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296 - Land vehicles: bodies and tops

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Class / Patent application numberDescriptionNumber of patent applications / Date published
296210000 Roof structure 553
296107010 Let-down type top 212
296100010 Load cover 175
296136010 Cover 69
296098000 Roll-up covers 54
296102000 Standing 5
20100207423Motor Vehicle - A pivotable tailgate for a motor vehicle includes pivot arms disposed as one piece on the tailgate body at a distance from one another. At an upper end of each pivot arm, a respective hinge arm is provided, each of which is mounted in a roof section of the body so that there is sealing between an upper tailgate section, a tailgate body, and a tailgate opening via a single encircling seal disposed at the tailgate opening, without additional sealing of the respective pivot arms being required.08-19-2010
20100327620ROOF ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - A roof assembly for a vehicle that includes a center roof panel made from a lightweight material like aluminum, a surrounding attachment flange made from a more formable and stronger material like steel, and a junction that connects the roof panel and the attachment flange together. The aluminum-based roof panel may reduce the overall weight of the assembly, while the steel-based attachment flange may improve its metal forming and attachment capabilities.12-30-2010
20130009422Autobody Skin Piece Made of an Al-Si-Mg Sheet Metal Alloy and Fixed to a Steel Structure - Auto body roof comprising at least one steel part and a skin part made of aluminum alloy that is attached to the steel part before painting. The aluminum part comprises a sheet of the following composition: Si: 0.7-1.3, Fe<0.5, Cu: 0.5-1.1, Mn: 0.4-1.0, Mg: 0.6-1.2, Zn<0.7, Cr 0.25, Zr+Ti 0.20, other elements <0.05 each and <0.15 total, and the remainder aluminum. The aluminum part, after solution treatment, quenching and age-hardening for three weeks at room temperature, possesses a yield strength R01-10-2013
20130200647PORTABLE GOLF CART COVER - A portable golf cart cover made from lightweight material enabling the cart cover to fit within a small storage bag that may conveniently be hung from a user's golf bag or stowed within one of its pockets. In a preferred embodiment, the cart cover may weigh 1.5 pounds or less and fit within a cylindrical storage bag having at most a 3″ radius and 10″ length. In a yet further embodiment, the cart cover may be fabricated from polyvinylcholoride (PVC) film material or polyethylene (PE) material such as that used, for example, in the fabrication of disposable rain ponchos. In this alternate embodiment the cart cover seams may be heat bonded or chemically bonded. In this manner the cover of the invention may be of such low cost that it could be termed disposable. The cart cover may include provisions for advertising on the non-transparent surfaces thereof.08-08-2013
20140265426FAN AND CANOPY ASSEMBLY FOR RIDING VEHICLE - A riding vehicle is provided with a downdraft fan assembly mounted on a vehicle roll bar for providing a flow of ambient air over the vehicle operator and a canopy carried by the fan assembly and providing solar and precipitation protection for the operator.09-18-2014
296138000 Curtains 3
20080252096Blind Arrangement - A shade arrangement for a motor vehicle with a drive unit which has a roller tube for taking up a shade, a roller shaft, an electric motor for driving the roller tube around the roller shaft, and a planetary gearing, the inner surface of the roller tube being formed as a ring gear of the planetary gearing. The electric motor has a stator and an armature, the stator being connected to the roller tube and stator turns with it, and the armature turns relative to the vehicle body when the roller tube turns. The electric motor can have sliding contacts by means of which it is connected to the voltage source of the vehicle. Alternatively, the electric motor is connected by means of flexible cables to a body-mounted voltage source of the vehicle. Furthermore a slip clutch can be provided in the drive line of the roller tube.10-16-2008
20140265428GOLF CART RETRACTABLE ENCLOSURE - A retractable enclosure for open sided golf carts and/or recreational vehicles. Golf cart retractable enclosures have roll-back doors which coil into housings and onto a tube within each housing for storage. The roll-back door panels are made up of sheets of flexible transparent plastic and or flexible opaque fabric material. Each roll-back door panel has an upper side edge which is received in a horizontal upper track extending from the front vertical post to the roll-back panel housing. The tubes are rotated by either electric motors and or springs in one direction to open and store the roll-back doors and rotated in an opposite direction to close the roll back doors.09-18-2014
