Lock device for detachable roof
US5088777A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 8, 1991 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T292/79
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A lock device for locking a detachable roof to a car body, which a housing mounted to the detachable roof, the housing defining a certain clearance through which the interior of the housing is exposed to the outside of the housing; a handle lever including a base portion pivotally arranged in the housing and a grip portion projected into the outside of the housing, the base portion being formed with a curved guide slot which has at least a locking part; a lock member linked to the handle lever in such a manner that, when the handle lever is pivoted to a lock position, the lock member becomes operative and, when the handle lever is pivoted to an unlock position, the lock member becomes inoperative; a guide pin movably received in the housing and slidably engaged with the curved guide slot of the handle lever, the guide pin suppressing the handle lever from pivoting from the lock position toward the unlock position when received in the locking part of the guide slot; a slide member incorporated with the guide pin, the slide member being movable in a given direction to disengage the guide pin from the locking part; a lockable stopper which can assume a locking position to suppress the…
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