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Targa roof system with a buttress

A pillar and roof technology, applied to roofs, vehicle components, transportation and packaging, etc., can solve problems such as lack of protective roll bars, blocked air vents, and endangering the overall safety of the car

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-08-26
德米特里·奥丁
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Also, the roof in its open position covers the entire trunk immediately behind the rear window, which would block the air vents in a car with a mid-engine design
Also, these systems jeopardize the overall safety of the car as they lack any protective roll bars

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[0022] Such as figure 1 and 2 The basic system is shown with a front window upper frame 1 , a pair of side pillars 2 supporting a roll bar 3 , a non-pivoting rear window 4 , and a single pivoting roof panel 6 . The roof panel 6 is hinged to a centrally mounted strut 7 via a swing arm 9 and a strut pivot 8 .

[0023] This system is suitable for cars with mid-engine design. The central strut 7 is incorporated into the structural rear window 4 which supports a pivot 8 . The struts 7 also serve as transparent air ducts with air intakes above the roll bar 3 in the cover 12 and the elongated segments 10 of the swing arms 9 are integral reinforcing parts of the composite roof structure. They adjoin the left and right sides of the pillar 7 and form air-guiding ribs on the roof surface. The tilt bracket 11 rotates the roof panel 6 rearwardly about 180° to an up-side-down position on top of the decklid 5 and further back from the rear window 4 . Advantageously, with this arm geomet...

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The invention relates to a retractable Targa roof system having a windshield header, a pair of side pillars, a rollbar, a backlight, a single pivoting roof panel and at least one pivot-carrying buttress. The rigid roof panel has at least one fixedly attached swing arm independent of the side pillars and pivotally articulated to said buttress. The buttress pivot is positioned between the bases of the side pillars in transverse direction and substantially above the belt line of the vehicle. Various arrangements of the system allow for a rearward rotary motion to bring the roof panel into either externally retracted position above a forward-hinged deck lid, or internally retracted position under a rear-hinged deck lid.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to convertible motor vehicles with a movable roof, and in particular to a rigid roof panel pivotable rearwardly about a horizontal transverse axis into its open position, which is above the tailgate or Under the trunk lid. Background technique [0002] US Patent No. 4950022 (Pattee) discloses a motor vehicle in which a pivoting hardtop comprises right and left leg members, thus forming the upper half of the B-pillar. The bottom half of this post supports the pivot, and the rear window is removable. A disadvantage in this case is that there are difficult sealing conditions between the base of the column and the movable upper half. Pivoting the post also results in poor sealing of the side windows, and the rear window has to move during roof retraction. [0003] Furthermore, from US Patent No. 6,527,332 (Fioravanti), a removable roof is disclosed as a one-piece shell pivoted to the inner surface of the B-pillar. As in t...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B60J7/00
CPCB60J7/1678
Inventor 德米特里·奥丁
Owner 德米特里·奥丁
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