Roof module for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12502939-B2
Application number	US-202318852110-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2023
Priority date	Mar 28, 2022
Publication date	Dec 23, 2025
Grant date	Dec 23, 2025

Abstract

A roof module includes: a roof panel; a pair of guide rails mounted on an inner surface of the roof panel and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a shade sheet guided by the guide rails; a winding device supported by the guide rails and configured to wind up the shade sheet and a drive source configured to drive the shade sheet in an unwinding direction and a winding direction. The winding device and the drive source are arranged in a concentrated manner on a rear end side of the guide rails, and no cross member connecting the guide rails is provided on a front end side of the guide rails.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A roof module for a vehicle, the roof module comprising:
a roof panel; a pair of guide rails mounted on an inner surface of the roof panel and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a shade sheet guided by the guide rails; a winding device supported by the guide rails and configured to wind up the shade sheet; a drive source configured to drive the shade sheet in an unwinding direction and a winding direction; a rear cross member connecting rear portions of the guide rails to each other; and a cross bar provided at a front end of the shade sheet and including a pair of sliders guided by the guide rails, wherein the winding device and the drive source are arranged in a concentrated manner on a rear end side of the guide rails, and no cross member connecting the guide rails is provided on a front end side of the guide rails, a stopper for restricting a movement of the shade sheet in the unwinding direction is integrally formed on each guide rail, the guide rails have guide walls defining slider guide grooves for guiding the sliders, and the stopper is formed of a part of each guide wall that is separated from another part by a notch and is bent so as to protrude into the slider guide groove.

2 . The roof module for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the rear cross member is disposed in front of the winding device, and the shade sheet is guided by the rear cross member.

3 . The roof module for a vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising a pair of guide pipes configured to guide power transmission members for transmitting a driving force of the drive source to the shade sheet,
wherein the drive source is disposed behind the winding device and is connected to the guide rails via the guide pipes.

Assignees

• Yachiyo Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kikuchi Moto
• Kamioka Hirotaka

Classifications

• E05Y2900/542

  Roof panels · CPC title

• E05F15/00

  Power-operated mechanisms for wings (motor-operated accessories in locks for completing closing or initiating opening of a wing E05B17/00) · CPC title

• B60J7/0015

  roller blind · CPC title

• B60J3/02

  adjustable in position {(B60J3/002, B60J3/005 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B60J7/00

  Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels {, e.g. rotary sunroofs}(B60J10/00 takes precedence; window aspects B60J1/00; fixed roofs B62D25/06; mechanisms for operating wings E05F11/00, E05F15/00) · CPC title