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WO2008107130A1 - Automobile à porte réservée à la descente d'un passager perfectionnée - Google Patents

Automobile à porte réservée à la descente d'un passager perfectionnée Download PDF

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WO2008107130A1
WO2008107130A1 PCT/EP2008/001630 EP2008001630W WO2008107130A1 WO 2008107130 A1 WO2008107130 A1 WO 2008107130A1 EP 2008001630 W EP2008001630 W EP 2008001630W WO 2008107130 A1 WO2008107130 A1 WO 2008107130A1
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Michael Noll
Wolfgang Reul
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Edag Gmbh & Co. Kgaa
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J7/00—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs
    • B60J7/08—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position
    • B60J7/16—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position non-foldable and rigid, e.g. a one-piece hard-top or a single rigid roof panel
    • B60J7/1628—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position non-foldable and rigid, e.g. a one-piece hard-top or a single rigid roof panel for covering the passenger compartment
    • B60J7/1635—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position non-foldable and rigid, e.g. a one-piece hard-top or a single rigid roof panel for covering the passenger compartment of non-convertible vehicles
    • B60J7/1642—Roof panels, e.g. sunroofs or hatches, movable relative to the main roof structure, e.g. by lifting or pivoting

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  • the invention relates to an automobile with an easier for the passenger exit through a door opening of a passenger compartment of the automobile.
  • the automobile is preferably a passenger car with four or possibly more doors. It may in particular be a limousine.
  • the invention is based on an automobile which comprises a body with a passenger compartment, which is bounded on the left and on the right of side parts and spanned by a hard roof area which is immovably and preferably non-detachably connected to the side parts.
  • the passenger compartment has a first door opening and a second door opening, one of which is arranged on the left side and the other on the right side of the passenger compartment.
  • the side panels frame the respective door opening at the bottom and at the sides of the door openings.
  • the automobile further comprises a roof frame which spans the first door opening at the top and in particular can be formed by one of the side parts.
  • the fixed roof area may for example be a permanently mounted, optionally removable hardtop and form a type of roof frame which closes off the first door opening at the top.
  • the fixed roof area has a roof opening.
  • the automobile includes a movable roof area that faces relative to the fixed roof area between a closed position and an open position and is movable forth and closes the roof opening in the closed position, ie fills, and at least partially releases in the open position.
  • the second door opening at the top is frameless, i. open to the top when the movable roof area occupies the open position.
  • the roof opening thus extends into the second door opening.
  • the roof opening and the second door opening flow into each other in the open position of the movable roof area, without separation.
  • the movable roof area closes the second door opening upwards. If the movable roof area assumes the open position, a passenger seated at the second door opening can therefore raise himself through the roof opening and unhook from the roof frame or another body structure closing the second door opening at the top.
  • the movable roof area in the open position preferably exposes the roof opening to such an extent that an average tall adult of, for example, 1.80 m in size can fully erect himself and can comfortably get out of the second door opening in an upright position. If a door serving the closure of the second door opening is pivotably connected to the body in a rear region of the door, as is the case with preferred automobiles, ie can be pivoted backwards for opening, the gain in terms of convenience is particularly great.
  • the movable roof area is pivotable relative to the fixed roof area and additionally movable in a translatory or rotational manner with a further degree of freedom of movement.
  • the movable roof area relative to the fixed roof area can also only be pivotable or only translationally movable.
  • the advantage that the mobility of the movable roof area can be realized with a smaller swing angle and less effort.
  • the movable roof area can be lifted out of the roof opening and lowered into the roof opening, for example by means of a scissor mechanism.
  • the passenger compartment has a front passenger area and a rear and is the second door opening as in such cases
  • a door opening in the rear of the passenger compartment such a sliding roof, for example, in the direction of travel forward or to the opposite side can be moved to the open position.
