Electric power transmission apparatus of sunroof for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9579957-B2
Application number	US-201514935205-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2015
Priority date	Jul 2, 2015
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

An electric power transmission apparatus of a sunroof for a vehicle may include a moving glass mounted with an electric generator, and configured to slide between an opened position and a closed position, an upper electric conduction device coupled at a lower side of the moving glass, and including a moving spring that is electrically connected with the electric generator and coupled to protrude downward, a front electric conduction device including a front support portion that is a nonconductor, and a close spring that comes into contact with the moving spring when the moving glass moves to the closed position, and a rear electric conduction device including a rear support portion that is a nonconductor, and an open spring that comes into contact with the moving spring when the moving glass moves to the opened position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric power transmission apparatus of a sunroof for a vehicle, the electric power transmission apparatus comprising:
a moving glass mounted with an electric generator, and configured to slide between an opened position and a closed position;
an upper electric conduction device coupled at a lower side of the moving glass, and including a moving spring that is electrically connected with the electric generator and coupled to protrude downward;
a front electric conduction device including a front support portion that is a nonconductor, and a close spring that comes into contact with the moving spring when the moving glass moves to the closed position; and
a rear electric conduction device including a rear support portion that is a nonconductor, and an open spring that comes into contact with the moving spring when the moving glass moves to the opened position,
wherein when the moving glass slides between the opened position and the closed position, the moving spring is earthed while coming into line-to-line contact with the front support portion or the rear support portion, and then comes into contact with the close spring or the open spring so that electricity is conducted.

2. The electric power transmission apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the moving spring includes:
a coupling portion fitted into a groove formed in a moving support portion that is a nonconductor;
a bent portion extending from a front end of the coupling portion and curved downward at a predetermined angle; and
an end portion curved upward at an end of the bent portion, and
wherein the angle formed between the coupling portion and the bent portion is an acute angle.

3. The electric power transmission apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the moving glass is configured to move from the closed position to the opened position after moving upward at a predetermined height, and when the moving glass is in the closed position, the close spring is elastically deformed by being pressed downward by the moving spring and is in contact with the moving spring so that the contact between the moving spring and the close spring is maintained even though the moving glass moves upward.

4. The electric power transmission apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the close spring is formed in a bent shape so that a first end of the close spring is in contact with the moving spring, and a second end of the close spring is not in contact with the moving spring but fixed to the front support portion.

5. The electric power transmission apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the end portion of the moving spring comes into contact with the open spring when the moving glass is in the opened position, and an anti-withdrawal portion is formed to protrude from the rear support portion to prevent rearward movement of the end portion.

6. The electric power transmission apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the end portion of the moving spring comes into contact with the open spring when the moving glass is in the opened position, and an anti-withdrawal portion is formed to protrude from the rear support portion to prevent rearward movement of the end portion.

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Park Hoo-Sang
• EO Yeon-Soo
• Kim Sang-Hak
• EO Moon-Jung
• Choi Su-Yun

Classifications

• B60J7/0573 Primary

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

• B60J7/043 Primary

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