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description

The invention relates to a multi-part top compartment lid for the cover of a arranged between the back of the rear seats and the trunk of a convertible vehicle, with the top down, consisting of at least one main bow and a front and a rear roof frame and a top cloth existing folding top roof box, consisting of at least one middle part and two mutually mirror-symmetrical, when located in its closed position top compartment lid to this subsequent side parts, which are moved out of its covering position together with the center part of the opening of the preferably hinged to the top compartment rear folding top previously and placed in a Mitführ position.

Folding hoods of convertible vehicles, when the vehicle is used with the top down, are usually accommodated in the folded state in a convertible top compartment located behind the rear seats of the passenger compartment, which is covered by a top compartment lid both with the top and the roof closed. The usual top compartment lid are formed in their majority as one-piece lid and hinged by means of a hinge assembly around one of the edges, in particular around the trailing edge of the opening of the top compartment, pivotally connected to the vehicle body, such that the top compartment lid when opening or closing the folding top each in the manner of a Flap, ie as a one-piece blade, placed in an open position and can be moved back to its closed position after passing through the folding top opening by the folding top. Such one-part top compartment covers are

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but, especially for structurally small top compartment, not usable for all types of convertible vehicles for reasons of space. There are therefore already multi-part and in particular three-part formed top compartment lid known, which consist of a central part and two mirror-symmetrically arranged to this side parts. In a known embodiment of such a multi-part top compartment lid (DE-OS 39 39 145), the two side panels are pivoted relative to the central part to open the top compartment and the middle part is adjusted along with the two side panels in the vehicle longitudinal direction until the top compartment is sufficiently wide open, to close the hood or to be able to open, ie put in the present context to the top in the top compartment or to be able to erect out of the top compartment. For the pivoting of the two side parts and the displacement of the central part of a common drive mechanism is provided in the known design, but this embodiment is relatively expensive and can only be used where a sufficient space for the entrainment of claiming in a storage entrainment side panels of the top compartment lid Available.

The invention is therefore based on the above-mentioned prior art, the object of further developing a multi-part top compartment lid of the type mentioned in that he in simple, less complex and space-saving training of his drive and the control of its opening and closing movement in one of the opening plane of the top compartment against lowered Öffnu η gs position can be spent and also an attractive appearance of the Vedeckkastendeckels located in its closed position is guaranteed.

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This object is achieved essentially by the fact that the two sides of the top compartment lid designed independently of the central part and are arranged on the two longitudinal beams of the front canopy frame.

The inven tion according to the arrangement of the two side parts of the top compartment lid allows their housing in the closed position located in such a hood area, in which otherwise unused or otherwise also unusable space is otherwise available and thus opens up the possibility of a space-saving Training or accommodation of the top compartment lid.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention is provided with respect to the arrangement of the side parts of the top compartment lid on the two longitudinal beams of the front canopy frame, that the two side parts of the top compartment cover are at least about an axis at least approximately parallel to the axis pivotally connected to the two longitudinal beams of the front canopy frame advantageously but intended, that the two side parts of the top compartment lid are pivotally connected and slidably connected in the longitudinal direction of the two longitudinal members of the front canopy frame.

In an appropriate design method is then further provided that the two side parts of the top compartment lid between a relative to the hood inside Mitführstellung and with respect to the hood outer cover position are reciprocally hinged to the inside of the respective associated longitudinal spar of the front canopy frame.

For the different positions of the two side parts of the top compartment ceiling provided in the two possible end positions of the convertible top for obtaining the advantageous design form, the required

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adjusting means is further provided according to a first proposal of the present invention, that the adjusting movement of the two side parts of the top compartment lid is assigned in each case one driven depending on the state of movement of the hood, reversible drive. This allows the two side parts of the top compartment lid in the course of opening or Closing the hood in such a way between their covering position and their Mitführstellung to move back and forth that, despite the small footprint and simple design of both the control and the drive means obstructing the closing or. Opening movement of the top frame is also avoided, as well as the risk of collision with the or the vehicle occupants is excluded.

In connection with an appropriate individual design of the drive for the two side parts of the top compartment lid can be provided that the drive for each of the two sides of the top compartment cover a positive control for a partially pure feed movement and a partially superimposed feed and pivoting movement comprises. A reliable and robust as well as with limited effort feasible embodiment results from the fact that the positive control is designed as a mechanical guide, in particular as a control link and integrated into the pivot axis.

