Claims
- 1. A motor-vehicle soft top comprising:
a soft-top outer material having an inner material edge, an outside material face, and an inside material face; a glass pane having an outer pane edge extending along and overlapping the material inner edge, an outside pane face, and an inside pane face; and a cast plastic frame element extending along the material inner edge and having an outside frame face bonded to the inside material face at the material inner edge and directly engaging the inside pane face.
- 2. The motor-vehicle soft top defined in claim 1 wherein the frame element is of cast polyurethane.
- 3. The motor-vehicle soft top defined in claim 1 wherein the frame element has a portion extending between and bonded to the outside face of the inner material edge and the inside face of the outer pane edge.
- 4. The motor-vehicle soft top defined in claim 3 wherein the portion engages around the inner material edge.
- 5. The motor-vehicle soft top defined in claim 1 wherein the frame element is generally S- or Z-section, having an inside flange carrying the outer pane edge, an outside flange, and a web extending between the flanges.
- 6. The motor-vehicle soft top defined in claim 5, further comprising
an adhesive strip between an outside face of the inside flange and the inside pane face of the outer pane edge.
- 7. The motor-vehicle soft top defined in claim 6 wherein the adhesive strip is a polyurethane adhesive.
- 8. The motor-vehicle soft top defined in claim 5 wherein the adhesive strip is a high-frequency activated adhesive.
- 9. The motor-vehicle soft top defined in claim 6 wherein the inside and outside flanges are offset by a distance equal to at least a thickness of the pane plus a thickness of the adhesive strip.
- 10. The motor-vehicle soft top defined in claim 5 wherein the outside flange has an inside surface level with an inside surface of the inside flange.
- 11. The motor-vehicle soft top defined in claim 5 wherein the element is formed with a plurality of inwardly open pockets, the top further comprising:
a roof liner having an inner edge provided with a stiffening bar having tabs engaged in the pockets.
- 12. The motor-vehicle soft top defined in claim 1 wherein the frame element extends into a space between the pane inner face and the material outer face at the edges and is adhered thereto.
Priority Claims (2)
Number |
Date |
Country |
Kind |
199 14 599.7 |
Mar 1999 |
DE |
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100 07 575.4 |
Feb 2000 |
DE |
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present invention is a division of copending application Ser. No. 09/535,479 filed Mar. 24, 2000 with a claim to the priority of German 199 14 599.7 filed Mar. 30, 1999 and German 100 07 575.4 filed Feb. 21, 2000.
Divisions (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
09535479 |
Mar 2000 |
US |
Child |
09906471 |
Jul 2001 |
US |