Patent ID: 6641202
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B60J,B60R

Abstract:
Drainage arrangement for a folding hard-top vehicle roof that can be moved into a storage position within a vehicle rear luggage compartment via lateral and pivotable roof pillars, and a rear window that can be pivoted relative to the roof pillars during movement to the storage position, a water-guiding channel being provided at a bottom edge of the rear window, said channel, in a closed condition of the roof, extending underneath a luggage-compartment cover and being connected to a flexible hose for water drainage, wherein:the water-guiding channel is formed in a first seal associated with the rear window; the water guiding channel opens in an area adjacent each of the roof pillars, into a collecting trough that is part of a sealing system of the roof pillars or of a part of a rear roof portion that lies laterally outward of the rear window; and the collecting trough is connected by the flexible hose to a moisture space of a vehicle side window.