Patent ID: 6412860
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
Folding top of a motor vehicle comprising:a roof frame with side roof rails detachably connected to a windshield apron of the motor vehicle by a locking arrangement; at least one movable roof element movably supported on said roof rails, and mounted to pivot relative to a main part of the roof frame; and a drive means for locking and unlocking the locking arrangement; wherein the drive means has an at least two-part drive line which extends from the main part of the roof frame to a locking part of the locking arrangement which is fixable on the windshield apron along the side roof rails, and a coupling means with which a forward part of the drive line supported on the side roof rail is couplable, in a pivoted-out position of the side roof rail, to a rear part of the drive line which is driven for locking and unlocking of the locking arrangement and which is supported on the main part of the roof frame, the forward part of the drive line being separated from the rear part of the drive line by the coupling means for pivoting of the side roof rail inward.