Abstract: A roof arrangement for a motor vehicle having a roof frame, a sunroof, two lateral guide paths in which the sunroof is movably guided for closing or at least partially releasing a roof opening. Multiple bearing devices are connected to the sunroof, at one end in an articulated connection and at the other end supported in one of the guide paths via a guide element. The bearing devices each have a lever which is attached to both the guide element and the sunroof in a pivot bearing, whereby the pivot bearing on the sunroof end has a bearing axle which protrudes at its one end into a control path for the lifting motion of the sunroof and is provided at this end with a stepped bearing sleeve. A spring mechanism is arranged between the bearing sleeve and the lever, pressing a ring collar of the stepped bearing sleeve against an edge bordering the control path, thereby minimizing noise, particularly when the sunroof is closed.

Abstract: An impact protection system is provided for a door of a motor vehicle and extends between upright door frames of a door body. On one side the impact protection system is connected with a hinge column by way of hinges and, on the other side, adjacent to a lock of the door, is connected with an additional column. The hinge column and additional column are integrated in a body structure of a body of the motor vehicle. In order to optimize this impact protection system, the lock is mounted on the latter and, in the closed condition of the door, an engaging device of the door interacts with a receiving device of a deformation device which is fastened to the additional column of the vehicle body structure.

Abstract: A door suitable for a motor vehicle is inserted in a recess of a body and includes a door body braced on upright columns of the body. The door body has an internal member and an external member and possesses frame elements bordering on the columns between which an impact protection device extends. In order to optimize this door, the external element connected to the internal element interacts with the impact protection device on an interior between the frame elements of the door body by way of a support apparatus.

Abstract: A roof arrangement for a motor vehicle having a roof frame, a sunroof, two lateral guide paths in which the sunroof is movably guided for closing or at least partially releasing a roof opening. Multiple bearing devices are connected to the sunroof, at one end in an articulated connection and at the other end supported in one of the guide paths via a guide element. The bearing devices each have a lever which is attached to both the guide element and the sunroof in a pivot bearing, whereby the pivot bearing on the sunroof end has a bearing axle which protrudes at its one end into a control path for the lifting motion of the sunroof and is provided at this end with a stepped bearing sleeve. A spring mechanism is arranged between the bearing sleeve and the lever, pressing a ring collar of the stepped bearing sleeve against an edge bordering the control path, thereby minimizing noise, particularly when the sunroof is closed.

Abstract: A removable roof is provided for a passenger car of the sports car type, between a windshield frame and a rollover bar system, which roof is made of a plastic material and includes an exterior wall as well as an interior wall. In order to create a highly stressable, light-weight and space-saving roof, the exterior wall as well as the interior wall are made of a high-strength plastic material and form a rigid member connection, the exterior wall and the interior wall meeting essentially only at edge zones.

Abstract: A locking device suitable for a removable top of a motor vehicle, which extends between fixed structures, such as a windshield frame and an anti-roll bar of a vehicle body, includes a locking element on the roof, which works together with a mounting that is attached, for example, to the anti-roll bar, is directed towards the passenger compartment, and is provided in a fastening plate. The fastening plate, which may be attached to the anti-roll bar, includes a cover element, which can be displaced from a first position into a second position covering the mounting of the fastening plate and vice versa.

Abstract: A lock suited for a removable roof of a motor vehicle, especially a passenger car, is held against a fixed structural part such as a rollover bar of a body of the motor vehicle by way of a locking member of the lock. The lock has a first actuating element and a second actuating element, and the first actuating element is surrounded by the second actuating element surface-flush. The actuating elements act in conjunction with each other such that only upon operating the first actuating element can the second actuating element be moved from a closed position into an open position. To ensure that the lock has a simple design and good functionality while requiring little space, the first actuating element effects the open position of the lock with a lifting motion and the second actuating element with a rotary motion. The locking member of the lock is connected torsion-resistant by way of a bearing shaft to the second actuating element.

Abstract: This removable roof, which is suited for a motor vehicle such as a passenger car, overarches a passenger space in a body of the passenger car and is held on fixed body structures of the body. The roof is provided with at least one locking device, is made of dimensionally rigid material, and includes two roof elements assembled in a median longitudinal plane of the passenger car. For optimization of the roof, each roof element has a locking apparatus and cooperates with a bracing apparatus which counteracts moments on a bracing apparatus lying on one of the fixed body structures, such as a roll bar device, upon actuation of a locking part of the locking apparatus to which a boundary wall of the roof element running adjacent to the locking apparatus is exposed.

Abstract: A removable roof designed for a motor vehicle can be inserted into a stowage space of a body of the motor vehicle in a state detached from the body of the motor vehicle and is held in position using receptacles and holding devices. In order to optimize accommodation, two roof elements, which are separable on a median longitudinal plane of the body, are fixed in position, superposed as a first roof element and as a second roof element, into the receptacles of the stowage space using holding devices.

Abstract: An impact protection system is provided for a door of a motor vehicle and extends between upright door frames of a door body. On one side the impact protection system is connected with a hinge column by way of hinges and, on the other side, adjacent to a lock of the door, is connected with an additional column. The hinge column and additional column are integrated in a body structure of a body of the motor vehicle. In order to optimize this impact protection system, the lock is mounted on the latter and, in the closed condition of the door, an engaging device of the door interacts with a receiving device of a deformation device which is fastened to the additional column of the vehicle body structure.

