Roll-Bar System for Motor Vehicles Comprising a Retractable Roof
First Claim
1. A roll-bar system for motor vehicles with a roof, which can be extended and retracted in motorized fashion by means of a roof displacement mechanism, consisting of a roll-bar body that is associated with each seat and does not comprise a sensor-controlled crash drive, which can be forcibly displaced autonomously, in conjunction with the roof displacement mechanism, between a first rigid position, when the roof is closed, and a second, raised rigid position, when the roof is open, wherein the roll-bar body is mounted and guided in a cassette type housing that is fixed to the vehicle and said body is associated with a drive, which is coupled to the roof displacement mechanism and used to displace said body vertically in the housing and with a position-dependent forcibly guided locking device, which is used to lock said body in the raised position.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a roll-bar system for vehicles comprising a roof, which can be retracted and raised in a motor-driven manner by means of a roof-displacement mechanism. Said system consists of a roll-bar body that is associated with each seat and does not comprise a sensor-controlled crash drive. The body can be forcibly displaced autonomously, in conjunction with the roof-displacement mechanism, between a first rigid position, when the roof is closed, and a second raised, rigid position, when the roof is open. The aim of the invention is to raise said rigid roll-bar system into the respective rigid positions in a kinematically simple, forcibly guided manner. To achieve this, the roll-bar body is mounted and guided in a cassette-type housing that is fixed to the vehicle and said body is associated with a drive, which is coupled to the roof-displacement mechanism and used to displace said body vertically in the housing and with a position-dependent forcibly guided locking device, which is used to lock said body in the raised position.
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- 1. A roll-bar system for motor vehicles with a roof, which can be extended and retracted in motorized fashion by means of a roof displacement mechanism, consisting of a roll-bar body that is associated with each seat and does not comprise a sensor-controlled crash drive, which can be forcibly displaced autonomously, in conjunction with the roof displacement mechanism, between a first rigid position, when the roof is closed, and a second, raised rigid position, when the roof is open, wherein the roll-bar body is mounted and guided in a cassette type housing that is fixed to the vehicle and said body is associated with a drive, which is coupled to the roof displacement mechanism and used to displace said body vertically in the housing and with a position-dependent forcibly guided locking device, which is used to lock said body in the raised position.
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