Patent ID: 7204542
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: B60J,E05B

Abstract:
1. A convertible vehicle having a front and a rear, and comprising a bodyshell locally defining a rear boot which is provided with a hood, a roof collapsible into said rear boot, and, first pivot means and second pivot means which are adapted for allowing said hood to swivel with respect to the bodyshell, from said rear towards said front and from said front towards said rear, respectively, each of said first and second pivot means comprising: a base fixed to said bodyshell of the vehicle, a body attached to the hood through hinge means, said body comprising a first assembly element adapted for reversibly engaging a second assembly element by means of first and second runner surfaces respectively fitted to the first assembly element and to the second assembly element, said second assembly element being attached to said base and said first and second runner surfaces being engaged together only at a final portion of said swivelling of the hood relative to the bodyshell, for guiding the hood along said final portion, up to a locked position in which said hood is locked on said bodyshell, reversible locking means comprising a first engaging means movably connected to the base along a displacement track of a reversible locking direction and adapted for reversibly engaging a second complementary engaging means connected to the first assembly element so as to lock the body to said base, in said locked position, the first engaging means and the second complementary engaging means having a first contact surface and a second contact surface, respectively, control means to bring the second complementary engaging means across the displacement track of the corresponding first engaging means, along an engagement direction transversal to said reversible locking direction, wherein the respective first and second contact surfaces are so designed that while said first contact surface is engaging said second contact surface, along at least a major portion of the movement of the first engaging means on said displacement track, said first engaging means is applying a essentially constant pressure on the corresponding second complementary engaging means.