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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2008
Yoshiyasu Ito, Tochigi, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Tochigi, JP;
Kouichi Hotta, Tochigi, JP;
Michio Tamura, Saitama, JP;
Yoshiyasu Ito, Tochigi, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Tochigi, JP;
Kouichi Hotta, Tochigi, JP;
Michio Tamura, Saitama, JP;
Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a sliding roof for a vehicle including a plurality of roof panels separately mounted on an opening of a fixed roof of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a guide frame attached at a lower portion of each side edge of the opening, and an anchor installed into the guide frame to engage with at least part of the roof panel, so as to assist open-close operations of the plurality of the roof panels in the vicinity of a closed state thereof. Sliding of sliders attached to the each guide frame allows the plurality of the roof panels to open or close in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle. The sliding roof for a vehicle further includes a guide member installed into the guide frame to guide a movement of engagement portions of the plurality of the roof panels adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The anchor and the guide member are installed into an identical groove formed on the guide frame.