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US 2009/0072590 A1Published application
Soft top for a motor vehicle
AssigneeWebasto SE
InventorRudolf Dietl
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InventorRudolf Dietl
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The invention relates to a soft top for a motor vehicle, which can be locked on a windshield frame by means of a latch (18) that is disposed on a forward soft top section (12) and can be swiveled into a locked position while said soft top can be moved into a stowed position at the rear of the vehicle once the latch (18) has been swiveled into an unlocked position. The soft top can be blocked in the stowed position by means of a locking mechanism (22). The inventive soft top is equipped with a locking drive (32, 24) which is drivingly connected to the latch (18) in order to swivel the latch (18) between the locked position and the unlocked position. The locking mechanism (22) is provided with a catch hook (56) on the vehicle body or the soft top. Said catch hook (56) can be swiveled between a releasing position and a blocking position, in which the same engages with a catch hook engaging part (28) that is mounted on the soft top or the vehicle body when the soft top is in the blocked state. In order to simplify blocking and releasing of the locking mechanism in such a soft top for a motor vehicle, the locking mechanism (22) is fitted with a spring device (50, 52, 48), against the spring force of which the soft top runs into the stowed position, while the catch hook (56) can be swiveled into the released position by means of the locking drive (32, 34) in order to release the locking mechanism.
A soft top for a motor vehicle, which may be locked in its closed position by means of a locking hook (18) arranged on a front soft top portion (12) which may be pivoted into a locked position on a windshield frame (14) and after pivoting the locking hook (18) into an unlocked position may be displaced into a rear stowed position in which the soft top may be blocked by means of a blocking device (22), the soft top comprising a locking drive (32, 34) operatively connected to the locking hook (18) for pivoting the locking hook (18) between the locked position and the unlocked position, the blocking device (22) on the bodywork side or on the soft top side comprising a catch hook (56), which may be pivoted between a blocked position and a position of release and in the blocked position in the blocked state of the soft top is in engagement with a catch hook engagement part (28) on the soft top side and/or bodywork side,
The soft top as claimed in one of the preceding claims, the pivoting of the catch hook (56) into its position of release for releasing the blocking being effected by a portion of the locking hook (18) moving counter to a central portion of the catch hook (56).
The soft top as claimed in one of the preceding claims, the catch hook (56) being able to be pivoted about a transverse axis (54).
The soft top as claimed in one of the preceding claims, the catch hook (56) being spring-loaded in the direction of the blocked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.