  • the movable roof area is pivotable, which also relates in particular to embodiments in which it has at least one further degree of freedom of mobility in addition to a pivoting movement about a pivot axis, the movable roof area is in a preferred embodiment in the direction of a side of the passenger compartment opposite the second door opening the open position movable.
  • Such movability allows sufficient release of the roof opening even with a small path, which has to cover a in the closed position, the second door opening spanning edge portion of the movable roof area from the closed position to the open position.
  • a preferred pivoting mechanism comprises a shaft which is rotatably mounted about a pivot axis of the movable roof area and is mechanically coupled to a drive device for a rotary drive.
  • the pivoting mechanism further comprises a pivoting lever, which is torsionally rigid with the shaft and hingedly connected to the movable roof area.
  • a rotational movement of the shaft causes a pivoting movement of the pivoting lever about the pivot axis and, because of the pivotal connection effecting a driving of the roof area, also a pivotal movement of the movable roof area.
  • the shaft is preferably rotatably supported by the fixed roof area.
  • the shaft extends at least substantially parallel to the fixed roof area.
  • the pivot axis may in particular be parallel to a longitudinal axis of the automobile.
  • the articulated connection of the pivoting lever with the movable roof area is preferably a rotary joint with a rotation axis parallel to the pivot axis.
  • the pivoting lever is connected at a location of the movable roof portion therewith, which is in a pivot plane of the movable roof portion between the ends of the movable roof portion.
  • pivotal mounting about a shaft or together with a shaft which is arranged at one end of the movable roof area can by the pivot lever and the arrangement of the articulated connection between the Ends of the movable roof portion of the required for the release of the roof opening swivel angle can be reduced.
  • the center of gravity of the movable roof area pivots not only about the pivot axis, but also performs a translatory upward movement and also experiences relative to the roof opening offset to the front or rear or preferably away from the second door opening to the other side of the car.
  • the pivoting mechanism preferably includes another pivoting lever for guiding the movable roofing area as it moves.
  • the coupled via the shaft with the drive means first pivot lever forms in such embodiments a drive lever and the further pivot lever a guide lever.
  • the guide lever is in a preferred embodiment at a distance from the shaft hingedly connected to the fixed roof area and at a distance from the hinge connection of the drive lever also hinged to the movable roof area.
  • the movable roof portion forms a coupling member of the mechanism, which is preferably directly hinged to both levers.
  • the length of the drive lever and the length of the guide lever and the arrangement of the respective articulated connection to the fixed roof area and the movable roof area are chosen so that the largest possible part of the roof opening is released with the smallest possible pivot angle of the drive lever.
  • the movement of the movable roof area from the roof opening and into the roof opening is effected by a drive device which is preferably retractable and extendable, ie its length measured in the extension and retraction direction can be changed.
  • a drive device which is preferably retractable and extendable, ie its length measured in the extension and retraction direction can be changed.
  • the drive device is telescopic.
  • a pneumatic or hydraulic linear drive can form the drive device.
  • the extension and retraction direction is in a preferred embodiment parallel or substantially parallel to the fixed roof area, at least the direction of movement of the drive means should be parallel or substantially parallel to the fixed roof area when the movable roof area occupies the closed position. Subsequently, the drive device can be erected, for example.
  • a retractable and retractable drive device whose direction of movement, at least in the closed position of the movable roof area parallel to the fixed roof area, can be very flat and thus advantageously inconspicuous in the flat space between an outer panel or other fixed outer structure of the fixed roof area and an inner covering of Badger, the so-called "sky", are arranged.
  • a rotary motor which is basically also usable as a drive device, could not be realized in any of the three space dimensions with the desirable flatness and therefore could not be housed so inconspicuously. An electric rotary motor would also cause noise.
  • the retractable and retractable drive means is mechanically coupled in preferred embodiments with said shaft.
  • a coupling device can serve in particular a crank lever, which is torsionally rigidly connected to the shaft by being formed with the shaft either in one piece or attached to this torsionally rigid.
