Patent ID: 7407201

Claim:
Folding top clamp for a vehicle comprising: a connecting-link-controlled locking hook extending in a direction along a vehicle longitudinal center plane, guiding devices associated with the locking hook for displacing the latter from a closed position to an open position, and at least one hook guide operatively connected with a motor gearing unit and the locking hook, wherein the motor gearing unit extends only on a longitudinal side of the locking hook and comprises an electric motor oriented transversely with respect to the vehicle longitudinal center plane and a triple-geared-down gearing unit provides an operative association of the electric motor with a hook guide of the locking hook, the gearing unit comprises a bevel gearing, a worm gearing connected with the bevel gearing, and a planetary gearing connected on an output side of the worm gearing, all gearings being accommodated in a common multi-part gearbox, the bevel gearing comprises a bevel drive pinion arranged on an output shaft of the electric motor and an output bevel gear shrunk onto a worm shaft of the worm gearing, and the bevel drive pinion and output bevel gear are configured to cause a 90° deflection of the flux of force.