Patent ID: 6761392
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A hardtop vehicle roof movable between a closed position in which it covers an interior space of a vehicle and a storage position, in which the roof (1) is disposed in a rear storage compartment, said hardtop vehicle roof (1) including front, intermediate and rear rigid roof shells (2, 3, 4) which, in the closed position, are disposed, in the longitudinal vehicle direction, one behind the other and wherein said front and rear roof shells (2, 4) comprise each three sections, a center roof section (2a, 4a) and opposite side roof sections (2b, 4b), which are pivotally connected to the respective center roof sections (2a, 4a), said center roof sections (2a, 4a), being displaced in the storage position of said roof (1) upwardly relative to the respective roof shell side sections (2b, 4b), said side roof sections (2b, 4b) of the front and rear roof shells (2,4) and the center roof sections (2a, 4a) of the front and rear roof shells (2, 4) which have outer surfaces which face downwardly in said storage positions and are displaced upwardly being received in the intermediate roof shell (3), which is upwardly curved in the storage position.