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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1999
Steven R. Thiele, Marysville, OH (US);
Akihiko Kuribayashi, Dublin, OH (US);
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wind deflector and sunshade stopper system for use with a vehicle having a sliding roof panel and a sliding sunshade disposed below the sliding roof panel. The stopper system includes a wind deflector in combination with a sunshade stopper. The wind deflector portion of the system, when installed on a vehicle, is movable between an operative position projecting above a sliding roof opening defined in a fixed roof of the vehicle, and a closed position disposed below the opening. The sunshade stopper portion of the system is adapted to be fixed to a vehicle body. One portion of the sunshade stopper contacts the wind deflector in the closed position thereof to inhibit movement of the deflector; and another portion of the sunshade stopper contacts the sliding sunshade in a closed position thereof to inhibit movement of the sunshade. The sunshade stopper may include an elastomeric cover disposed over a rigid base, and the wind deflector may further comprise: a pair of support arms at opposite sides thereof, respectively, for exclusively connecting the deflector to the roof frame for pivoting movement between the operative and closed positions thereof; and a height control arm provided on the wind deflector and projecting therefrom, the height control arm has a stopper which contacts the fixed roof of the vehicle in the operative position of the wind deflector for limiting a height to which the deflector projects above the sliding roof opening, and the arm stopper also protecting the height control arm from contact with the roof frame when the wind deflector is in the closed position thereof.