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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Tatsuaki Uehara, Tochigi, JP;
Shigehito Horiuti, Tochigi, JP;
Masaharu Ohnishi, Saitama, JP;
Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisya, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The sunroof apparatus has a sunroof panel equipped at an opening of a fixed roof; a tilt mechanism that is provided beneath a side edge of the sunroof panel, and can tilt up the panel around a rotation axis that makes vehicle lateral directions axial directions thereof; and a side cover for shielding the tilt mechanism, seen from a vehicle room side in tilting up the panel, wherein the side cover has a plurality of cover members that overlap each other in the vehicle lateral directions, and each of which front end side is relative-rotation-free coupled each other around a coupling shaft of the cover members, and one of them is fixed at the panel and so that each of them is opened in tilting up the panel.