Sunroof apparatus
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazusige Kawamura, Makoto Muranaka, Naoaki Hoshihara
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Abstract
A sunroof apparatus includes: a first internal wall surface with which a guide rail is provided; a second internal wall surface with which the guide rail is provided and which faces the first internal wall surface in a height direction; a main body portion which the sliding member includes and which is supported by the first internal wall surface; and a first flexible portion which the sliding member includes. One end of the first flexible portion is connected to the main body portion, while the other end of the first flexible portion is configured to come in pressure-contact with the main body portion when the first flexible portion comes in pressure-contact with the second internal wall surface.
Claims9
A sunroof apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- a roof portion of the vehicle;
- a panel for opening and closing an opening portion defined at the roof portion;
- a guide rail configured to move the panel for opening and closing the opening portion;
- a sliding member, one end of which is freely rotatably connected to the panel, and an other end of which is freely slidably supported by the guide rail, wherein the sliding member is configured to slidably move and incline at the guide rail in association with an inclination of the panel, and the sliding member is configured to slidably move at the guide rail in association with the movement of the panel;
- a first internal wall surface with which the guide rail is provided;
- a second internal wall surface with which the guide rail is provided and which faces the first internal wall surface in a height direction;
- a main body portion which the sliding member includes and which is supported by the first internal wall surface;
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- a first flexible portion which the sliding member includes, one end of the first flexible portion being connected to the main body portion and an other end of the first flexible portion being configured to come in pressure-contact with the main body portion when the first flexible portion comes in pressure-contact with the second internal wall surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.