Patent ID: 8444207
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: B60J,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A locking apparatus for a folding top of a vehicle, the locking apparatus comprising: a housing; a locking hook having a gripping end and a bearing end; a coupling device movably mounted in the housing to be horizontally adjustable in a longitudinal direction of the locking hook, wherein the bearing end is mounted to the coupling device such that the bearing end is movably mounted in the housing to be horizontally adjustable in the longitudinal direction of the locking hook such that the locking hook is movable between closed and opened positions; and a driving apparatus for driving the locking hook to move between the closed and opened positions, the driving apparatus having a first two-bar linkage, a driving arm connected with the two-bar linkage, and an actuating drive for actuating the driving arm; wherein the two-bar linkage has a front control arm that is pivotably mounted around a front vertical pivot axis on the housing and a rear control arm that is connected through the coupling device with the bearing end of the locking hook and is pivotably mounted to the coupling device around a rear vertical pivot axis; wherein the control arms of the two-bar linkage are pivotably mounted to one another between their pivot axes around an intermediate vertical pivot axis, and the driving arm is pivotably mounted to one of the control arms between their pivot axes around another vertical pivot axis.