SUNROOF APPARATUS

• Main Authors: YOSHIDA OSAMU, ODOI KOZO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.10.2013
• Subjects: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORVEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILARDEVICES FOR VEHICLES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a dimension of a vertical direction of a guide rail.SOLUTION: A guide rail 24L of a sunroof apparatus has a second upper wall 27b and a lower wall 24a that places a shoe and a front side pin 84 between the top and the bottom. The second upper wall 27b is provided with: a first guide surface 27d that guides the front side pin 84 in back and forth direction restricting the movement to the upper side of the front side pin 84; a second guide surface 27e that is located at a side away from a body 81 more than a first guide surface 27d in a vehicle width direction, and guides the shoe in the back and forth direction restricting the movement to the upper side of the shoe; and a recessed groove 27c that extends in the back and forth direction between the first guide surface 27d and the second guide surface 27e, and divides the first guide surface 27d and the second guide surface 27e.