Sunroof apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9744833-B2
Application number	US-201615229617-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2016
Priority date	Aug 7, 2015
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 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 width direction of the vehicle such that the guide rail is positioned below the movable panel in a height direction of the vehicle; an attachment member fixed to the movable panel, including a flange extending toward an interior side in the width direction in each edge portion in the width direction, in which an attachment recessed portion is formed in the flange; and a shielding body including interposing pieces which are provided to extend in a forward and rearward direction of the vehicle, slidably engaged with the guide rail, and extending in the width direction of the vehicle while being spaced away from each other in the height direction of the vehicle.

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 width direction of the vehicle such that the guide rail is positioned below the movable panel in a height direction of the vehicle;
an attachment member which is fixed to the movable panel, includes a flange extending toward an interior side in the width direction in each edge portion in the width direction of the vehicle, in which an attachment recessed portion, which is recessed in the height direction of the vehicle, is formed in the flange; and
a shielding body slidably engaged with the guide rail, wherein the shielding body includes a pair of interposing pieces which are provided to extend in a forward and rearward direction of the vehicle and extend in the width direction of the vehicle while being spaced away from each other in the height direction of the vehicle, and between which the flange is interposed, and a connection wall through which respective interior side ends of both of the interposing pieces in the width direction of the vehicle are connected to each other in the height direction of the vehicle, and in which a retaining claw is formed in a tip end portion of a first interposing piece, which is one of both of the interposing pieces, such that the retaining claw protrudes in the height direction of the vehicle and is latched onto an inner wall surface of the attachment recessed portion,
wherein in a sectional view, the shielding body is in contact with the flange at two points on the first interposing piece and at one point positioned in a middle area between the two points in the width direction of the vehicle on a second interposing piece which is the other of both of the interposing pieces.

2. The sunroof apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the shielding body is in contact with the flange at the two points on the first interposing piece and at the one point on the second interposing piece while applying pressure to the flange.

3. The sunroof apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the one point on the second interposing piece is disposed closer to the retaining claw than a central point on an imaginary line between the two points on the first interposing piece.

4. The sunroof apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein a separation distance between the first interposing piece and the second interposing piece in the height direction of the vehicle is set such that the separation distance is reduced toward the retaining claw in the width direction of the vehicle, and in a case where the flange is in a free state where the flange is not interposed therebetween, the separation distance is set to be shorter than that in a case where the flange is not in a free state.

5. The sunroof apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein a separation distance between the first interposing piece and the second interposing piece in the height direction of the vehicle is set such that the separation distance is reduced toward the retaining claw in the width direction of the vehicle, and in a case where the flange is in a free state where the flange is not interposed therebetween, the separation distance is set to be shorter than that in a case where the flange is not in a free state.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki Kabushisiki Kaisha
• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• Uchida Kinju
• Kato Katsutoshi
• Nakamura Yoshitaka

Classifications

• B60J7/043 Primary

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

• B60J7/22

  Wind deflectors for open roofs · CPC title

• B60J7/0046 Primary

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