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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2018
Aisin Technical Center of America, Inc., Northville, MI (US);
Shintaro Katsura, Novi, MI (US);
Jacob Grimaldo, Garden City, MI (US);
Joel Runyan, Canton, MI (US);
AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC., Northville, MI (US);
Abstract
A guide assembly in a vehicle sunroof includes: a housing including a lock feature; a sunroof panel; a rail, wherein the sunroof panel is slideably connected to the rail; and a rail guide extending in a front-rear direction and including a rail channel extending a length of the rail guide, wherein the rail channel is closed at a first end of the rail guide adjacent to the housing, the rail channel is open at a second end of the rail guide adjacent to the rail, and the rail channel is connected to the rail at the second end and receives the slideably connected sunroof panel, and the first end of the rail guide slides under the lock feature.