Opening and closing mechanism and sunroof device having the same

An opening and closing mechanism for a sunroof device of a car roof, the opening and closing mechanism comprising:

• a movable panel to be disposed on the sunroof device;
• a connecting member;
• and
• a sliding member,
• the movable panel being fastened to the connecting member,
• the connecting member having a plate-type connecting member main body which extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and the thickness direction of the connecting member main body coincides with the width direction of the vehicle,
• the connecting member main body being formed with a through hole which goes through the connecting member main body in the width direction of the vehicle and extends along a curve in the front-rear direction of the vehicle,
• the sliding member having a sliding member main body formed by sheet metal, the sliding member main body including a pair of vertical walls which are opposite each other and a connecting wall which connects upper ends of said pair of vertical walls,
• wherein the connecting wall engages with and slides in the through hole to make the connecting member incline in the up-down direction of the vehicle, and
• wherein the cross section of the connecting wall along the front-rear direction of the vehicle shows an S shape.

An opening and closing mechanism for a sunroof device of a car roof, the opening and closing mechanism comprising:

• a movable panel to be disposed on the sunroof device;
• a connecting member;
• and
• a sliding member,
• the movable panel being fastened to the connecting member,
• the connecting member having a plate-type connecting member main body which extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and the thickness direction of the connecting member main body coincides with the width direction of the vehicle,
• the connecting member main body being formed with a through hole which goes through the connecting member main body in the width direction of the vehicle and extends along a curve in the front-rear direction of the vehicle,
• the sliding member having a sliding member main body formed by sheet metal, the sliding member main body including a pair of vertical walls which are opposite each other and a connecting wall which connects upper ends of said pair of vertical walls,
• wherein the connecting wall engages with and slides in the through hole to make the connecting member incline in the up-down direction of the vehicle, and
• wherein the cross section of the connecting wall along the front-rear direction of the vehicle shows an S shape, so that, during whole process that the connecting wall slides in the through hole, the connecting wall constantly contacts with an upside wall and downside wall of the through hole on two parts of the upper surface and lower surface of the connecting wall the whole time, respectively.