Sunroof apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9561709-B2
Application number	US-201615019044-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2016
Priority date	Feb 10, 2015
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

A sunroof apparatus includes: a movable panel adapted to open and close an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle; a guide rail provided in each edge portion of the opening in a lateral direction, and including upper and lower flanges extending in the lateral direction and a connecting wall through which the respective outside ends of the upper and lower flanges in the lateral direction are connected to each other in the vertical direction; and a shielding body attached to each edge portion of the movable panel in the lateral direction, and including an extending piece that extends to the outside in the lateral direction while being interposed between the upper and lower flanges, wherein the shielding body includes first and second projections which are provided in the extending piece and can be respectively brought into contact with the upper and lower flanges.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sunroof apparatus comprising:
a movable panel adapted to open and close an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle;
a guide rail which is provided in each edge portion of the opening in a lateral direction of the vehicle in such a way as to be positioned below the movable panel in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and to extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and includes an upper flange and a lower flange which extend in the lateral direction of the vehicle to be parallel to each other while being separated from each other in the vertical direction of the vehicle, and a connecting wall through which the respective outside ends of the upper flange and the lower flange in the lateral direction of the vehicle are connected to each other in the vertical direction of the vehicle; and
a shielding body which is attached to each edge portion of the movable panel in the lateral direction of the vehicle in such a way as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and includes a lower extending piece that extends to the outside in the lateral direction of the vehicle while being interposed between the upper flange and the lower flange, and includes an upper extending piece positioned above the lower extending piece in the vertical direction of the vehicle in such a way as to extend to the outside in the lateral direction of the vehicle while the upper flange is interposed between the extending piece and the upper extending piece,
wherein the shielding body includes a single lower outer first projection and a single lower medial second projection which are provided in the lower extending piece in such a way as to respectively protrude upward and downward in the vertical direction of the vehicle, and which can be respectively brought into contact with the upper flange and the lower flange,
wherein the shielding body includes a single lower innermost third projection which is provided in the upper extending piece in such a way as to protrude downward in the vertical direction of the vehicle, and which can be respectively brought into contact with the upper flange, and
wherein the first projection, the second projection, and the third projection extend in the longitudinal direction.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• Fukami Kiyozumi
• Ida Hiroyuki
• Nishiyama Chitose
• Uchida Kinju

Classifications

• E05D15/0621

  Details, e.g. suspension or supporting guides (E05D15/0604, E05D15/08 - E05D15/14 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60J7/043 Primary

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

• B60J7/0046

  side blind between roof and panel in vent mode · CPC title

• E05D15/10

  movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane · CPC title

• E05Y2900/542

  Roof panels · CPC title