Tilt and outer slide system for panoramic sunroofs

A method for a tilt and slide apparatus for a sunroof of a vehicle, the sunroof including a movable panel configured to open and close an opening formed at a roof of the vehicle and a rail provided at each edge portion in the opening in a vehicle width direction and being extended in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the tilt and slide apparatus including a receiver bracket affixed to the movable panel, the receiver bracket having a first pin at an end of the receiver bracket, a guide block having a first guide channel, a second guide channel and an upper guide channel, the first guide channel extends along a length of the guide block and has an angled portion, the second guide channel positioned at or near an end of the guide block and receives the first pin of the receiver bracket, the upper guide channel extending away from the second guide channel to an opposite end of the guide block and above the first guide channel, a drive shoe, a pivot link coupled to the drive shoe, and a lift guide connected to an end of the movable panel, the method comprising:

• sliding the guide shoe along the rail in a forward direction of the vehicle;
• sliding the pivot link along the first guide channel of the guide block to control tilting of the movable panel as the drive shoe slides in a forward direction toward the front of the vehicle;
• maintaining a position of the front of the receiver bracket with the lift guide;
• and
• sliding of the tilted movable panel and the guide shoe in a rearward direction opposite the forward direction.