Vehicle roof structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9931918-B2
Application number	US-201715407868-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2017
Priority date	Feb 1, 2016
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle roof structure including roof glass that includes an opaque coating section formed so as to shield a structural object disposed at a vehicle lower side from view from the vehicle cabin outer side, a shielding body, and an extension. The shielding body is provided at the vehicle lower side of the roof glass at a coating width direction inner end of the opaque coating section, includes an upper end on a vehicle upper side attached to the roof glass, and shields a location of the structural object facing the opaque coating section. The extension includes an extension direction leading end positioned further inward with respect to the glass surface than the coating width direction inner end, and shields a location of the structural object jutting out further inward with respect to the glass surface than the shielding body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle roof structure comprising:
roof glass that is provided at an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle and has a glass thickness direction in a vehicle vertical direction, and that includes an opaque coating section formed along a glass edge at a specific coating width from an end of a glass side face toward a middle of a glass surface, the opaque coating section being formed at a bottom of the roof glass in the vehicle vertical direction, so as to shield a structural object disposed lower than the roof glass in the vehicle vertical direction from view from outside of the vehicle;
a shielding body that is provided lower than the roof glass in the vehicle vertical direction and at an end of the opaque coating section that is opposite the glass edge, the shielding body including an upper end attached to the roof glass and a lower end, the shielding body hanging down in the vehicle vertical direction from a terminus of the upper end to a lower end positioned above the structural object in the vehicle vertical direction, and shielding a location of the structural object facing the opaque coating section from view from outside of the vehicle; and
an extension that extends out along the glass surface from the upper end of the shielding body at a specific extension width toward the middle of the glass surface, the extension including a leading end positioned further toward the middle of the glass surface than the end of the opaque coating section that is opposite the glass edge, and shielding a location of the structural object from view from outside of the vehicle, the structural object jutting out further toward the middle of the glass surface than the lower end of the shielding body.

2. The vehicle roof structure of claim 1 , wherein the extension is provided abutting the glass surface at the end of the opaque coating section that is opposite the glass edge so as to appear to be integrated together with the opaque coating section.

3. The vehicle roof structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the structural object is generally split into a first movement mechanism and a second movement mechanism, the first movement mechanism being provided lower than the opaque coating section in the vehicle vertical direction, the first movement mechanism being capable of moving the roof glass in a vehicle front-rear direction, the second movement mechanism being adjacent to the first movement mechanism at a position closer to a middle of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction than the first movement mechanism, and the second movement mechanism serving a different purpose from that of the first movement mechanism;
the opaque coating section and the shielding body shield the first movement mechanism from view from outside of the vehicle; and
the opaque coating section, the shielding body, and the extension shield the second movement mechanism from view from outside of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• Yasumoto Ryo
• Muranaka Makoto

Classifications

• B60J7/057

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• B60J7/043 Primary

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• B60J3/007

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• B60J7/22

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