For a vehicle with at least one removable hardtop roof panel and a fixed hardtop rear rooftop, a hinge is provided that attaches to the removable panel(s) and the rear rooftop. In the case of the Jeep® Freedom Top®, both removable panels are attached to the rear fixed portion of the roof using the hinge, enabling the removable panels to be flipped over the rear of the roof.
MOTOR VEHICLE ROOF HINGE AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING HINGE ON VEHICLE ROOF WITH REMOVABLE ROOF PANELS
2022-08-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60J WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES , Fenster, Windschutzscheiben und bewegbare Dächer, Türen oder Ähnliches für Fahrzeuge |
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