Patent ID: 7959206
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A retractable roof system for a vehicle having a lid covering a storage space when a retractable roof is in full-open state or full-close state, the storage space being different from a trunk space, comprising: a roof locking apparatus provided in the vehicle and retaining the retractable roof in the storage space; and a lid driver provided in said vehicle to change a position of said lid between an open position and a closed position, the roof locking apparatus comprising: a roof locking mechanism retaining the roof in the storage space; and a transmission mechanism transmitting a driving force of the lid driver to said roof locking mechanism so as to carry out the locking of the roof and the release thereof, the transmission mechanism having a push-pull cable in which one end portion is attached to the roof locking mechanism, and the other end portion is attached to the lid driver, and the push-pull cable is structured such as to be pulled so as to make the roof locking mechanism carry out the locking of the retractable roof in the case that the lid driver carries out the position changing motion of the lid to the closed position, at a time of storing the retractable roof in the storage space, and be discharged so as to make the roof locking mechanism carry out the releasing of the retention of the retractable roof in a case that the lid driver carries out the position changing motion of the lid to the open position, at a time of getting the retractable roof out of the storage space wherein the roof locking apparatus is structured to work with the lid driver.