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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2008
Tetsuya Hirata, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Okamura, Iwakura, JP;
Shohei Kobata, Anjo, JP;
Chitose Nishiyama, Handa, JP;
Tetsuya Hirata, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Okamura, Iwakura, JP;
Shohei Kobata, Anjo, JP;
Chitose Nishiyama, Handa, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A sunroof driving device includes a pair of rail members adapted to be arranged at both edges of a roof opening formed in a vehicle roof in a vehicle width direction and each extending along a vehicle longitudinal direction, a slide member slidably supported by each of the rail members in a longitudinal direction therof, a supporting member connected to the slide member and supporting a movable panel opening and closing the roof opening, a cross-connecting member extending along the vehicle width direction for establishing connection between respective front ends of the rail members, a drive motor arranged at the cross-connecting member and including a rotating shaft extending along the cross-connecting member, a torque wire extending along the cross-connecting member and integrally rotating with the rotating shaft, and a torque-transmitting member rotated by the torque wire and sliding the slide member along each of the rail members.