Manufacturing method of sunroof apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10960742-B2
Application number	US-201916369444-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2019
Priority date	Mar 30, 2018
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

A manufacturing method of a sunroof apparatus includes a panel drive unit including a first guide rail arranged at each end portion of a roof opening portion, a panel support member configured to displace a movable panel to open and close the roof opening portion in accordance with a movement of a first moving portion, and a shade unit including a second guide rail arranged inward relative to the first guide rail in the vehicle width direction. The first guide rail and the second guide rail are separately provided. The manufacturing method of the sunroof apparatus includes a first process connecting the movable panel to the panel support member, and a second process connecting the first guide rail and the second guide rail to the movable panel after the first process.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A manufacturing method of a sunroof apparatus, the sunroof apparatus comprising:
a movable panel configured to move between a closing position where a roof opening portion is closed and an opening position where the roof opening portion is opened;
a panel drive unit including
a first guide rail arranged at each end portion of the roof opening portion in a vehicle width direction and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction;
a first moving portion configured to move along the first guide rail; and
a panel support member connected to the movable panel and configured to displace the movable panel to open and close the roof opening portion in accordance with a movement of the first moving portion in the vehicle front-rear direction; and

a shade unit including
a second guide rail arranged inward relative to the first guide rail in the vehicle width direction and extending in the vehicle front-rear direction,
a second moving portion configured to move along the second guide rail; and
a shade configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position in response to a movement of the second moving portion in the vehicle front-rear direction, the extended position where the shade is extended between the movable panel arranged at the closing position and a vehicle compartment, the retracted position where the shade is retracted from between the movable panel arranged at the closing position and the vehicle compartment;

the first guide rail and the second guide rail are separately provided; and
the manufacturing method of the sunroof apparatus, comprising;
a first process connecting the movable panel to the panel support member; and
a second process connecting the first guide rail and the second guide rail to the movable panel after the first process.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• Hiramatsu Shinichi

Classifications

• B60J7/057

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

• B60J7/043

  Sunroofs (B60J7/047 - B60J7/053 take precedence){e.g. sliding above the roof} · CPC title

• B21D53/88

  other parts for vehicles, e.g. cowlings, mudguards · CPC title

• B60J7/0015

  roller blind · CPC title

• B60J7/0435 Primary

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