Webasto Se

Masaya Kobatake

Shigeru Ueki

Takeshi Mizoguchi

Koji Sawahata

A deflector member may include a front portion positioned on the front side of the opening and corner portions extending, in a curved manner, rearward from both ends of the front portion, respectively. A lower edge of the deflector member may form a notch between the front portion and the corner portion. The lower edge member can be divided into a front lower edge member attached to a lower edge of the front portion, and an arc-shaped lower edge member attached to a lower edge of the corner portion. The frame structure may be provided with a front attachment body and an arc-shaped attachment body to which the front lower edge member and the arc-shaped lower edge member are detachably attached, respectively.

Deflector mechanism of sunroof device

A collapsible deflector member of a sunroof device including a front portion on the front side of an opening and corner portions extending rearward from the front portion, respectively, a lower edge fixed to a lower edge of the deflector and attached to a fore part of a frame structure, an upper edge supporting an upper edge of the deflector, and arms end connected to one of longitudinal ends of the upper edge in a manner that allows the arm end to move. Upper edges of the front portion and the corner portions of the deflector include a bag-shaped fitting portion fitted onto the upper edge, and in the arm, an arc-shaped portion inserted into the corner portion of the deflector is formed at the arm end, and a connecting portion positioned on an end side of the arc-shaped portion and connected to an end of the upper edge.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Masaya Kobatake