  • the shaft forms a crankshaft in such embodiments.
  • the drive device and the crank lever are advantageously connected directly to one another in a rotary joint with a rotation axis parallel to the pivot axis of the shaft.
  • the passenger compartment is advantageously stiffened in the fixed roof area in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the automobile.
  • a reinforcing structure is attached to a fixed roof skin, preferably roof panel, of the fixed roof area, which extends transversely to the longitudinal axis in front of or behind the roof opening and extends to the left and right to each of the roof frame or a pillar of the body.
  • the reinforcing structure extends in several parts, or preferably in one piece, both in front of and behind the roof opening in the transverse direction in the manner described.
  • a reinforcing structure that surrounds or framed the roof opening and each extending to the second door opening front and rear upper end limiting lateral structures of the body and is firmly connected thereto.
  • the reinforcing structure can advantageously also form the edge of the roof opening.
  • the reinforcing structure is preferably plate-shaped, that is, it has a width in a plan view of the roof of the automobile, which is significantly larger as their thickness measured parallel to the vertical axis of the automobile.
  • the reinforcing structure may be reshaped in shape according to any curvature of the fixed roof area. In simple embodiments, however, the reinforcing structure may also be flat, ie unbelted. It is preferably between 2 and 12 mm thick.
  • a reinforcing structure of steel may be thinner, for example at least 1 mm thick.
  • a plastic structure should be at least 4 mm thick. Thinner areas should be stiffened by reinforcements.
  • the reinforcing structure may be reinforced with one or more reinforcing ribs and may be thicker in cross-section of the respective rib. It may have one or more thickened surface areas in which or, for example, the movable roof area is supported or which serve to support a component by means of which a movement of this roof area is effected.
  • one end of the reinforcing structure may be thickened, which serves to introduce the force into a connection structure of the body.
  • the reinforcing structure is expediently arranged on an inner side of a fixed outer structure of the fixed roof area, preferably a roof panel, and is concealed by the movable roof area in the closed state, ie is not visible from the outside in this state.
  • the reinforcement structure can be added to the fixed roof area. It can be supported in the transverse direction on a pillar of the body. Preferably, it is inherently rigid, so that it can not be wounded solely by muscle power.
  • the reinforcing structure may be a carrier of one or more or all of the components required or intended for storage or movement of the movable roof area.
  • it can store the movable roof area.
  • it can support the drive device or the movement mechanism, which converts the drive movement of the drive device into the movement of the movable roof area.
  • the serving as a drive lever pivot lever or the guide lever or preferably both levers supported on the reinforcing structure preferably be hingedly attached to her. On her can be arranged a seal against which pushes the movable roof area in the closed state to achieve water and noise-tightness.
  • roof area control a separate control device is preferably provided, hereinafter referred to as roof area control, by means of which the drive device and expediently also a closure device for closing and preferably locking the roof area is or are controllable.
  • the roof area controller has the ability to close or open the door for the second door opening, which also includes the preferred case of automatic opening and closing.
  • the automobile is equipped with a drive device for opening or closing this door.
  • the roof area controller preferably comprises an operating device, for example a switch which can be moved between two positions, which can be designed, for example, as a toggle switch or slide, or instead, for example one or more push buttons, such as one for opening and one for closing the movable roof area.
  • the operating device can advantageously be arranged close to the second door opening, so that it can be conveniently operated by the passenger in question.
  • the operating device may be provided and arranged in the front region of the passenger compartment.
  • the roof area control controls both the movement of the roof area and the door
  • the roof area control preferably automatically does so in a coordinated manner, preferably with the roof area and door controlled in a predetermined sequence such that either the roof area in front of the door or the door in front of the roof area occupies the respective closed position.
