Sunroof apparatus for vehicle
US6802560B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60J7/0573
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sunroof apparatus with a sliding panel freely opening and closing an opening of a roof in a vehicle, a movable drain arranged below a rear end in the panel and moving forward and rearward interlocking with a forward and rearward movement of the panel, and a sunshade covering a lower side of the sliding panel and freely opening and closing. A holding means for the sunshade is constructed by forming sliding grooves in frames in both sides extending along a longitudinal direction in a side of a passenger room of the opening, forming a notch at a predetermined position of the groove L3 fitting front and rear sliders to which the sunshade is mounted, and integrally forming an engagement piece made of elastic member and fitted to the notch in the rear slider. Further, a position regulating means, at the time of manually closing the sunshade in a state in which the panel is half open or fully open and at the time of manually opening the sunshade in a closed state of the panel, is constructed by integrally forming a stopper protruding to an upper side of the groove L2 in a slider fitted to the groove L3, to which the movable drain is mounted.
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