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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2009
Shigehito Horiuchi, Tochigi, JP;
Kouichi Hotta, Tochigi, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Tochigi, JP;
Masayuki Daio, Hiroshima, JP;
Shigehito Horiuchi, Tochigi, JP;
Kouichi Hotta, Tochigi, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Tochigi, JP;
Masayuki Daio, Hiroshima, JP;
Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A sunroof apparatus for opening or closing an opening formed on a fixed roof of an automobile includes: a movable front panel and a movable rear panel both provided in the fixed roof; a panel frame made of engineering plastic and attached around one of the panels; a hollow elastic weatherstrip attached around the panel frame attached around the one of the panels; a panel frame made of the engineering plastic and attached on a periphery end section of other one of the panels, the other one of the panels having a butt end section and the periphery end section; and a hollow elastic weatherstrip attached to the panel frame attached to the other one of the panels, wherein the opening is closed when the weatherstrip of the one of the panels and the butt end section of the other one of the panels butt against each other. This structure can enhance efficiency in molding weatherstrips since the weatherstrip attached around the two panels are in a hollow structure.