enable the front roof part to be raisable over the second roof part when being moved into said lowered position. wherein the multiple hinge means has a rear connecting rod supported on the second roof part so as to be pivotable around a pivot axis which is set back from a front edge of the second roof part, and which swings upward out of a roof surface of the second roof part when the roof is being lowered into said lowered position, and wherein the multiple hinge means further comprises a front connecting rod which is pivotally supported in a hinge which is located on a bracket which projects forward from the second roof part in front of the roof surface of the second roof part.