Vehicle sunroof comprising energized sunroof glass, and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12427938-B2
Application number	US-202117802821-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2021
Priority date	Feb 28, 2020
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle sunroof comprising an energized sunroof glass, and to a vehicle. The energized sunroof glass comprises a rear glass and a front glass ( 1 ) being slidable relative to the rear glass. The vehicle sunroof further comprises a movable wire harness ( 6 ), one end of the movable wire harness ( 6 ) is electrically connected to the front glass ( 1 ), and the other end of the movable wire harness ( 6 ) is electrically connected to a main wire harness of the vehicle sunroof. A hard guiding member ( 6 d ) is disposed inside the movable wire harness ( 6 ) and penetrates through at least part of the length of the movable wire harness ( 6 ) to guide the movable wire harness ( 6 ) to be rolled up or spread when the from glass ( 1 ) slides. The movable wire harness connection structure of the vehicle sunroof is small in size, and has fewer components but high integration. Further, the movable wire harness is not easy to get tangled and has a good self-guiding function during operation of the sunroof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle sunroof including an energized sunroof glass having a front glass configured to be slidable relative to a rear glass, the vehicle sunroof comprising:
a movable wire harness, one end of the movable wire harness being electrically connected to the front glass, and the other end of the movable wire harness being configured to be electrically connected to a main wire harness of the vehicle sunroof; and
a hard guiding member disposed inside the movable wire harness,
wherein two or more wires are disposed in an inner protective layer and the hard guiding member and the two or more wires are surrounded by an outer protective layer,
wherein the hard guiding member is a metal sheet or a hard plastic sheet and penetrates through the entire length of the movable wire harness extending between first and second plugs positioned at distal ends to guide the movable wire harness to be rolled up or spread when the front glass slides.

2. The vehicle sunroof comprising the energized sunroof glass according to claim 1 , wherein the movable wire harness has a rectangular cross section with adjacent sides of unequal length, and wherein a plurality of wires are arranged at one side of the hard guiding member.

3. The vehicle sunroof comprising the energized sunroof glass according to claim 1 , wherein the energized sunroof glass is a sunroof glass with an ambience light system, and wherein the ambience light system comprises an LED strip installed along an edge of the front glass and an ambience light cover configured to cover the LED strip, and wherein the ambience light cover is provided with a socket configured to electrically connect the LED strip to the movable wire harness.

4. The vehicle sunroof comprising the energized sunroof glass according to claim 3 , wherein the socket is integrally formed with the ambience light cover.

5. The vehicle sunroof comprising the energized sunroof glass according to claim 1 , wherein the energized sunroof glass is a dimming glass or a solar glass.

6. A vehicle comprising the vehicle sunroof comprising the energized sunroof glass according to claim 1 .

7. The vehicle sunroof comprising the energized sunroof glass according to claim 1 , wherein the hard guiding member is disposed in the inner protective layer.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Liu Xiong
• Hu Jerry
• Schuller Daniel
• Sulzer Zhu

Classifications

• B60R16/0215

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• B60J7/04 Primary

  with rigid plate-like element or elements {, e.g. open roofs with harmonica-type folding rigid panels (B60J7/061 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60Q3/74

  for overall compartment lighting; for overall compartment lighting in combination with specific lighting, e.g. room lamps with reading lamps (general lighting mounted on specific fittings B60Q3/20; general lighting for mass transit vehicles B60Q3/43) · CPC title

• B60Q3/208

  Sun roofs; Windows · CPC title

• Y02T10/90

  Energy harvesting concepts as power supply for auxiliaries' energy consumption, e.g. photovoltaic sun-roof · CPC title