Spoiler sunroof
AssigneeASC Incorporated
InventorsKiman Lee, Kim Jang-Young, Moo J. Park
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Abstract
The preferred embodiment of a sunroof includes a sunroof panel, a track, an actuating mechanism, and a panel securing member operable to assist in securing a rear section of the panel to the track when the panel is in a closed position. In another aspect of the present invention, a lock assembly includes a spring biased finger and a panel securing member which are movable relative to a track to secure a rear section of a sunroof panel depending on the positional relationship of the finger relative to a camming member.
Claims13
A spoiler sunroof for use in an automotive vehicle, the sunroof comprising:
- a longitudinally elongated track;
- a cam block movably attached to the track, the cam block having a first camming surface and a block interface;
- a lever having a camming segment interfacing with the first camming surface of the block, the lever further having a fulcrum movably coupled to the track, the fulcrum being substantially prevented from vertically moving relative to the track, the lever also having a lift segment, the fulcrum being located substantially between and offset from the camming segment and the lift segment;
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- a sunroof panel reinforcement having a main pivot and a second camming surface, the main pivot being located adjacent a forward section of the reinforcement and being engagable with a portion of the track, the block interface movably engaging the second camming surface of the reinforcement;
- the lifting segment of the lever being coupled to a rear section of the reinforcement.
A spoiler sunroof comprising:
- a track having an upstanding flanged wall with a localized slot;
- a lifting mechanism movably coupled to the track;
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- an abutment structure projecting in a lateral direction and movable with the lifting mechanism;
- the abutment structure vertically moving through the slot of the track when at least a portion of the lifting mechanism is tilted;
- the abutment mechanism moving in a fore and aft direction above the upstanding flanged wall of the track when the lifting mechanism moves from a closed position to an open position.
A spoiler sunroof comprising:
- a sunroof panel assembly movable from a substantially horizontal closed position to an open position at least partially above a plane of the closed position;
- an elongated track having a wall with a slot;
- a lifting mechanism movably coupling the panel assembly to the track;
- a pin laterally projecting from one of the panel assembly and the lifting mechanism;
- the pin operably moving through the slot of the track when the lifting mechanism raises the panel assembly;
- the pin operably moving in a fore and aft direction above the wall of the track when the lifting mechanism moves the panel assembly from the closed position to the open position;
- the pin being operable to prevent undesired collapsing of the panel assembly toward the track by contacting against the wall of the track when not aligned with the slot;
- a cam coupled to the track and having a camming surface, the cam being movable in the fore and aft direction relative to the track;
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- a lever having a lifting pivot, a camming pin and a fulcrum, the lifting pivot being operable to lift the panel assembly, the camming pin being movably driven by the camming surface, and the fulcrum being movably coupled to the track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.