Abstract: A door suitable for a motor vehicle is inserted in a recess of a body and includes a door body braced on upright columns of the body. The door body has an internal member and an external member and possesses frame elements bordering on the columns between which an impact protection device extends. In order to optimize this door, the external element connected to the internal element interacts with the impact protection device on an interior between the frame elements of the door body by way of a support apparatus.

Abstract: A lock suited for a removable roof of a motor vehicle, especially a passenger car, is held against a fixed structural part such as a rollover bar of a body of the motor vehicle by way of a locking member of the lock. The lock has a first actuating element and a second actuating element, and the first actuating element is surrounded by the second actuating element surface-flush. The actuating elements act in conjunction with each other such that only upon operating the first actuating element can the second actuating element be moved from a closed position into an open position. To ensure that the lock has a simple design and good functionality while requiring little space, the first actuating element effects the open position of the lock with a lifting motion and the second actuating element with a rotary motion. The locking member of the lock is connected torsion-resistant by way of a bearing shaft to the second actuating element.

Abstract: A locking device suitable for a removable top of a motor vehicle, which extends between fixed structures, such as a windshield frame and an anti-roll bar of a vehicle body, includes a locking element on the roof, which works together with a mounting that is attached, for example, to the anti-roll bar, is directed towards the passenger compartment, and is provided in a fastening plate. The fastening plate, which may be attached to the anti-roll bar, includes a cover element, which can be displaced from a first position into a second position covering the mounting of the fastening plate and vice versa.

Abstract: A removable roof designed for a motor vehicle can be inserted into a stowage space of a body of the motor vehicle in a state detached from the body of the motor vehicle and is held in position using receptacles and holding devices. In order to optimize accommodation, two roof elements, which are separable on a median longitudinal plane of the body, are fixed in position, superposed as a first roof element and as a second roof element, into the receptacles of the stowage space using holding devices.

Abstract: This removable roof, which is suited for a motor vehicle such as a passenger car, overarches a passenger space in a body of the passenger car and is held on fixed body structures of the body. The roof is provided with at least one locking device, is made of dimensionally rigid material, and includes two roof elements assembled in a median longitudinal plane of the passenger car. For optimization of the roof, each roof element has a locking apparatus and cooperates with a bracing apparatus which counteracts moments on a bracing apparatus lying on one of the fixed body structures, such as a roll bar device, upon actuation of a locking part of the locking apparatus to which a boundary wall of the roof element running adjacent to the locking apparatus is exposed.

Abstract: A removable roof is provided for a passenger car of the sports car type, between a windshield frame and a rollover bar system, which roof is made of a plastic material and includes an exterior wall as well as an interior wall. In order to create a highly stressable, light-weight and space-saving roof, the exterior wall as well as the interior wall are made of a high-strength plastic material and form a rigid member connection, the exterior wall and the interior wall meeting essentially only at edge zones.

Abstract: A motor vehicle having a flap, which is implemented, for example, as a tail gate, and is swivellably linked by way of a hinge device to the body of the motor vehicle, and opens and closes a flap opening, which hinge device comprises a body-side and a flap-side fitting part, and the two fitting parts are swivellably connected relative to one another by way of at least one multi-control-arm arrangement having at least two control arms. For adjusting the flap relative to the body of the motor vehicle, the flap-side fitting part for the fastening to the flap is provided with at least one oblong hole, and between the flap-side fitting part and the flap, an adjusting slide is arranged which has at least a second oblong hole, in which case a fastening element reaches through the two oblong holes and is fastened to the flap, and the second oblong hole extends at an angle (&agr;) with respect to the first oblong hole, this angle (&agr;) amounting to more than 0° and less than 90°.

Abstract: A roof arrangement is particularly useful in a passenger car with a sliding cover which is provided for closing or partially exposing a roof opening and is linked to a lateral guiding device. The roof arrangement also has an element which can be moved with the cover and has a connection line as well as a line guiding device for the connection line. In order to be able to lay the connection line for the element in a simple manner, a screen which can be moved with the cover and which at least partially covers the lateral guiding device is provided. The connection line is guided on the screen.

Abstract: A motor vehicle has a roof arrangement which has a sliding cover at least partially opening up and closing a roof opening, and a wind deflector device with a wind deflector blade. By way of a tilt-out lever arrangement the deflector can be displaced into an inoperative and operative position, the tilt-out lever arrangement being disposed with its first end at the vehicle in a first swivelling axis extending approximately parallel to the transverse axis of the vehicle and being connected by its second end with the wind deflector blade.

Abstract: A window arrangement for a vehicle has a viewing window and a window support frame which is fastened to the interior side of the window facing a vehicle interior, the window arrangement also having a sealing strip for the window edge, which sealing strip is fastened by means of a fastening extension to the window support frame. In order to permit a fast mounting of the sealing strip on the viewing window, the window support frame has a receiving recess for the fastening extension of the sealing strip, the fastening extension being held by at least one clamping element in the receiving recess.