Collapsible Top for Motor Vehicles, US-Patent No. US000002267471A

Description

This mechanism for a collapsible top for motor vehicles has been patented by August Keller, of Dearborn, Michigan in June 1940. It uses an additional prismatic joint via a piston-cylinder arrangement in combination to linkages and revolute joints. The system has ten links and thirteen revolute joints; including the joints at the cover and one prismatic joint.

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