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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2003
Jean-Marc Guillez, Cirieres, FR;
Gérard Queveau, Le Pin, FR;
France Design, Le Pin, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a device for reinforcing a vehicle, in particular, a vehicle equipped with a retractable roof comprising of a rigid ring ( ) enclosing the vehicle passenger compartment ( ), the rigid ring ( ) comprising elements ( ) secured to the fixed parts of a body of the vehicle and of mobile elements ( ) integrated in an upper part of vehicle doors ( ), the mobile elements ( ) being located in an extension of the fixed elements ( ) when the doors ( ) are closed, each mobile element ( ) comprising at each of its ends locking devices mobile between an unlocking position and a locking position wherein the mobile elements ( ,) are rigidly linked to the fixed elements ( ) and form together a ring ( ) having a uniformly distributed rigidity about the vehicle passenger compartment ( ).