Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
296216040 | Slidable panel | 64 |
20080238154 | OUTER SLIDING SUNROOF APPARATUS - An outer sliding sunroof apparatus having a roof panel attached to an opening of a fixed roof of a vehicle, a drive device for opening and closing the roof panel, and a control unit for controlling the drive device includes a load detector for detecting load applied to the drive device when the roof panel in a closed state is tilted up and moved toward a rear of the vehicle, wherein when the load detector detects the load not less than a predetermined amount of load, the control unit is configured to move the roof panel in the closing direction. | 10-02-2008 |
20090039683 | OPEN ROOF CONSTRUCTION - An open roof construction and roof assembly for a vehicle comprises a stationary roof part, a roof opening provided therein and a panel which is slideable for opening and closing said roof opening. The panel and stationary roof part are provided with a pin and curve part assembly for guiding and locking the panel in its closing position. The curve part is provided with an extension part projecting from the curve part for engaging the arriving pin and leading it into curve formed in the curve part, said-extension part being movable between an extended position when the panel is in its opening position and a collapsed position when the panel is in its closing position. | 02-12-2009 |
20090072588 | Vehicle sun roof system - In a sun roof system, a panel bracket ( | 03-19-2009 |
20090072589 | Sunroof apparatus for vehicle - A vehicular sunroof apparatus includes a front panel, a rear panel, a linking rod, a rod-locking part, and a slider linking part. The linking rod is connected to a rear slider provided for opening the rear panel. The rod-locking part is disposed on a vehicle roof for locking a distal end of the linking rod when the rear panel is in a fully closed state. The slider linking part is provided on a front slider provided for opening/closing the front panel. The slider linking part is designed to engage with the distal end part and to release the distal end part from the locking engagement with the rod-locking part when the front slider moves from a fully closed position to a half-open position. | 03-19-2009 |
20090091160 | OPEN ROOF CONSTRUCTION - An open roof construction for a vehicle comprises a roof opening in a fixed roof part and a roof assembly having a movable panel for opening and closing said roof opening. At opposite sides of the panel flexible cover members are provided for covering lateral gaps created when the panel moves towards an open position. Further it comprises two guide members extending along corresponding opposite sides of the roof opening for guiding respective parts of the open roof construction. The cover members are integrally connected with the respective guide members. | 04-09-2009 |
20090102243 | SLIDING ROOF STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - A sliding roof structure of a vehicle includes rails | 04-23-2009 |
20090108637 | Retractable Glass Roof and Liftgate Open Air Vehicle System - A vehicle with a sliding glass roof system capable of operating in multiple modes, such as a rear liftgate, a sunroof, a retractable roof, and a convertible, is provided. The vehicle includes a retractable glass roof, lift glass, and carrier assembly in a single system. In an exemplary embodiment, the vehicle includes a sliding roof panel configured to engage a carrier that also holds and supports a glass cargo liftgate. The sliding roof panel is configured to open in a sunroof and a convertible mode. The glass cargo liftgate is configured to open as a liftgate and in the convertible mode. The sliding roof and liftgate system includes a combination of attachments, gas struts, hinges, latches, seals and the like. | 04-30-2009 |
20090127890 | SLIDING ROOF - 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. | 05-21-2009 |
20090160223 | SUNROOF SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A sunroof system for a motor vehicle includes two guide rails at least approximately parallel to one another and a slide in each guide rail. The slide is displaceable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A front opening mechanism and a rear opening mechanism are assigned to a front edge and a rear edge, respectively, of a cover of the sunroof system. The front opening mechanism has a transmission lever and the rear opening mechanism has an opening lever. The slide, when displaced rearwards along the guide rail, is first coupled to the rear opening mechanism and then to the front opening mechanism. | 06-25-2009 |
20090212603 | SLIDER STRUCTURE OF SUNROOF APPARATUS - According to a slider structure of a sunroof apparatus, the apparatus includes: a roof panel attached to an opening of a fixed roof; a panel support stay, where a cam groove is formed, is fixed to a side edge of the roof panel; and a slider that moves along a guide rail, is engaged with the cam groove through a pin, and tilts and slides the roof panel, wherein the slider structure includes: a pair of lifters that interpose the panel support stay, are divided, and are engaged with the cam groove through the pin; and a pair of slide shoes that are attached to the lifters, respectively, are connected with each other, integrate the lifters, and are slid on the guide rail. | 08-27-2009 |
20090230732 | VEHICLE ROOF - A vehicle roof contains a first movable roof part, a guide device for displacing the first roof part relative to a second roof part for optionally at least partially opening and closing a roof opening. The guide device contains first and second lateral guide rails of a lateral guide and at least one third guide rail of a central guide, in which the first roof part is guided with front and rear slide bearings adjacent to its front and rear edges. In order to be able to increase further the comfort in a motor vehicle, it is provided that the front slide bearings are guided in the first and second guide rails of the lateral guide and the rear slide bearing is guided in the central guide. | 09-17-2009 |
20090284049 | Sunroof Mounting Assembly - A sunroof mounting assembly may be configured so that a ring reinforcement is secured along an edge of a sunroof hole and a sunroof rail for guiding movement of a sunroof is mounted to the ring reinforcement. The ring reinforcement may include: a first reinforcement mounted to front and side edges of the sunroof hole to selectively receive the sunroof therein; and a second reinforcement provided on a rear edge of the sunroof hole, wherein the second reinforcement couples each distal end of the first reinforcement. | 11-19-2009 |
20100026055 | SUNSHADE WITH ADJUSTABLE SLIDE PORTION - A sunshade for a vehicle having a first guide and a second guide spaced from the first guide. The sunshade has a pair of edges and includes a substrate layer and an aesthetic layer fixed to the substrate layer to present a show surface. Slide portions are disposed along each of the edges and are adapted to move within the first and second guides as the sunshade moves between an open position and a closed position. The slide portions define a generally corrugated configuration to provide a force that must be overcome to move the sunshade between the open position and the closed position. | 02-04-2010 |
