Roof for a convertible vehicle including locking device
AssigneeOpen Air Systems GmbH
InventorsAlexander Heller, Burkhard Reinsch
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Abstract
A roof for a convertible vehicle includes first and second roof parts which can be moved by a bearing mechanism between a closed position which covers an interior of the vehicle and a lowered position in a rear roof deposition space which exposes the vchicle interior. A locking device is provided for interlocking of the first and second roof parts in the closed position of the roof. The locking device has a first closing unit for mutual interlocking of the first and second roof parts and which is coupled to a drive mechanism. The first closing unit has a coupling mechanism to couple to a second closing unit which acts on one of the first and second roof parts and which interlocks the acted upon roof part to a third roof part or to a body part.
Claims9
A roof for a convertible vehicle, comprising:
- first and second roof parts and a bearing mechanism for moving the first and second roof parts between a closed position for covering an interior of a vehicle and a lowered position in a rear roof deposition space for exposing the vehicle interior;
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- a locking device for interlocking of the first and second roof parts in the closed position of the roof,
- wherein the locking device has a first closing unit for mutual interlocking of the first and second roof parts and which is coupled to a drive means, and
- wherein the first closing unit has a coupling means for coupling to a second closing unit which acts on one of the first and second roof parts and which interlocks the acted upon roof part to a third roof part or to a body part;
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- wherein one of the closing units has a bearing part which is attached to one of the first and second roof parts, the bearing part having a centering journal which is adapted to engage a centering sleeve which is attached to a bearing part on the other of the first and second roof parts so as to produce, when the roof closes, a centering engagement from when the first and second roof parts come into proximity with one another until they border each other and locking elements of the locking device engage.
A roof for a convertible vehicle, comprising:
- first and second roof parts and a bearing mechanism for moving the first and second roof parts between a closed position for covering an interior of a vehicle and a lowered position in a rear roof deposition space for exposing the vehicle interior;
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- a locking device for interlocking of the first and second roof parts in the closed position of the roof,
- wherein the locking device has a first closing unit for mutual interlocking of the first and second roof parts and which is coupled to a drive means, and
- wherein the first closing unit has a coupling means for coupling to a second closing unit which acts on one of the first and second roof parts and which interlocks the acted upon roof part to a third roof part or to a body part;
- wherein the first closing unit has a first bearing part which movably supports a locking journal on the first roof part, and a second bearing part which movably supports a slide on the second roof part and which is assigned to the first bearing part, and
- a closing motion of the roof or the first through third roof parts couples the locking journal to the slide, and an opening motion separates the locking journal from the slide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.