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Sunroof apparatus

US7121618B2 · kind B2 · utility

8Cited by
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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 31, 2005
Grant dateOct 17, 2006
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60J7/0046
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The sunroof apparatus has a sunroof panel equipped at an opening of a fixed roof; a tilt mechanism that is provided beneath a side edge of the sunroof panel, and can tilt up the panel around a rotation axis that makes vehicle lateral directions axial directions thereof; and a side cover for shielding the tilt mechanism, seen from a vehicle room side in tilting up the panel, wherein the side cover has a plurality of cover members that overlap each other in the vehicle lateral directions, and each of which front end side is relative-rotation-free coupled each other around a coupling shaft of the cover members, and one of them is fixed at the panel and so that each of them is opened in tilting up the panel.

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