Patent ID: 6830285
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: B60J,B62D

Abstract:
A device for reinforcing a vehicle in equipped with a retractable roof, comprising at least one rigid element (5, 6, 7) secured to a fixed part of a body of the vehicle and at least one mobile element (8, 9) integrated in an upper part of at least one door (1, 2) of the vehicle, said at least one mobile element (8, 9) being located in an extension of said at least one rigid element (5, 6, 7) when said at least one door (1, 2) is closed, each mobile element (8, 9) comprising, at an end adjacent said at least one mobile element (8, 9), locking means actuatable between an unlocking position and a locking position wherein said mobile element (8, 9) is rigidly linked to said at least one rigid element (5, 6, 7) and form together a reinforcing bar extending over a length of a vehicle passenger compartment (4), whereof rigidity is uniformly distributed over an entire length of said reinforcing bar.