Spoiler sunroof
AssigneeASC Incorporated
InventorsKiman Lee, Kim Jang-Young, Moo Jin Park
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Abstract
The preferred embodiment of a sunroof includes a sunroof panel, a track, an acutating 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.
Claims29
An automotive vehicle sunroof comprising:
- a sunroof panel;
- a track extending in a substantially fore and aft direction;
- an actuating mechanism movably coupling the sunroof panel to the track;
- a lock assembly movably coupled to the track, the lock assembly including a panel securing member and a finger;
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- a biasing member operably biasing the lock assembly in a first direction along a fore and aft axis relative to the track;
- the panel securing member being operable to retain a rear section of the panel in a closed position if the finger is engaged with the actuation mechanism and if the finger is located in a predetermined position;
- the panel securing member being disengagable from the rear section of the panel and allowing the rear section of the panel to move relative to the track if the finger is disengaged from the actuating mechanism, the biasing member operably serving to encourage disengagement of the panel securing member from the panel if the finger is disengaged from the actuating mechanism.
A spoiler sunroof comprising:
- a sunroof panel assembly;
- a track extending in a substantially fore and aft direction;
- a lock assembly movably coupled to the track, the lock assembly including a panel securing member and a finger, the panel securing member being operable to retain a rear section of the panel assembly in a closed position if the finger is located in a first position, the panel securing member being disengagable from the rear section of the panel assembly if the finger is located in a second position;
- a helically wound spring operably biasing the lock assembly in the fore and aft direction relative to the track;
- a cam movably coupled to the track and having a camming surface;
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- a lever having a lifting segment, a camming segment and a fulcrum;
- the lifting segment being coupled to the panel assembly and being operable to lift the panel assembly;
- the camming segment being movably engagable with the camming surface;
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- the fulcrum being movably coupled to the track, the fulcrum being located substantially between and offset from the lifting and camming segments;
- wherein the cam and lever are operable to move the panel from a closed position to a venting position and then to an open position, the rear section of the panel being located in a tilted orientation when in the open position.
A sunroof comprising:
- a track having a first groove and a second groove;
- a cam block having a camming surface, a portion of the cam block being movably located in the first groove, the cam block further having an aperture;
- an elongated shaft movably located in the second groove;
- a hook upwardly projecting from the shaft;
- a finger;
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- a spring coupling the finger to the shaft and urging the finger in a substantially crosscar direction, the finger being engagable with the aperture of the cam block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.