Sunroof device
AssigneeYachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsTatsuaki Uehara, Akira Murasawa, Ayumi Mihashi
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Abstract
A sunroof device which includes a roof panel that is openable/closable, a front slider that is connected to the roof panel via a pin engaging unit that is comprised of the first lift guide groove and the first lift guide pines, a rear slider that is connected to the roof panel -via a pin engaging unit that is comprised of a second lift guide groove and a second lift guide pin, and a driving motor that drives the front slider and the rear slider, wherein the first lift guide pin is positioned in the second horizontal stroke which is a horizontal groove and the second lift guide pin is positioned in the second horizontal stroke that is a horizontal groove when the roof panel is completely tilted up.
Claims22
A sunroof device comprising:
- a roof panel which is provided to a fixed roof of a vehicle with the roof panel being openable/closable;
- a front slider and a rear slider which are connected to a front part of the roof panel and a rear part of the roof panel, respectively, through pin engaging units each of which is comprised of a lift guide groove and a lift guide pin which is slid along the lift guide groove, wherein the front slider and the rear slider are moved together to tilt up the roof panel by pressing action of the pin engaging units, and
- a driving motor which drives the front slider and the rear slider, wherein
- the lift guide groove includes in a part thereof a horizontal groove for a tilt up completion position, and
- the lift guide pin is positioned in the horizontal groove when the roof panel is completely tilted up.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.