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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ryo Tsuruo, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ohi Seisakusho Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/057 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/057 ;
Abstract
A sunroof device for vehicles uses rods in place of the cable, which is inserted in a guide rail in the convention sunroof device. In addition to guide members, a shoe is provided at a predetermined position on each rod such that the shoe is located closer to the inner wall of the guide rail than the outer peripheral surface of the rod when viewed in cross section.