20130062905Mechanized or Motored Retractable Enclosure Panels and Their Support Brackets - Mechanically or powered activated, retractable, partition-able enclosure-panels with or without custom brackets for any style open-air-vehicle having roof structures, including cars and boats, is taught. The partition-able enclosure panels for a driver's side, passenger's side, or rear opening of an open-air car, each include two or more partition-sections, and a rotatable spindle, where each of the partition-sections is designed to be attached to and detached from an adjacent partition-section, and each of the partition-sections is fixedly or non-fixedly attachable to the rotating spindle, so that when the partitions are attached to each other and the spindle is rotated all partitions are controlled by said rotating spindle and when the partitions are detached from each other, only the fixedly attached partition is controlled by the rotating spindle providing for deployment or un-deployment of either a panel or a partition-section. A roof or roof-support with built-in panel supporting devices is also taught.03-14-2013
296135000 Valance 2
20140084621VEHICLE ROOF CANOPY FOR WEATHER PROTECTION OF OCCUPANTS - An attachable vehicle roof canopy comprising: a weather protective canopy comprising a weather protective material comprising sun blocking material, a bottom edge, a top edge, two side edges, and four corners; a slide out rod means extending from the bottom edge to the top edge and beyond; at least one upper connecting means for connecting the attachable vehicle roof canopy to a vehicle roof of a tractor or a golf cart: and at least one lower connecting means for connecting the attachable vehicle roof canopy to a vehicle roof of a tractor or a golf cart; and a golf cart comprising the attachable vehicle roof canopy. The attachable vehicle roof canopy adds additional protection to the occupants of a vehicle such as a tractor or a golf cart from rain and sun.03-27-2014
20140152048REMOVABLE VALANCE FOR A GOLF CART - Systems and methods for providing a removable valance for a golf cart are provided. The apparatus may include a valance for use with a golf cart. The valance may include a bead configured to be inserted into a slot on a golf cart. The slot is preferably configured to engage the bead. The valance may further include material fixedly attached to the bead along a longitudinal axis of the bead.06-05-2014
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20090072591Centering Device for a Motor Vehicle Having a Retractable or Detachable Top - A centering device for a motor vehicle having a convertible or folding top or hardtop, includes a protruding centering pin on a centering pin carrier and a centering bushing on a centering bushing carrier. A centering opening is provided in the centering bushing, which radially centers the centering pin upon penetration of at least one area of the centering pin into the centering opening. Either the centering bushing is situated in a guide opening of the centering bushing carrier or the centering pin is situated in a guide opening of the centering pin carrier so it is axially adjustable between stops. The adjustable centering bushing or the adjustable centering pin is loaded by an elastic spring device against a stop toward the fixed part, toward the centering pin, or toward the centering bushing.03-19-2009
20090250976Automobile roof frame with X-shaped coupling structure - The present invention is to construct the roof frame of an automobile which extends forward and backward along both sides that bended from top to down and extends forward and backward in parallel or approximately parallel into a multi-sectional X-shaped coupling structure at the front, rear or front and rear of parallel or approximately parallel frame bended downward along both sides, whereby to strengthen its rigidity and to have a roof frame with special modeling.10-08-2009
20100259073Roof construction of a vehicle body - A body of a motor vehicle includes a lateral roof region that has an outer skin, an outer roof frame, and an inner roof frame, wherein the outer roof frame is arranged under the outer skin and the inner roof frame is arranged under the outer roof frame, and the outer skin, the outer roof frame, and the inner roof frame have a common welded flange, by means of which the outer skin and the outer and inner roof frames are connected to one another, and which is configured to receive an adhesive layer for a roof module having a roof module frame. An aspect of the invention is to provide an accident-optimized vehicle body at little expense that prevents a tearing off of the roof module, and is achieved in that the outer roof frame of the body is configured as a locking element for the roof module frame.10-14-2010

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