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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2010
Thorsten Schumacher, Kummerfeld, DE;
Christof Blech, Renningen, DE;
Thorsten Schumacher, Kummerfeld, DE;
Christof Blech, Renningen, DE;
Magna Car Top Systems GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Abstract
A locking mechanism for latching a convertible top to a cross-member of a windshield frame of a vehicle. The locking mechanism includes a support element, a locking hook, and a pin having a retaining section and a shaft connected together. The support element is mountable to a front portion of the convertible top. The locking hook is pivotably connected to the support element to be movable between resting and operating positions. The retaining section of the pin is fixedly mounted to the support element. The shaft of the pin is projectable along a direction into a corresponding recess of a receptacle in the cross-member of the windshield frame. The pin is of a plastic material that is rigid in shape and plastically deformable and the shaft is constricted in the direction in which the shaft is projectable into the corresponding recess of the receptacle in the cross-member.