Structure of electric sunshade and sunroof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10953732-B2
Application number	US-201916439410-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2019
Priority date	Oct 30, 2017
Publication date	Mar 23, 2021
Grant date	Mar 23, 2021

Abstract

A structure of an electric sunshade and a sunroof may include glass sleds which both open and close a sunroof glass by sliding in a longitudinal direction along mechanism rails disposed at both sides of a roof panel of a vehicle, wherein a front sled and a rear sled are rotatably coupled to both end portions of each of glass sleds, respectively, main cable devices which are connected to a driving motor by a cable, and movable along the mechanism rails, and separately include a cable protrusion slidably accommodated in glass grooves formed in lateral surfaces of the front sled, the rear sled, and the glass sled, and sunshade sleds which are selectively coupled to the main cable devices, and slide to open or close the sunshade.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A structure of an electric sunshade and a sunroof, the structure comprising:
glass sleds which both open and close a sunroof glass by sliding in a longitudinal direction along mechanism rails disposed at a first side and a second side of a roof panel of a vehicle, and separately have a front sled and a rear sled at first and second end portions thereof, the front sled and the rear sled coupled to the first and second end portions and rotated;
main cable devices which are connected to a driving actuator by a cable, and movable along the mechanism rails, and separately include a cable protrusion slidably accommodated in glass grooves formed in lateral surfaces of the front sled, the rear sled, and the glass sled; and
sunshade sleds which are selectively coupled to the main cable devices, and slide to open or close the sunshade,
wherein the sunshade sled includes stopper devices that protrude in a height direction to be selectively fastened in accordance with a movement direction of the main cable device, and the sunroof glass and the sunshade of the vehicle are opened or closed by the driving actuator.

2. The structure according to claim 1 , including:
tilt levers which are disposed at first and second end portions of the sunroof glass, are configured to be moved in upward and downward directions, and separately have a tilt groove; and
a tilt protrusion portion which is disposed at a first side of each of the glass sleds, and configured to be movable along the tilt groove,
wherein, when the glass sled moves forward thereof, the tilt protrusion portion moves the tilt lever upward to tilt up the sunroof glass.

3. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein the stopper devices includes:
a rear stopper which is configured to be movable rearward together with the main cable device; and
a front stopper which is fastened to the main cable device and configured to be moved forward thereof.

4. The structure according to claim 3 , wherein the rear stopper is unfastened from the main cable device when the sunshade is in a completely opened state.

5. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein the front sled and the glass sled are coupled by a front hinge, the rear sled and the glass sled are coupled by a rear hinge, and an end portion of each of the front sled and the rear sled includes a shape curved toward the mechanism rails.

6. The structure according to claim 5 , wherein in the mechanism rails, a front constraining groove is formed to be recessed to correspond to a position where an end portion of the front sled is seated, and a rear constraining groove is formed to be recessed to correspond to a position where an end portion of the rear sled is seated.

7. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein a cable groove is disposed in a lower surface of the main cable device, a protrusion portion disposed on an upper surface of a sunshade rotation member is configured to be moved along the cable groove, the protrusion portion rotates while moving along the cable groove, and the main cable device and the sunshade sled are selectively constrained as the stopper devices are selectively inserted.

8. The structure according to claim 7 , wherein the cable groove is recessed in a ‘U’ shape, wherein, when the protrusion portion of the sunshade rotation member is rotated, the main cable device and the sunshade sled are selectively constrained.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Webasto Donghee Holdings
• Kia Motors Corpoation

Inventors

• Park Jeong Hoon
• Gwak Seong Min
• Choi Su Yun

Classifications

• E05Y2900/542

  Roof panels · CPC title

• B60J7/057

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

• E05F15/655

  specially adapted for vehicle wings · CPC title

• B60J7/0007

  moveable head-liners, screens, curtains or blinds for ceilings · CPC title

• B60J7/0435 Primary

  pivoting upwardly to vent mode and moving at the outside of the roof to fully open mode · CPC title