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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2004
Andreas Hasselgruber, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, DE;
Frank Neubrand, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Richard Duseck, Orchard Lake, MI (US);
Andreas Hasselgruber, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, DE;
Frank Neubrand, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Richard Duseck, Orchard Lake, MI (US);
CTS Fahrzeug - Dachsysteme GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
In a locking arrangement for a hardtop vehicle roof, which is movable between open and closed positions and includes at least front and rear roof parts, which, in the closed position of the vehicle roof, are disposed behind one another, two locking structures with pivotal locking hooks are supported by support plates on the front roof part for engaging locking pins mounted on a windshield frame and, respectively, the rear roof part and are operable by an operating mechanism so as to pivot toward each other for engaging the locking pins and pulling the roof into firm engagement with the windshield frame, and, at the same time, the front and rear roof parts into firm engagement with each other.