Sunroof structure
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorHidefumi Iwata
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Abstract
A vehicle sunroof structure including a movable panel arranged in a roof aperture. The front edge of the panel has two hinge components, each in the form of a hinge tongue piece. A reinforcement including a water collecting channel is attached to the vehicle roof along the aperture edge for preventing water from entering the vehicle interior. A bracket is attached the water collecting channel and includes a slot therein for receiving the hinge component of the movable panel. A hinge housing is mounted in the bracket slot for engaging the hinge component of the movable panel.
Claims3
A vehicle sunroof structure, comprising:
- (a) a movable panel arranged in a roof aperture, said movable panel having at least one hinge component attached to a first edge thereof;
- (b) a water collecting channel attached to the vehicle roof along the aperture edge for preventing water from entering the vehicle interior, said channel having a wall portion which depends from said roof panel and which includes a recess;
- (c) a bracket attached to said water collecting channel so as to enclose said recess and define a chamber, said bracket including a slot therein opposite to said wall portion;
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- (d) a hinge housing protruding through said slot in said bracket into said chamber, said hinge housing receiving and engaging said hinge component of said movable panel.
In a vehicle sunroof structure having a roof panel formed with an aperture and a movable panel for closing said aperture, the combination comprising:
- a water collecting channel member disposed about the periphery of said aperture, said channel member having a wall section depending from said roof panel in which is formed a recess;
- a bracket fixed to said channel member so as to enclose said recess and define a chamber;
- means defining a slot in said bracket opposite to said depending wall section;
- a cup-like hinge receptacle protruding through said slot into said chamber, said hinge receptacle receiving therein a hinge component attached to said movable panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.