Sunshade device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9701184-B2
Application number	US-201615069018-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2016
Priority date	Mar 24, 2015
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A sunshade device includes guide rails slidably supporting a shade panel so as to open and close an opening formed on a vehicle roof; and a shade stopper attached to each guide rail, regulating an opening action by allowing the shade panel to abut on the shade stopper, wherein the guide rail includes a rail-side flange or flanges arranged side by side in a height direction which extend toward an inner side in a width direction, the shade stopper includes retaining pieces extending toward an outer side in the width direction and sandwiching the rail-side flange in the height direction, and rail-side and retaining-piece side engaging projections projecting in the height direction to face each other and regulating a movement of the retaining piece in the inner side in the width direction are respectively formed in the rail-side flange and the retaining piece in one side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sunshade device comprising:
a pair of guide rails slidably supporting a shade panel so as to open and close an opening formed on a roof of a vehicle; and
a shade stopper attached to each of the guide rails, regulating an opening action by allowing an end portion of the shade panel to abut on the shade stopper when the shade panel is in an opening action state,
wherein the guide rail includes a pair of rail-side flanges arranged side by side in a height direction of the vehicle which extend toward an inner side of the vehicle in a width direction,
the shade stopper includes a pair of retaining pieces extending toward an outer side of the vehicle in the width direction and sandwiching one of the rail-side flanges in the height direction of the vehicle, and
a rail-side engaging projection and a retaining-piece side engaging projection projecting in the height direction of the vehicle so as to face each other and regulating a movement of the retaining piece in the inner side of the vehicle in the width direction are respectively formed in the rail-side flange and one of the retaining pieces, wherein
cutouts opening to the inner side of the vehicle in the width direction are formed in the guide rail,
the shade stopper includes a fitting concave portion fitted to the cutouts to regulate the movement in a front and rear direction of the vehicle with respect to the guide rail, and
the fitting concave portion and the cutouts are formed so that sizes in the front and rear direction are gradually increased toward the outer side of the vehicle in the width direction.

2. The sunshade device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a first rail-side flange as the one of the pair of rail-side flanges is sandwiched between the retaining pieces,
a second rail-side flange as the other of the pair of rail-side flanges is provided with the rail-side engaging projection, sandwiching the one of the retaining pieces provided with the retaining-piece side engaging projection together with the first rail-side flange in the height direction of the vehicle, and
the one of the retaining pieces has an abutting surface closely contacting the first rail-side flange in the height direction of the vehicle.

3. The sunshade device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the one of the retaining pieces has a thinning portion in which the retaining-piece side engaging projection is not formed in a given range in the front and rear direction of the vehicle.

4. The sunshade device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the abutting surface is arranged so as to correspond to the given range in which the thinning portion is arranged.

5. The sunshade device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one of the retaining pieces has a thinning portion in which the retaining-piece side engaging projection is not formed in a given range in the front and rear direction of the vehicle.

6. The sunshade device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first rail-side flange is not provided with the rail-side engaging projection and is sandwiched between the retaining pieces.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• Shiraishi Tomohiro
• Nagashima Yoji

Classifications

• B60J7/0007

  moveable head-liners, screens, curtains or blinds for ceilings · CPC title

• B60J7/02 Primary

  of sliding type {, e.g. comprising guide shoes} · CPC title