Patent ID: 8167355

Claim:
A device for locking ( 9 ) a retractable roof of a vehicle ( 2 ) composed of at least one front roof element ( 3 ) and one rear roof element ( 4 ), the front roof element ( 3 ) being pivotally mounted on the rear roof element ( 4 ) and the rear roof element ( 4 ) being pivotally mounted on a frame of the vehicle ( 2 ), the front roof ( 3 ) and rear roof ( 4 ) elements being movable between a position covering the passenger compartment of the vehicle ( 2 ) and a position retracted towards the rear trunk ( 5 ) of the vehicle ( 2 ), the rear roof element ( 4 ) comprising a central element ( 6 ) and two lateral elements ( 7 a , 7 b ) positioned on either side of the central element ( 6 ) and pivotally mounted thereon, said locking device comprising: a strike ( 11 ) fixed to one of the lateral roof element elements ( 7 a , 7 b ); a locking finger ( 12 ) pivotally mounted on a support ( 13 ) fixed to the front roof element ( 3 ) between an unlocked position and a locked position in which said locking finger ( 12 ) exerts on the strike ( 11 ) a force along an axis Z oriented downwards so as to press said one of the lateral roof elements ( 7 a , 7 b ) towards its covering position bearing on at least one of the central element ( 6 ) and the front element ( 3 ).