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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2003
Jean-Marc Guillez, Cirieres, FR;
Gérard Queveau, Le Pin, FR;
France Design, Le Pin, FR;
Abstract
The retractable roof for a vehicle comprises several rigid roof elements ( ), able to move between a position in which they cover the passenger compartment ( ) of the vehicle and a position in which they are stored inside the rear boot of the vehicle, the roof elements ( ) being, when they cover the passenger compartment ( ), connected to each other and to the front and rear parts of the bodywork by locks controlled by rods ( ) extending inside the roof elements, driven in rotation by an electric motor ( ) housed in a rear roof element. The locks comprise, for each roof element ( ), at least one pivoting hooked locking finger cooperating with a fixed finger ( ) secured to an adjacent roof element or with a complementary fixed locking member ( ) secured to the front ( ) or rear ( ) part of the bodywork, the pivoting of each pivoting hooked locking finger being controlled by the translational movement of a nut mounted on a threaded part of one ( ) of the rods driven in rotation by an electric motor ( ).