Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited

Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Hajime Katayama

Ayumi Mihashi

Shigehito Horiuchi

Kuniyasu Aoki

Sho Notoya

Kouichi Hotta

Masafumi Nakagawa

Masatoshi Nishida

Seiji Katakura

Toshiaki Kuroi

Masayuki Watarai

Kanehiro Otani

Koichi Hotta

A tailgate includes a tailgate main body including a resin inner panel and a resin outer panel forming an inner space between itself and the inner panel; a pair of reinforcement members disposed in the inner space to extend in an up-down direction along both side portions of the tailgate main body, and attached to the inner panel; a functional component disposed in a vehicle widthwise intermediate position in the inner space and attached to the inner panel; and a tether having both ends fixed to the pair of reinforcement members. The functional component has an engagement part that defines an insertion hole for the tether, and the engagement part is formed with a notch that extends from an inner peripheral edge of the insertion hole to hold the tether.

Vehicle tailgate

To improve the appearance of a tailgate provided with a rear spoiler, a tailgate of a vehicle includes a tailgate main body having a rear window opening a rear spoiler extending rearward from a part of the tailgate main body above the rear window opening a rear window panel that is mounted on an outer peripheral portion of the rear window opening of an outer surface of the tailgate main body and closes the rear window opening and a plate-shaped shield member mounted on a lower surface of the rear spoiler so as to shield a space formed between the lower surface of the rear spoiler and an upper end portion of the rear window panel.

Provided is a water discharge structure for a sunroof device, the water discharge structure being capable of suitably preventing rainwater, etc. from penetrating a stationary roof. A water discharge structure for a sunroof device is configured so as to comprise: a panel body for closing an opening formed in the stationary roof of a vehicle; frame members arranged along edges of the stationary roof and provided with water discharge grooves; brackets mounted to the frame members and supporting the panel body; and water discharge guide plates disposed between the panel body and the brackets and conducting rainwater etc., which have entered along the seal surfaces between the panel body and the edges of the stationary roof, to the water discharge grooves.

Water discharge structure for sunroof device

There is provided a deflector mechanism for a sunroof apparatus which can reduce the number of parts, assembling processes, and a production cost. The sunroof apparatus includes a pair of guide rails provided at both sides of an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle in a widthwise direction, a sunroof panel which slides along the guide rails, a resin-made front frame which interconnects front ends of the guide rails, and a deflector mechanism which ascends/descends along a front edge of the opening of the vehicle. The deflector mechanism includes a deflector including a pair of arms and a blade that connects these arms together, a pair of support members each of which supports a basal end of each arms, a retainer formed at a front frame, and an urging means which urges the deflector upwardly, and the retainer is formed together with the front frame.

Deflector mechanism for sunroof apparatus

A holding structure of a guide pipe of a sunroof apparatus is provided in which a guide pipe is difficult from being removed. In a frameof the sunroof apparatus in which a guide pipeL covering a cableis arranged, a bank partextending obliquely upward from one of the sidewallsof the guide grooveL is formed on the one of the sidewalls, and a bottom portionof the guide pipe grooveL comes in surface contact with the outer circumferential surface of the lower part of the guide pipeL and the bank partcomes in surface contact with the outer circumferential surface of the upper part of the guide pipeL.

Holding structure of guide pipe of sunroof apparatus

In a vehicle roof system for closing and opening a roof opening () formed in a fixed roof panel () of a vehicle with a moveable roof panel (), an onboard device () is located in a laterally central part of the fixed roof panel () adjacent to a front edge of the roof opening, and an electric motor () for actuating the moveable roof panel is also located adjacent to the front edge of the roof opening but in a laterally offset and longitudinally overlapping relationship with the onboard device. As the electric motor and onboard device do not overlap each other in plan view, the thickness of the roof can be minimized. As the electric motor and onboard device overlap each other in side view, the distance between the upper edge of the front windshield and the front edge of the roof opening can be minimized, and this improves the field of view of the vehicle occupants.

Vehicle roof system

In a vehicle roof system for closing and opening a roof opening () formed in a fixed roof panel () of a vehicle with a moveable roof panel (), a pair of push-pull cables () extend from an electric motor () mounted on a front frame () extending along the front edge of the roof opening to either side of the moveable roof panel, and cross each other at three locations (P-P) on the front frame in plan view. Idle cable section of the first push-pull cable () that meshes with the rear side of a drive gear of the electric motor crosses the drive cable section of the second push-pull cable () at one location (P), and the drive cable section of the first push-pull cable includes a bulging section bulging forward by crossing the idle cable section of the second push-pull cable at two locations (Pand P). Thereby, the radius of curvature of the drive cable section of the first push-pull cable can be maximized. This in turn minimizes the frictional resistance to the push-pull cables, and allows a relatively small electric motor to be used. As a result, the thickness of the vehicle roof can be minimized, and the front edge of the roof opening to be brought highly close to the front end of the upper edge of the windshield.

The present invention discloses a deflector of a sliding roof system including a blade provided along on an front edge of an opening of a fixed roof and moving upward and downward along with an opening and closing movement of a roof panel; arms installed on right and left end portions of the blade, each of the arms provided with a cam pin and a support pin; a cam groove that guides the cam pin so as to define a movement trajectory of the blade; and a support groove that guides a frontward and backward movement of the support pin, wherein the support groove includes a guide frame that guides a frontward and backward movement of the roof panel.

Deflector of sliding roof system

A frame structure of a sunroof apparatus includes a pair of guide rails provided, respectively, on both sides in a width direction of an opening of a vehicle and guiding a movement of a sunroof panel; a frame including a drain extended across the direction and connecting ends of the rails; sliders sliding in the rails, respectively; a drive device installed at the frame and making the sliders slide; cables connecting the sliders and the device and routed so as to cross above the drain; guide pipes covering the cables; and guide pipe grooves depressingly provided at the frame and where the guide pipes are arranged, respectively, wherein protrusion portions protruding outside from outer peripheries of the pipes are provided, and wherein engagement portions where the protrusion portions are engaged are formed in the grooves.

Frame structure of sunroof apparatus

A roof panel attached to a roof of a vehicle so that the roof panel can be tilted up, and a wind lip provided in peripheral edge portion of the lower surface of the roof panel. The wind lip projects toward the inside of the vehicle. Further, a drain groove extending in up-and-down direction is formed on an outer surface of the wind lip.

Drain structure of roof panel

A sheet member with a frame body in the present invention has the sheet member and the frame body composed of a resin material attached to a fringe of the sheet member, wherein the frame body opens in an outward direction parallel with a sheet face of the sheet member and in the frame body a fit-in groove is formed to fit in a fit-in object, and wherein the fit-in groove is formed so as to have an overlap space with the sheet member in a direction parallel with the sheet face of the sheet member.

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Tochigi, Japan

Hajime Katayama