Convertible roof comprising locking elements, and vehicle equiped with same

The vehicle set forth in claim 20, wherein

• the body structure of the vehicle includes a bodywork, and
• the roof is retracted inside the bodywork, in the second position of the roof elements.

The vehicle set forth in claim 20, wherein:

• the body structure of the vehicle locally defines a rear boot, and
• in the second position the front and rear roof elements are retracted inside the rear boot of the vehicle.

The vehicle set forth in claim 22, wherein the locking tab is movable in translation under the control of the controlling means.

The vehicle set forth in claim 22, wherein, to secure one of said roof elements to a first and a second zone of the structure of the vehicle when the roof elements are in their second position, the pinion rotated by the concerned flexible cable engages with two other pinions,

• of which one is connected to the corresponding rigid rod, the rotating of which controls the translation of the nut connected thereto, said nut, in addition, being connected to a locking pin projecting in the direction of the first zone of the body structure, so that the rotating of said threaded rod engages or disengages the locking pin with respect to said zone,
• and of which the other one controls the rotating of an additional threaded rod connected at a free end to an additional locking pin integral to an additional nut screwed to the rod, so that said additional pin engages, or disengages, said second zone of the body structure, thus securing the concerned roof element in such a position to said first and a second zones of the body structure.

The vehicle set forth in claim 24, wherein, in their second position, the roof elements are side by side.

The vehicle set forth in claim 24, wherein, to secure the front roof element to a zone of the body structure close to the windscreen of the vehicle, in said first position of the roof elements, whilst the latter are substantially aligned in continuity to each other, the nut connected to one of said threaded rods connected to the front roof element bears an attaching means, swivel mounted on the nut, controlled by said threaded rod, so as to freely reversibly engage a complementary attaching means fixed to said zone of the structure close to the windscreen of the vehicle.

The vehicle set forth in claim 20, wherein, in their second position, the roof elements are placed substantially horizontal, stacked one on top of the other.

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A convertible vehicle having a front edge, a rear edge and comprising:

• a passenger compartment,
• a body structure comprising front and rear parts,
• a roof comprising a front roof element and a rear roof element, both displaceable between a first position in which they cover the passenger compartment and a second position in which the passenger compartment is at least partly exposed, the front roof and rear roof elements being, when they cover the passenger compartment, connected to each other and to respectively said front and rear parts of the body structure, through locking means controlled by a plurality of rigid rods extending along said front and rear roof elements and being driven by controlling means, wherein the rigid rods are constantly connected to each other in pairs from one of the front and rear roof elements to another, as much in the first position as in the second position of said front and rear roof elements, by flexible means transmitting a movement generated by the controlling means between the rigid rods and thus allowing to secure said front and rear roof elements to the body structure of the vehicle, as much in their first as in their second positions.