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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1980
Yoshimasa Tuchiya, Sayama, JP;
Katsumi Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiharu Iidaka, Funabashi, JP;
Masao Fujita, Yamatsurumachi, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohamashi, JP;
Kokusan Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A locking device for an openable automobile roof lid is provided. The base plate of the device is fixed to the edge of an opening formed in the roof panel. It is further formed with a hook portion at its one end. The lid to close the opening carries a handle at a portion corresponding to the hook portion of the base plate. To this handle, one end of a link is pivotally connected. From the other end of the link, a shaft pin projects and is rotatably fitted in the hook portion. To hold the shaft pin in the hook portion the base plate is provided with a stopper which is adapted to retract and release the shaft pin from the hook portion.