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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2023
Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd., Sakura, JP;
Moto Kikuchi, Sakura, JP;
Hirotaka Kamioka, Sakura, JP;
YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Sakura, JP;
Abstract
A roof module includes: a roof panel; a pair of guide rails mounted on an inner surface of the roof panel and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a shade sheet guided by the guide rails; a winding device supported by the guide rails and configured to wind up the shade sheet and a drive source configured to drive the shade sheet in an unwinding direction and a winding direction. The winding device and the drive source are arranged in a concentrated manner on a rear end side of the guide rails, and no cross member connecting the guide rails is provided on a front end side of the guide rails.