Patent ID: 6481781
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A hardtop vehicle roof which is movable between a closed position, in which it covers an interior vehicle space, and a storage position, in which the interior vehicle space is open, said hardtop vehicle roof including a front roof part and a rear roof part, a kinematic operating mechanism disposed between, and joining, said front and rear roof parts for controlled relative movement therebetween, and including a first guide track mounted on said rear roof part and supporting a slide member so as to be linearly movable therein, a doublelink joint including two levers each being pivotally connected to said slide member and with their free ends being pivotally connected to said front roof part and a second guide track provided on said rear roof part and guiding one of said levers during movement of said slide member along said first track for controlling the pivot position of said levers and, accordingly the position of said front roof part relative to said rear roof part.