Sunroof panel for vehicle
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinichi Hiramatsu, Akinao Yamaguchi
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Abstract
A sunroof panel for a vehicle includes a panel, a reinforcement member including a pair of side frames, a front frame, and a rear frame, and a joint portion joining first distal ends of the side frames to distal ends of the front frame, respectively, the joint portion joining second distal ends of the side frames to distal ends of the rear frame, respectively. At least one of the pair of the side frames, the front frame and the rear frame is made from a material that includes a specific gravity less than a specific gravity of the others of the pair of the side frames, the front frame and the rear frame.
Claims5
A sunroof panel for a vehicle, comprising:
- a panel for closing an opening being provided at a roof of the vehicle;
- a reinforcement member including a pair of side frames being joined to a lower surface of the panel along opposing rim portions of the panel in a vehicle width direction, the reinforcement member including a front frame being joined to the lower surface of the panel along a front rim portion of the panel, the reinforcement member including a rear frame being joined to the lower surface of the panel along a rear rim portion of the panel;
- and
- a joint portion joining first distal ends of the side frames to distal ends of the front frame, respectively, the joint portion joining second distal ends of the side frames to distal ends of the rear frame, respectively;
- wherein
- at least one of the pair of the side frames, the front frame and the rear frame is made from a material that includes a specific gravity less than a specific gravity of the others of the pair of the side frames, the front frame and the rear frame, and
- at the joint portions, respective lower surfaces of first distal ends of the side frames and respective lower surfaces of distal ends of the front frame are substantially flush with each other, and respective lower surfaces of second distal ends of the side frames and respective lower surfaces of distal ends of the rear frame are substantially flush with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.