Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Akinao Yamaguchi

Shinichi Hiramatsu

A roof apparatus includes: a roof panel in which an opening and a pedestal portion extending over an entire peripheral portion of the opening are formed; and a sunroof unit. The sunroof unit includes guide rails mounted on both edge portions of the pedestal portion in a width direction of a vehicle, functional components supported by the guide rails so as to be capable of moving in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle, a movable panel supported by the functional components and opens and closes the opening in response to movements of the both functional components, and a fixed panel connecting front ends of the guide rails together in the width direction of the vehicle, mounted so as to be adjacent to the movable panel which is in a closed state, and covering a drive member which drives and moves the both functional components.

Roof apparatus

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.

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Nagoya, Japan

Akinao Yamaguchi