Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Seiki Kabuhsiki Kaisha

Yusuke Kokubo

Yoji Nagashima

Shinichi Hiramatsu

Yoshitaka Ide

Tsutomu Tanoi

Jun Maruyama

Aisei Kawazu

Kazushige Kawamura

A sunroof apparatus includes: a movable panel adapted to open and close an opening formed in a vehicle roof; a guide rail provided in each edge portion of the opening in a lateral direction, and extending in a longitudinal direction; a support bracket including a front end portion supported by the guide rail, and supporting each edge portion of the movable panel; and a shoe member provided such that the shoe member can be moved along the guide rail, and engaged with the support bracket, wherein the movable panel is opened and closed along with movement of the shoe member, and the shoe member includes a limiting protrusion portion protruding in the lateral direction at a position higher than an upper surface of the guide rail, and is in contact with or is close to the upper surface.

Sunroof apparatus

A sunroof apparatus includes: a movable panel adapted to open and close an opening formed in a roof; a guide rail provided in each edge portion of the opening in a width direction, extending in a forward and rearward direction, and including a front end portion in which an attachment hole is formed to open in a vertical direction; a guide block capable of limiting the movement of the movable panel in the forward and rearward direction, and including a body portion mounted in a circumferential edge portion of the attachment hole, a rear limited portion protruding downward from a rear end portion of the body portion, and a front limited portion protruding downward from a front end portion of the body portion; and a holding member tightened to the guide rail, and including a front limiting portion.

A sunroof device comprising: a drive cable having driving teeth arranged in a longitudinal direction and being driven to move in the vehicle front-rear direction along a guiderail; and a sliding member that controls the posture of a functional bracket together with a movable panel, in conjunction with movement in the vehicle front-rear direction. The sunroof device also comprises: driven teeth formed on the sliding member, that are meshed with the driving teeth and restrict relative movement of the drive cable and the sliding member in the vehicle front-rear direction; and a mounted portion formed on the guiderail. The drive cable and the sliding member, in which the driving teeth are meshed with the driven teeth, are mounted on the mounted portion, and the mounted portion holds these in the vehicle lateral and vertical directions.

Sunroof device

A vehicle sunroof device has a contact portion between a panel bracket and a guide bracket, an insertion portion, a first member, and a second member. The contact portion contacts a first bracket, which is one of the panel bracket and the guide bracket. The insertion portion protrudes at the contact portion and is inserted into an attachment hole formed in a second bracket, which is the other of the panel bracket and the guide bracket. The first member has a retainer portion that permits a set range of motion of the second bracket. The second member is fastened to the first member. The first and second members permit relative motion of the first and second brackets in the non-fastened state, and restrict relative motion of the first and second brackets in the fastened state.

Vehicle sunroof device

A sunroof apparatus includes a supporting bracket configured to support a movable panel, the movable panel opening and closing an opening portion, a guide rail extending in a vehicle front/rear direction, a sliding member connected to the supporting bracket and driven to be movable along the guide rail, a driving member driving the sliding member and causing the movable panel to move upwardly and downwardly and to perform a sliding movement in the vehicle rear direction, a gutter member which extends in the vehicle width direction and is movable along the guide rail and an engaging/disengaging portion provided at the movable panel or at the supporting bracket and being disconnected from the gutter member in a fully-closed state and being connected to the gutter member in a tilt-down state.

An electrical contact mechanism adapted to be mounted to a retractable mechanism including a supporting mechanism for extending a roof and a rear window and stowing the roof and the rear window in a stowage space, includes a first member rotating in conjunction with the supporting mechanism, a first contact mounted to the first member, a second member connected to the first member and rotating relative to the first member in conjunction with the supporting mechanism, and a second contact mounted to the second member, wherein electric power is supplied to an apparatus mounted to at least one of the roof and the rear window by connecting the first contact with the second contact.

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Toyota, Japan

Yusuke Kokubo