Sunroof device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9975411-B2
Application number	US-201515128351-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2015
Priority date	Mar 24, 2014
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a sunroof device including: a stay that is attached to a roof panel; a lifting arm that serves to lift, and support the weight of, the roof panel; and a guide member that is attached to the lifting arm and guides the sliding of the roof panel via a guide groove into which the stay is fit, wherein the guide member is configured to include a first member that is molded of a resin material and has the guide groove, and a second member as a reinforcing member that covers the first member, wherein the first member can be inserted into or removed from the second member in the sliding direction of the roof panel and is mounted to the second member by a snap-fit coupling means that exploits elastic deformation of the first member toward the guide groove This arrangement facilitates assembling the guide member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sunroof device including:
a guided portion that is attached to a roof panel and extends along a sliding direction of the roof panel;
a lifting arm that serves to lift, and support the weight of, the roof panel; and
a guide member that is attached to the lifting arm and guides the sliding of the roof panel via a guide groove into which the guided portion is fit,
wherein the guide member is configured to include a first member that is molded of a resin material and has the guide groove, and a second member as a reinforcing member that covers the first member so as to make it immovable in two directions orthogonal to the sliding direction, and
wherein the first member can be inserted into or removed from the second member in the sliding direction and is mounted to the second member so as to be immovable in the sliding direction by a snap-fit coupling means that exploits elastic deformation of the first member toward the guide groove.

2. The sunroof device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the snap-fit coupling means are provided as a pair at positions across the guide groove.

3. The sunroof device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the snap-fit coupling means is configured to include an engaging convex formed on the first member and an engaging concave formed on the second member.

Assignees

• Yachiyo Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kanai Toshiyuki

Classifications

• B60J7/02

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

• B60J7/0435 Primary

  pivoting upwardly to vent mode and moving at the outside of the roof to fully open mode · CPC title

• B60J7/057

  Driving or actuating arrangements (B60J7/047 - B60J7/053 take precedence){e.g. manually operated levers or knobs} · CPC title