Sunroof apparatus for a vehicle
AssigneesYachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisya, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKuniyasu Aoki, Akira Murasawa, Shigehito Horiuti, Masaharu Ohnishi, Shuhei Hamada, Takashi Ueno, Makoto Kurita
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Abstract
A sunroof apparatus for a vehicle includes a sunroof panel, a panel holder, a lip member, a sealing member and a lip for wind noise. The panel holder supports the sunroof panel internally relative to a cabin of the vehicle. The lip member is attached to an end portion of the panel holder. The sealing member is attached to the lip member. The lip for wind noise extends from the lip member towards inside of the cabin. An end portion of the lip for wind noise is adapted to lie closer to the sunroof panel than an end portion of the panel holder.
Claims6
A sunroof apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- a sunroof panel;
- a panel holder which supports the sunroof panel internally relative to a cabin of the vehicle;
- a lip member which is attached to an end portion of the panel holder;
- a sealing member which is attached to the lip member;
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- a lip for wind noise which extends from the lip member towards inside of the cabin;
- wherein an end portion of the lip for wind noise is adapted to lie in an inner portion relative to the end portion of the panel holder;
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- wherein the lip for wind noise extends away from where the lip member is attached to the end portion of the panel holder so that the lip for wind noise is able to move freely relative to the panel holder.
A sunroof apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- a sunroof panel;
- a panel holder which supports the sunroof panel internally relative to a cabin of the vehicle;
- a lip member which is attached to an end portion of the panel holder;
- a sealing member which is attached to the lip member;
- a lip for wind noise which extends from the lip member towards inside of the cabin;
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- a lip for water drainage, which is integrally formed with the lip for wind noise and extends from the lip member towards inside of the cabin, the lip for water drainage being adapted to lie closer to the sealing member than the lip for wind noise,
- wherein an end portion of the lip for wind noise is adapted to lie in an inner portion relative to the end portion of the panel holder;
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- wherein the lip for wind noise diagonally extends like a tongue inward relative to the sunroof panel and the lip for water drainage extends diagonally like a tongue outward relative to the sunroof panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.