Switch device for sunroof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9514898-B2
Application number	US-201214377416-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2012
Priority date	Feb 28, 2012
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

A switch device for a sunroof includes: a glass switch piece, which is switchable between glass opening positions and a glass closing position, which are for selecting whether to open or close the opening of a sunroof with a roof glass; and a shade switch piece, which is switchable between a shade opening position and a shade closing shade positions, which are for selecting whether to open or close the opening with of a roof shade. The shade closing positions include a first closing position and a second closing position. The switch device is provided with an interlocking portion, which links the glass switch piece to the shade switch piece so that the glass switch piece is moved into the glass closing position when the shade switch piece is moved to the second closed position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A switch device for a sunroof, comprising a glass switch piece and a shade switch piece that are manipulated to selectively open and close an opening in the sunroof with a roof glass and a roof shade, respectively, wherein
the glass switch piece is switchable between a glass close position for closing the opening with the roof glass and a glass open position for opening the opening with the roof glass,
the shade switch piece is switchable between a shade close position for closing the opening with the roof shade and a shade open position for opening the opening with the roof shade,
the switch device includes an interlocking portion for causing the glass switch piece and the shade switch piece to operate in an interlocking manner,
the shade close position of the shade switch piece includes a first close position, at which the interlocking portion prohibits the interlocking operation of the glass switch piece and the shade switch piece, and a second close position, at which the interlocking portion causes the glass switch piece and the shade switch piece to operate together in an interlocking manner,
when the shade switch piece is moved to the first close position, the interlocking portion allows the shade switch piece to be independently manipulated and the roof shade closes the opening, and
when the shade switch piece is moved to the second close position, the interlocking portion causing the glass switch piece to be operated together with the shade switch piece in an interlocking manner, thereby moving the glass switch piece to the glass close position so that the opening is closed with the roof shade and the roof glass,
the glass close position of the glass switch piece includes a first open position, at which the interlocking portion prohibits the interlocking operation of the glass switch piece and the shade switch piece, and a second open position, at which the interlocking portion causes the glass switch piece and the shade switch piece to operate together in an interlocking manner,
when the glass switch piece is moved to the first open position, the interlocking portion allows the glass switch piece to be operated independently and the roof glass opens the opening, and
when the glass switch piece is moved to the second open position, the interlocking portion causes the shade switch piece to operate together with the glass switch piece in an interlocking manner to move the shade switch piece to the shade open position, so that the opening is opened with the roof glass and the roof shade.

2. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein
the interlocking portion includes a contact portion arranged in the glass switch piece and a contact portion arranged in the shade switch piece,
the glass switch piece and the shade switch piece are switchable together in an interlocking manner when the contact portion of the glass switch piece and the contact portion of the shade switch piece contact each other, and
the glass switch piece and the shade switch piece are independently switchable when the contact portion of the glass switch piece and the contact portion of the shade switch piece are separated from each other.

3. The switch piece according to claim 1 , wherein
a direction in which the glass switch piece is switched to the glass close position and a direction in which the shade switch piece is switched to the shade close position coincide with a direction in which the roof glass and the roof shade are moved to close the opening, and
a direction in which the glass switch piece is switched to the glass open position and a direction in which the shade switch piece is switched to the shade open position coincide with a direction in which the roof glass and the roof shade are moved to open the opening.

4. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein
the glass switch piece and the shade switch piece are switchable in a common manipulating direction, and
the glass switch piece and the shade switch piece are arranged in the manipulating direction.

5. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the glass switch piece and the shade switch piece are both reciprocally movable in a linear manner.

6. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the glass switch piece and the shade switch piece are each reciprocally pivotal.

Assignees

• Fukamizu Takahiro
• Fuchigami Hideki
• Iwai Takeshi
• Kobata Shohei
• Toyota Auto Body Co Ltd
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fukamizu Takahiro
• Fuchigami Hideki
• Iwai Takeshi
• Kobata Shohei

Classifications

• H01H19/50

  the operating part having four operative positions, e.g. off/two-in-series/one-only/two-in-parallel · CPC title

• H01H15/025

  Light-emitting indicators · CPC title

• H01H2019/143

  having at least two concentric turn knobs · CPC title

• H01H15/06 Primary

  Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon · CPC title

• H01H2221/052

  interlocked · CPC title