Interlocking device for the folding roof of a motor vehicle
AssigneeWebasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
InventorRudolf Dietl
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Abstract
An interlocking device for the folding roof of a motor vehicle with a locking hook (4) which is pivotally mounted on the front frame part (1) of the folding roof and which can be moved by means of a multiple connecting rod mechanism and can be interlocked in latching engagement on a vehicle-mounted abutment, the multiple connecting rod mechanism, especially a four-bar mechanism (6, 12, 14, 15), containing the locking hook (4) and being located self-locking in the closed position.
Claims18
Interlocking device for a folding roof of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a locking hook which is adapted to be pivotally mounted on a front frame part of a folding roof and which adapted to interlock in latching engagement with a vehicle-mounted abutment;
- a multiple connecting rod means for moving the locking hook;
- wherein the multiple connecting rod means is coupled to a linear drive mechanism which is adapted to be movably supported on said front frame part.
Interlocking device for a folding roof of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a locking hook which is adapted to be pivotally mounted on a front frame part of a folding roof and which adapted to interlock in latching engagement with a vehicle-mounted abutment;
- a multiple connecting rod means for moving the locking hook;
- wherein said multiple connecting rod means comprises a four-bar mechanism, wherein the locking hook forms a part of the four-bar mechanism, and wherein the four-bar mechanism is arranged to be self-locking in the closed position.
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- an abutment mounted of a vehicle body part;
- a folding roof having a front frame part;
- a locking hook which is pivotally mounted on the front frame part of the folding roof and which is arranged for latching engagement with said vehicle-mounted abutment;
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- a multiple connecting rod means for moving the locking hook;
- wherein the multiple connecting rod means is coupled to a linear drive mechanism which is movably supported on said front frame part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.