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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1991
Kenichiro Hayashi, Toyota, JP;
Kazuhisa Nagata, Okazaki, JP;
Akira Nishimura, Okazaki, JP;
Hidekazu Otowa, Toyota, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A sunroof assembly includes a housing secured to the inner side of a roof panel to surround an opening, a guide rail attached to each of opposing sides of the housing, a shoe disposed in the guide rail so as to be freely slidable longitudinally of the vehicle, a sliding panel connected to the shoe via a cam member for opening and closing the opening of the roof panel, and a driving source for sliding the shoe along the guide rail longitudinally of the vehicle, wherein a pin provided on the shoe is capable of moving in a cam groove of the cam member. One end of a link is pivotally attached to the pin of the shoe, and the other end is pivotally attached to one end of a lever member. The latter is slidably connected to a bracket, which is secured to the cam member and the sliding panel, so as to be relatively movable longitudinally of the vehicle in operative association with the shoe. When the sliding panel is in a fully closed state with the pin of the shoe at a forward end of the cam groove, the lever member is turned downwardly by a pin implanted in the bracket, so that the lever member is accommodated in a space between the slide channels of the guide rails.