Patent ID: 6315326
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
A rollbar for an open sports car, which extends with a center section and end sections bent from said center section in a main rollbar plane in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of said vehicle and approximately over the width of said vehicle, and which comprises fastening connections at the ends, said rollbar having a flat cross-section with a cross-sectional main axis oriented in a direction transverse to the main rollbar axis, comprising a basic shell body which follows the rollbar shape and is of molded two-dimensional material with longitudinal ribbings which extend approximately in straight fashion over said center and end sections of said rollbar and are alternately raised towards the exterior and interior side of said rollbar, with the width, height or both width and height of at least one of said longitudinal ribbings gradually increasing towards the rollbar ends.