  • the roof area control is set up in a preferred embodiment so that it can be easily connected to existing automotive electronics via a connection, for example one or more standard plug connections, and automatically integrated in the existing automotive electronics or optics in the event of the connection. It can for example be set so that the movable roof area can only be moved to the open position when the automobile is at a standstill or only when it falls below or up to a maximum speed, which is predetermined for the roof area control.
  • a device for determining the speed of the automobile via the connection with the roof area control for the purpose of data transmission or transmission of an analog measuring signal is connected to integrated or integrable embodiments.
  • a reinforcing structure which supports the movable roof area or at least one component required for the proper functioning of the movable roof area is also advantageous for conversion purposes, namely if an automobile with a fixed roof is converted to an automobile according to the invention.
  • One or more of the components may or may be mounted on the platform before the reinforcing structure, together with the assembled component (s), is fixedly connected to the fixed roof area.
  • the invention is not limited to subsequent modifications, but can be used with advantage also in automobiles, which are produced with the invention as an integral part. If the invention is already provided in a new production, the reinforcing structure may be an integral part of the fixed roof area or, as in the case of retrofitting, also be fixed to a conventional fixed roof area, apart from the roof opening.
  • the invention also relates to a conversion kit for retrofitting an automobile.
  • the conversion kit comprises a movable roof area adapted to the respective type of automobile, a suitably shaped reinforcing structure of the type mentioned, preferably a drive device of the type mentioned, and preferably also the components for the mechanism for transmitting the movements of the drive device to the movable roof area.
  • the conversion kit also includes in preferred embodiments, a roof area control of the type mentioned.
  • a part or all components of the conversion kit can be delivered pre-assembled on the reinforcement structure or pre-assembled on site before mounting on the car.
  • FIG. 2 shows the movable roof area in a closed position
  • FIG. 3 shows the movable roof area in an open position
  • Figure 4 is a roof of the automobile in a view from below and
  • Figure 5 shows a transition region of a door opening and a means of the movable
  • FIG. 1 shows a four-door sedan as an example of an automobile according to the invention.
  • the body of the sedan is constructed in a conventional manner and comprises in particular a floor, a left and a right side part 2, a rear part, a front part and a roof.
  • the body forms a passenger compartment 1, which is bounded on the left and right of the side panels 2 and top of the roof.
  • the passenger compartment 1 has door openings, namely a front left door opening 31, a front right door opening 3r, a rear left door opening 41 and a rear right door opening 4r, and doors 5 inserted into the door openings, which are each pivotable about an axis for opening and closing are at least substantially parallel to a vertical axis Z of the automobile.
  • the door openings 31, 3r and 41 are formed in a conventional manner. They are circumferentially framed by relative to the automobile immovable body parts, down, for example, of the body floor or the respective side part 2, the front and rear of the respective side part 2, for example, as in the embodiment of the A-pillar and the B-pillar and in the case of the rear door opening 41 of the B-pillar and the C-pillar, and the top of a roof frame 7, which may also be part of the respective side part 2.
  • the right rear door opening 4r is frameless at the top, ie towards the roof.
  • the body, in particular the right roof frame 7, is at the upper end of the door 5 on the entire width of the door opening 4r interrupted. On the sides and below it is framed like the door opening 41.
  • the roof is divided into a fixed roof area 6, which is immovably permanently connected to the side parts 2, and a movable roof area 10.
  • a roof opening 9 is recessed.
  • the movable roof area 10 is movable back and forth between a closed position and an open position shown in FIG. 1 relative to the fixed roof area 6. In the closed position, it closes the roof opening 9 and continuously guides the fixed roof area 6 over the entire opening edge of the roof opening 9, so that in the closed position a closed roof surface acting uniformly like an overall solid roof is obtained.
  • the movable roof area 10 releases the roof opening 9 adjoining the door opening 4r so far that a passenger can stand the roof opening 9 protruding upright in the rear of the automobile when the door 5 is closed.
