US 11,858,323 B2
Convertible top element and convertible top for a convertible vehicle and convertible vehicle
Steffen Borchert, Berg (DE); Peter Holler, Landsberg (DE); Ralf Mehling, Munich (DE); Thomas Schnaufer, Oberhausen (DE); Daniel Seiboth, Odelzhausen (DE); and Christian Spickermann, Karlsfeld (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 16/971,939
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/052688
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/162075, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 202 771.4 (DE), filed on Feb. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0086599 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B60J 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01); B32B 15/04 (2006.01); B32B 15/088 (2006.01); B32B 15/09 (2006.01); B32B 15/18 (2006.01); B32B 25/18 (2006.01); B32B 27/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 7/1226 (2013.01) [B32B 3/12 (2013.01); B60J 7/1265 (2013.01); B32B 15/046 (2013.01); B32B 15/088 (2013.01); B32B 15/09 (2013.01); B32B 15/18 (2013.01); B32B 25/18 (2013.01); B32B 27/065 (2013.01); B32B 2605/08 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first convertible top element for a convertible vehicle, comprising in sequence:
an external convertible top tier;
a coupling layer;
a planar bow;
an absorbent layer; and
an internal convertible top tier;
wherein the coupling layer has a layer thickness of 4 to 8 mm and an area weight of 130 to 270 g/m2;
wherein the planar bow is a steel-sheet component, a deep-drawn metal-sheet component, a die-cast aluminum component, a die-cast magnesium component, or a honeycomb sandwich structure; and
wherein the absorbent layer has a layer thickness of 8 to 15 mm and an area weight in a range from 300 to 600 g/m2.