In particular, it may be provided in this connection that the control link is formed as a groove and housed in the axis of the pivot sliding bearing each of the two side parts of the top compartment lid. With the control link is a suitably designed as a pin formed on the inner circumference of a formed with the respective side part hub engagement member engaged.

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The invention is described in detail in the following example description with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing. In the drawing shows the

Figure 1 is a schematic side view of the top frame with located in the entrainment side parts of the top compartment lid with the top down;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a schematic side view of the top frame at the beginning of the opening movement at a top opening angle of about 5%;

Figure 4 is a schematic side view of the top frame at the beginning of the opening movement at a top opening angle of about 10%;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a schematic side view of the top frame in the half-open position at a top opening angle of about 50%;

Figure 7 is a sectional view of a perspective view of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a schematic side view of the top frame in almost fully open position at a top opening angle of about 90%;

Figure 9 is a schematic side view of the top frame in the fully open position;

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Figure 10 is a fragmentary perspective view of Figure 9;

Figure 11 is a partial rear view of a pivot bearing for the side panels of the top compartment ceiling;

Figure 12 is a schematic plan view of a three-part top compartment lid.

The folding top shown in the drawing consists, apart from a textiles not shown for reasons of clarity top cloth from a top frame, which in turn comprises a front 1 and a rear top frame 2 and a main column 3. The front top frame 1 consists of a, with the top closed connectable to the windshield frame front bow 4 and two mutually parallel longitudinal beams 5 and is pivotally connected to the turn of two longitudinal spars rear soft top frame 2 by means of a hinge 6 about an axis directed transversely to the direction of travel. The rear soft top frame 2 is in turn connected in an articulated manner to a main bow 66, which at the same time forms the main column. Furthermore, the main bow 66 is pivotally received about an axis directed transversely to the direction of travel in a bracket attached to the vehicle body. The hood is on the whole by means of a drive mechanism shown in the drawing only schematically and a link arrangement between its closed position shown in Figure 1 and its opening position shown in Figure 9 movable back and forth, the front 1 and the rear top frame 2 and the main column from the extended position shown in FIG. 1 into the folded position shown in FIG. In the open position of the hood shown in FIG. 9, this lies in a total on the rear wall

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the rear seats 8 of the convertible vehicle subsequent top compartment 9 and is covered in this position by means of a top compartment lid 10. In the convertible vehicle shown in the drawing, the top compartment lid 10 is formed in three parts and consists of two mutually mirror-symmetrical side parts 11 and a middle part 12th As can be seen in particular from FIG. 11, the two side parts of the top compartment lid 10 are each pivotable about an axis 13 approximately parallel to its longitudinal axis and are displaceably articulated in the longitudinal direction thereof to the associated longitudinal spar 5 of the front top frame 1. From the illustration of Figure 11 is further seen that the control of the sliding movement and the pivoting movement of the side parts 11 is associated with a forced control formed by a link, which in the illustrated embodiment arranged in the axis 13, the gate forming groove 14 and an the hub 15 arranged engagement pin 16 includes. The axis 13 is disposed outboard of the longitudinal spar 5 and held in a carrier 17.

In the course of the opening of the top shown in the embodiment, the side parts 11, starting from their shown in Figures 1 and 2 against the roof inside Mitführstellung with incipient opening of the roof first in the apparent from Figure 2 forward displaced and beyond the front bow 4 protruding Position shifted, such that the front 1 relative to the rear roof frame 2 is free to pivot. Once the front canopy frame 1 has assumed an angular position sufficient to preclude collision with body parts of the vehicle occupants with increasing progression of opening of the roof, particularly adopting the upstanding position shown in FIG. 6, the side members 11 will gradually become about the axis 13 increasingly pivoted to the outside, until they finally in Figure 8 shown, almost completely open position of the hood their full

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pivoted position has reached and finally in accordance with the illustration of Figure 9 fully open and stored in the top compartment 9 hood in the cover position shown in Figure 10, in which they are aligned with the center part 12 of the top compartment lid 10. The above-indicated movement of the side parts 11 takes place when closing the hood in the reverse direction.