# US 10,245,929 B2 · Locking device having a locking hook and a movable slide

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- Number: US 10,245,929 B2
- Document ID: US10245929B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/639,594
- Filed: 2017-06-30
- Published: 2018-01-18
- Granted: 2019-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-14
- Assignees: Webasto SE
- Applicants: Webasto SE
- Inventors: Franz Haberl
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245929B2

## CPC

- B60J 7/1851: {for locking the foldable soft- or hard-top to the windshield header}
- B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)

## Abstract

A locking device for a top of a convertible vehicle having a locking support, a locking hook, which can be shifted in a translational and/or rotational manner so as to be displaced between a release position and a locked position, and a driving mechanism for the locking hook, the driving mechanism having a driving wheel, which is driven by a driving motor and which drives a slide movable on the locking support. The slide is connected to a driving section of the locking hook via a pull-link arrangement in such a manner that the locking hook undergoes a pivoting movement when the slide is moved.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A locking device of a top of a convertible vehicle, comprising a locking support, a locking hook, which can be shifted in at least one of a translational and rotational manner so as to be displaced between a release position and a locked position, and a driving mechanism for the locking hook, said driving mechanism comprising a driving wheel, which is driven by a driving motor and which drives a slide movable on the locking support, wherein the slide is connected to a driving section of the locking hook via a pull-link arrangement in such a manner that the locking hook undergoes a pivoting movement when the slide is moved.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The locking device according to claim 1, wherein the locking hook is mounted on the slide via a journal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The locking device according to claim 2, wherein the journal engages into an oblong hole.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The locking device according to claim 1, wherein the pull-link arrangement is composed of at least one pull link, which is mounted on the locking hook via a first hinge point and on the slide via a second hinge point.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The locking device according to claim 1, wherein the locking support has a guiding track for a guiding element which is arranged on the pull-link arrangement and that the guiding track defines a pivot position of the locking hook with respect to the locking support.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The locking device according to claim 1, wherein the locking hook is pre-loaded in a direction of the locking hook's locked position by a retaining spring.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The locking device according to claim 6, wherein the retaining spring acts on an end of the pull-link arrangement that is associated with the locking hook.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The locking device according to claim 1, wherein the driving wheel is connected to the slide via a coupling-link arrangement.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The locking device according to claim 1, wherein the driving wheel has a stop which interacts with end stops of the locking support.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

A top of a convertible vehicle, comprising a locking device according to claim 1 for fixing a top element to a front cowl of the vehicle.