  • the passenger can therefore rise from his seat with open or possibly even when the rear door 5 is closed and get off in an upright position when the rear door 5 is open. This is made possible by the elimination of the upper conclusion of the door opening 4r and thereby the door opening 4r and the roof opening 9 integrally extending open area of the passenger compartment. 1
  • FIG. 2 shows the roof and an upper area of the door opening 4r with the roof area 10 located in the closed position.
  • the movable roof area 10 has an edge portion 14, which continuously continues the body including the roof frame 7 over the door opening 4r, so that in the closed state of the roof area 10, the impression of a solid roof and a conventional door opening 4r is visually created.
  • FIG. 3 shows the roof of the automobile and the adjacent area of the door opening 4r with the roof area 16 in the open position.
  • the rear door 5 is removed or opened, as in FIG. 2, so that the flowing, ie non-interrupted, transition from the door opening 4r and Roof opening 9 can be seen.
  • the movable roof area 10 is pivotally connected to the fixed roof area 6. It is pivotable from the closed position in the direction of the door opening 4r opposite side of the car in the open position and from this again in the direction of the door opening 4r in the closed position. The pivoting movement are superimposed on opening a lifting movement upward and another translational movement in the direction of the opposite side. Accordingly, the roof area 10 is connected to the fixed roof area 6 by means of a pivoting and lifting / lowering mechanism.
  • the mechanism comprises a pivot lever 11, another pivot lever 12 and a drive shaft 13 which is rotatably supported by the fixed roof portion 6 about a pivot axis.
  • the pivot axis is parallel to the longitudinal axis X of the automobile.
  • the drive shaft 13 is mounted at an end of the roof opening 9 facing away from the door opening 4r.
  • the pivot lever 11 is torsionally rigid with the drive shaft 13 and pivotally connected to the roof area 10 in a rotary joint.
  • the hinge is disposed on the movable roof portion 10 at a distance from an end remote from the door opening 4r.
  • the pivoting lever 12 is pivotally connected to the roof area 6 in a swivel joint and also pivotally connected to the roof area 10 in a swivel joint.
  • the hinges of the pivot levers 11 and 12 are spaced apart both on the side of the fixed roof area 6 and on the side of the movable roof area 10.
  • the drive shaft 13 is rotated about the pivot axis by a certain rotation angle range back and forth.
  • the roof area 10 therefore pivots on a circle with a radius corresponding to the length of the pivot lever 11 about the pivot axis, more precisely, the connecting joint of roof area 10 and pivot lever 11 pivots on this circle.
  • This pivoting movement is superimposed as a further pivoting movement, the movement of the connecting joint of roof area 10 and pivot lever 12 on a circular path whose radius corresponds to the length of the pivot lever 12.
  • the pivot lever 11 acts as a drive lever of the movement, while the pivot lever 12 acts as a guide lever.
  • the pivot levers 11 and 12 are each provided in duplicate, to the forces required for the movement evenly on both sides of the Roof area 10 to initiate or absorb.
  • the two pivot levers 11 and the two pivot levers 12 can, however, kinematically be considered in each case as a pivot lever 11 and a pivot lever 12.
  • the passenger compartment 1 is stiffened in the region of the roof opening 9, in order to obtain a rigidity comparable to that of a conventional automobile with a door opening 4r also framed above.
  • the stiffening is achieved by means of a reinforcing structure 15, which framing the roof opening 9 to each of the front and the rear side of the door opening 4r continuously, but of course leaves the door opening 4r above free.
  • the reinforcing structure 15 is U-shaped according to the substantially rectangular roof opening 9 in the plan view of the roof.
  • the reinforcing structure 15 is immovably permanently connected to the fixed roof area 6, for example welded or glued or connected in certain sections by means of a folded connection. It further forms the edge of the roof opening 9 up to the door opening 4r. Furthermore, it serves as a support for a seal 20-24 running around the edge of the roof opening 9 ,
  • FIG. 4 shows a region of the roof comprising the roof opening 9 in an upward view, ie in a view from inside the passenger compartment 1.
