One-motor electric sunshade and sunroof structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016339769-A1
Application number	US-201615099313-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 14, 2016
Priority date	May 18, 2015
Publication date	Nov 24, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A one-motor electric sunshade and sunroof structure may include glass sleds configured to open and close a sunroof glass by sliding in a front and rear direction along mechanism rails disposed at both sides of a roof panel for a vehicle, each having both ends to which a front sled and a rear sled are rotatably coupled, respectively, main cable devices which are connected with a drive motor by a cable, and movable along the mechanism rails, each having a cable protrusion that protrudes to be slidably accommodated in glass grooves formed in side surfaces of the front sled, the rear sled, and the glass sled, and sunshade sleds selectively coupled to the main cable devices and configured to open and close the sunshade by sliding, each having a first side at which a sunshade lever, which is selectively restricted with a corresponding mechanism rail, is mounted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A one-motor electric sunshade and sunroof structure comprising:
glass sleds configured to open and close a sunroof glass by sliding in a front and rear direction along mechanism rails disposed at both sides of a roof panel for a vehicle, each having both ends to which a front sled and a rear sled are rotatably coupled, respectively; main cable devices which are connected with a drive motor by a cable, and movable along the mechanism rails, each having a cable protrusion that protrudes to be slidably accommodated in glass grooves formed in side surfaces of the front sled, the rear sled, and the glass sled; and sunshade sleds selectively coupled to the main cable devices and configured to open and close the sunshade by sliding, each having a first side at which a sunshade lever, which is selectively restricted with a corresponding mechanism rail, is mounted, wherein the sunroof glass and the sunshade for the vehicle are opened and closed by a same drive motor.

2 . The one-motor electric sunshade and sunroof structure of claim 1 , further comprising:
a tilt lever is disposed at a lower side of the sunroof glass to be rotatable in a vertical direction, and includes a tilt groove recessed in a side surface of the tilt lever; and a tilt protrusion portion protruding from and coupled to a first side of the glass sled, and slidably accommodated in the tilt groove, wherein when the glass sled moves forward, the tilt lever moves upward by the sliding motion of the tilt protrusion portion and tilts up the sunroof glass.

3 . The one-motor electric sunshade and sunroof structure of claim 1 , wherein the front sled is hingedly coupled to a front end of the glass sled by a first hinge, the rear sled is hingedly coupled to a rear end of the glass sled by a second hinge, and an end of each of the front sled and the rear sled is formed with a downward bend.

4 . The one-motor electric sunshade and sunroof structure of claim 3 , wherein in each mechanism rail, a front restricting groove is formed recessed to correspond to a position where the end of the front sled is seated, and a rear restricting groove is formed recessed to correspond to a position where the end of the rear sled is seated.

5 . The one-motor electric sunshade and sunroof structure of claim 1 , wherein a cable groove, in which a sunshade protrusion which protrudes at an upper side of the sunshade lever is slidably accommodated, is formed recessed at a lower side of the main cable device, and the sunshade protrusion is configured to release the restriction between the mechanism rail and the sunshade lever by sliding along the cable groove by the movement of the main cable device.

6 . The one-motor electric sunshade and sunroof structure of claim 5 , wherein a catching portion, which is recessed in a ‘U’ shape and allows the main cable device and the sunshade sled to move simultaneously with rotation of the sunshade lever, is formed in the cable groove.

7 . The one-motor electric sunshade and sunroof structure of claim 6 , wherein the catching portion is formed at a central portion of the cable groove, and remaining portions of the cable groove other than the catching portion are formed in a straight shape.

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Park Jeong-Hoon
• Kwak Seong-Min

Classifications

• B60J7/003 Primary

  one or more sliding rigid plate or lammellae · CPC title

• B60J3/0234

  Mounted slidably · CPC title

• B60J7/043

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

• B60J7/0573

  power driven arrangements, e.g. electrical · CPC title