Apparatus for preventing inflow of dust in rear rail of sunroof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10336167-B2
Application number	US-201715705633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2017
Priority date	Dec 13, 2016
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

An apparatus for preventing an inflow of dust in a rear rail of a sunroof may include a rear rail of a sunroof; a tilt lever which has one end portion coupled to a moving glass and the other end portion positioned on the rear rail, and slides along a trajectory of the rear rail; a tilt lever shoe which is positioned at the other end portion of the tilt lever, and configured to be fastened by being fitted with the rear rail; and at least one guide rail which is positioned at the rear rail in a width direction of a vehicle, in which the tilt lever shoe is positioned to surround upper and lower portions of the guide rail, and the guide rail is configured to be sealed to prevent dust from flowing into the rear rail.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for preventing an inflow of dust in a rear rail of a sunroof, the apparatus comprising:
the rear rail of the sunroof which is disposed in a longitudinal direction thereof;
a tilt lever which has a first end portion coupled to a moving glass and a second end portion disposed on the rear rail, and slides along a trajectory of the rear rail;
a tilt lever shoe which is disposed at the second end portion of the tilt lever, and configured to be fastened by being fitted with the rear rail; and
at least one guide rail which is disposed to protrude from the rear rail in a width direction of a vehicle,
wherein an internal surface of the tilt lever shoe is disposed to contact with at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the at least one guide rail,
wherein at least two layers of the at least one guide rail are surrounded by the tilt lever shoe so as to prevent a dust from flowing into the rear rail, and
wherein the at least two layers include:
an upper layer, wherein at least a surface of the upper layer is spaced with a gap from an inner upper of the tilt lever shoe; and
a lower layer, wherein upper, lower and left and right surfaces of the lower layer are in contact with the internal surface of the tilt lever shoe.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one guide rail is formed to be vertically symmetrical based on the rear rail.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least two layers at formed in a height direction of the vehicle.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sealing portion which is configured at a position where the tilt lever shoe configured to surround the at least one guide rail contacts with the rear rail.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a buffer portion which is configured at a position where the at least one guide rail and the tilt lever shoe contact with each other.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising:
a tension portion which is disposed at an end portion of the buffer portion.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one guide rail is configured in a T shape.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Park Jae Han
• Moon Se Min
• Kim Kyu
• Lee Yong Jik

Classifications

• B60J7/024

  characterised by the height regulating mechanism of the sliding panel (B60J7/043 - B60J7/053 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60J7/02 Primary

  of sliding type {, e.g. comprising guide shoes} · CPC title

• B60J10/90

  specially adapted for non-fixed roofs, e.g. foldable roofs or removable hard-tops · CPC title

• B60J7/022

  Sliding roof trays or assemblies · CPC title

• B60J7/057 Primary

  Driving or actuating arrangements (B60J7/047 - B60J7/053 take precedence){e.g. manually operated levers or knobs} · CPC title