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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2013
Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd., Sayama-shi, Saitama, JP;
Toshiyuki Kanai, Sakura, JP;
Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd., Sayama-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A sunroof apparatus includes a movable roof panel including a front edge connected to an upper edge of a front window without a roof outer plate interposed between the roof panel and the front window for closing an opening portion of a roof; a seal member disposed at a circumference of an edge portion of the opening portion; a front panel holder fixed to a lower surface of at least the front edge of the roof panel for reinforcing the roof panel, wherein during closing of the opening portion of the roof, the front panel holder pressingly contacts the seal member disposed at the front edge of the roof panel, and a lower surface of the roof panel pressingly contacts directly the seal member disposed at a rear edge of the roof panel.