  • the essentially U-shaped reinforcing structure 15 can also be seen.
  • the reinforcing structure 15 is plate-shaped and in the exemplary embodiment Alloy, such as aluminum or an aluminum alloy molded.
  • the width b of the reinforcing structure 15 is significantly greater than the thickness measured parallel to the vertical axis Z of the automobile.
  • the width b is preferably at least 5 cm everywhere, while the thickness is in the millimeter range and preferably at least 2 mm, more preferably at least 4 mm and preferably at most 12 mm, more preferably at most 10 mm.
  • the reinforcing structure 15 extends to the left and right to the respective side part 2 and the left and right roof frame 7. It also extends between the body pillars, in the embodiment between the left and right B-pillar and the left and right C-pillar.
  • the reinforcing structure 15 further comprises reinforcing ribs 16, each extending from one of said pillars to each on the other side extending opposite column and branch from the door opening 4r the opposite edge of the roof opening 9 in the direction of the door opening 4r opposite side of the automobile in reinforcing ribs 17. It has thickened areas at ends where it is supported on and firmly connected to columns B and C. Also in the area that supports the shaft 13, it is thickened or reinforced by one or more ribs (s).
  • the reinforcing structure 15 also serves as a bearing structure or carrier for a drive device for the movable roof area 10.
  • the drive device is designed as a pneumatic or hydraulic linear unit, d. H. Piston-cylinder unit formed.
  • the drive device comprises a drive element 18a, which is supported on the reinforcing structure 15 and exemplarily a cylinder element, and a drive element 18b, which in the exemplary embodiment is a piston with piston rod guided linearly by the drive element 18a.
  • This telescopic drive device is mechanically coupled via a coupling element 19 with the drive shaft 13 to rotate the drive shaft 13 about the pivot axis back and forth.
  • the coupling element 19 is a crank lever which is rigidly connected to the drive shaft 13 and in a pivot joint with the extendable and retractable drive element 18b.
  • a particular advantage of the drive means 18a and 18b and the coupling with the drive shaft 13 by means of a crank mechanism is that such a pivot drive can be built very flat, and thus claimed measured parallel to the vertical axis Z measured only little space. Space is limited in this direction in the area of the roof.
  • the drive means 18a and 18b and the crank lever 19 require for the extension and retraction of the roof area 10 only a few centimeters parallel to the vertical axis Z, less than 5 cm in the embodiment, so that the drive means 18a and 18b together with the crank lever 19 in the flat space between the Exterior skin of the fixed roof area 6, more precisely, the reinforcing structure 15 attached thereto, and the inner covering of the roof area 6 can be accommodated.
  • FIG. 5 shows the front upper end of the door opening 40, where the door opening 4r merges into the roof opening 9.
  • the seal 20-24 ends in a symmetrical manner, furthermore there are symmetrically also closure elements 26 and a centering element 27 are arranged.
  • Distributed over the edge of the roof opening 9 further such closure elements 26 are arranged.
  • the seal 20 is over most of its length of two sealing strips 20 which frame the roof opening 9 and each extend to near the door opening 4r.
  • special sealing elements 21-24 are arranged, which connect seamlessly to the sealing strips 20 and prevent moisture entry into the passenger compartment at this interface when the rear door 5 is closed and the roof area 10 is in the closed position.
  • the seal 21-24 has at its two ends, in each case at the upper end of the second door opening 4r, a sealing structure 21 which comprises a seating area 22 for a secure fit on the reinforcing structure 15 and two sealing lips 23 and 24 for sealing against the roof area 10
  • the sealing structure 21 is U-shaped in the region of its sealing lips 23 and 24, wherein the sealing lips 23 and 24 respectively form the lateral limbs of the U.
