Patent ID: 7108299
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: B60J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latch for a top of a vehicle, said latch comprising: a U-shaped guide plate; a latching hook moveably disposed in the guide plate from a closed position to an open position along a defined path; a bolt and pin arrangement for guiding the latching-hook along the defined path; a geared motor; an actuating lever; and a plurality of hinged levers interconnecting the motor and the latching hook; and a first pair of the plurality of levers being disposed on an outside of the guide plate and connected to both the latching-hook and a second pair of the plurality of levers, the second pair of levers being disposed on the guide plate and connected to the actuator lever by a third of the plurality of levers, the first and second lever pairs being disposed on opposite sides of the guide plate and the third lever is disposed between the first and second lever pairs and above the latching hook.