Patent ID: 6158786
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B60J,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicle having a latch arrangement for a vehicle top, which latch arrangement is tensionable against a fixed vehicle body frame, the latch arrangement comprising a housing on the vehicle top which has a movable latching hook configured to cooperate with a link mounted on the fixed vehicle body frame and to be displaceable from a closed position into an open position, the latching hook having a length extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a drive motor aligned approximately parallel to opposed side faces of the latching hook, and operatively associated, through a transmission element extending transversely to the longitudinal direction, and a downstream spur gear transmission arranged parallel to opposed side faces of the latching hook, with a drive lever configured and arranged to move the latching hook whereby the latching hook, the drive motor, and the downstream transmission are spaced from each other in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction so as to be parallel and approximately aligned.