  • the edge region 14 of the roof region 10 has the shape of the sealing lips 23 and 24 simulated on an inner side a protruding rib sealingly abutting the outer sealing lip 23 with an outwardly facing sealing surface and with an inwardly facing sealing surface on the inner sealing lip 24 when the roof area 10 assumes the closed position.
  • the edge portion 14 projects beyond this sealing rib of the roof area 10 to the side and is pulled a short way down to form in this way a rain-repellent supernatant.
  • the sealing structure 21 further includes a sealing surface 23 a, on which the rear door 5 sealingly abuts in its closed state.
  • the centering members 27 and the closure members 26 are disposed on the reinforcing structure 15 between the inner and outer weather strips 20.
  • the reinforcing structure 15 further forms a gully over which moisture, which may possibly pass through the seal formed with the outer weather strips 20, is dissipated.
  • a pressure detector 25 is arranged within the inner sealing strip 20 along the edge of the roof opening 9.
  • the pressure detector 25 is elongated and preferably extends continuously along the front and preferably also along the rear edge of the roof opening 9, preferably over the entire length of the edge.
  • the pressure detector 25 may be hollow in cross-section and equipped with upper and lower contact elements or an upper and a lower contact strip, which are spaced from each other in the unloaded state of the pressure detector 25 and in the closed state of the roof area 10.
  • the drive means 18a, 18b stopped, preferably, the direction of movement is reversed.
  • the pressure detector 25 is connected to a control device for the roof area 10, ie for the drive unit 18a, 18b.
  • the closure elements 26 interact positively and non-positively with counter-elements of the movable roof region 10 in order to press and lock them in the closed position in a positive and non-positive manner against the seal 20-24 in the closed position.
  • the arranged on the movable roof area 10 counter elements are pin-shaped or bolt-shaped.
  • the closure elements 26 are rotary elements each having an active surface, which is eccentric to the axis of rotation of the respective closure element 26 and forms a receptacle for the respectively associated counter element of the roof region 10. In the open position of the roof area 10, the closure elements 26 each occupy an open position. When the roof area 10 moves into the closed position, its counter-elements move as far as the active surfaces of the closure elements 26 located in the open position.
  • the closure elements 26 are automatically rotated by the roof area control and slide frictionally with their active surfaces over the counter-elements.
  • the shape of the active surfaces is such that the counter-elements and consequently the roof area 10 is continuously drawn towards the seal 20-24 and finally pressed against the sealing strips 20 and into the two sealing pockets 21.
  • the active surfaces of the closure elements 26 are so shaped so that they lock the roof area 10 in a rotational closing position on the counter elements, even if then on the closure elements 26 as preferred then a torque is no longer exerted. The lock is released only by the exercise of a torque acting in the reverse direction of rotation.

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L'invention concerne une automobile à porte réservée à la descente d'un passager perfectionnée, comprenant a) une carrosserie à éléments latéraux (2) délimitant un habitacle (1) de l'automobile sur un côté gauche et un côté droit, b) une première ouverture de porte (4l) et une seconde ouverture de porte (4r), dont l'une est disposée du côté gauche et l'autre, du côté droit de l'habitacle (1), c) un cadre de toit (7) recouvrant la première ouverture de porte (4l), d) une zone de toit fixe (6) qui est liée, de façon immobile, avec les éléments latéraux (2) et qui présente une ouverture de toit (9), e) et une zone de toit mobile (10) qui est déplaçable, par rapport à la zone de toit fixe (6), d'une position de fermeture en une position d'ouverture, et qui ferme, en position de fermeture, l'ouverture de toit (9), et qui, en position d'ouverture, libère l'ouverture de toit au moins partiellement, f) la seconde ouverture de toit (4r) étant sans encadrement en position d'ouverture de la zone de toit mobile (10), et s'étendant jusqu'à l'ouverture de toit (9), g) la zone de toit mobile (10) fermant, en position de fermeture, la seconde ouverture de porte (4r) vers le haut. L'invention concerne en outre un kit de transformation pour une automobile.
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