20100045076 | BELT SUPPORTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE ROOF AND ROOF DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A belt supporting apparatus includes a bottom portion, first and second wall portions integrally formed with the bottom portion so as to be parallel to each other, a holding portion integrally formed at the second wall portion and an opening formed at the bottom portion opposes the holding portion, wherein the housing houses a toothed belt so as to be slidably in such a way that a toothed portion of the toothed belt is facing the first wall portion, and a back surface formed at the other surface of the toothed belt is facing the second wall portion, and the toothed belt is prevented from being moved out of the housing in the vehicle height direction by means of the holding portion. | 02-25-2010 |
20100225147 | ROOF ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - The roof assembly includes guide rails extending parallel and at a distance from each other. The guide rails each include a guide groove being defined between an upper and lower flange of the guide rails. The guide grooves open in a direction towards each other, and further comprise at least one closure panel, in particular a sunshade panel, having two opposite sides substantially parallel to the guide rails and each including at least two laterally projecting tabs for engagement into the respective guide groove. At least one of said lower and upper flanges of each guide rail has at least one cut-out for allowing the tabs of the closure panel to enter the guide groove. | 09-09-2010 |
20100308625 | Support mechanism for opening and closing member - A support mechanism for an opening and closing member slidably moving to open and close an opening formed in a vehicle body, includes a support frame adapted to be arranged at the opening and closing member to support the opening and closing member relative to the vehicle body, a guide rail adapted to be arranged at the vehicle body along a side edge of the opening and including first and second guide portions that are parallel to each other, and a guided member including a cylindrical portion and a bearing portion continuously formed with the cylindrical portion and coaxially supporting a shaft portion that is arranged at the support frame, the cylindrical portion having an outer peripheral surface formed into a tapered shape and contacting the first and second guide portions in a biased manner. | 12-09-2010 |
20110080022 | BLIND COVER POSITIONING STRUCTURE - A positioning structure for a blind cover which is arranged between a guide rail and an outer roof panel of a vehicle in a sunshade device for the vehicle, the blind cover including: a plate shaped shielding portion which is arranged between the guide rail and the outer roof panel and a supporting portion which is inserted into an installation groove formed in the guide rail, wherein the supporting portion includes a engagement portion which is flexible in a groove width direction of the installation groove, and the engagement portion is fit into an engaged portion which is an opening formed in the installation groove to position the blind cover with respect to the guide rail. | 04-07-2011 |
20110187160 | VEHICLE ROOF SYSTEM - In a vehicle roof system for closing and opening a roof opening ( | 08-04-2011 |
20110187161 | VEHICLE ROOF SYSTEM - In a vehicle roof system for closing and opening a roof opening ( | 08-04-2011 |
20110204682 | VEHICLE ROOF STRUCTURE - A sun shade device is positioned on an inner surface of a panorama roof panel. The sun shade device includes a sheet-shaped shade member that can be pulled out and retracted in back and forth directions of a vehicle, and a shade cover member that can cover the wound shade member. The shade cover member is made of an elongated rigid body and is laterally bridged in right and left directions of the vehicle along a winding axis of the shade member. The shade cover member is secured to a vehicle main body at both ends thereof. | 08-25-2011 |
20110227371 | SUNSHADE ASSEMBLY AND OPEN ROOF CONSTRUCTION PROVIDED THEREWITH - A sunshade assembly includes a sunscreen of which the longitudinal edges are provided with guide strips which are substantially rigid in transverse direction. Opposed elongated longitudinal guide rails each include a guide channel section defining a guide channel in which the respective guide strip is accommodated when the sunscreen is moved between open and closed positions. The guide channel of each guide rail being bounded on the side facing the opposed guide rail by a guide flange ( | 09-22-2011 |
20120001458 | VEHICLE SUNROOF DEVICE - A vehicle sunroof device includes a movable panel, guide rails, rear slide members, an electrical drive source, and check mechanisms. When the rear slide members are moved toward the front of the vehicle along the guide rails when the movable panel is in a totally closed state, the movable panel is changed to a tilt-up state. Check release mechanisms provided to the rear slide members are changed to an engaged state when the rear slide members are further moved toward the front of the vehicle with the movable panel in the tilt-up state and without involving operation of the movable panel. In the engaged state, when the rear slide members are moved toward the rear of the vehicle afterward, the check release mechanisms move the entire check mechanisms while switching the check mechanisms to a movable state. In the engaged state of the check release mechanisms, when the rear slide members are further moved toward the front of the vehicle without involving operation of the movable panel, the check release mechanisms are switched to an engagement released state in which the check release mechanisms are released from the check mechanisms | 01-05-2012 |
20120032476 | ROOF DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A roof device for a vehicle is disclosed. Guide rails extend in a direction along the front and back of the vehicle on both sides of an opening of a vehicle roof. Operation mechanisms are guided by the corresponding guide rails and support a movable panel. A toothed belt has a plurality of rack teeth arranged in a longitudinal direction of the toothed belt. A drive-side guide section guides movement of the toothed belt. A rail-side guide section guides movement of the toothed belt. A sliding section is formed integrally with each toothed belt. A fitting section is formed in at least each drive-side guide section or each rail-side guide section. The fitting section restricts movement of the rack teeth of each toothed belt toward the corresponding opposite face of the drive-side guide section or rail-side guide section. | 02-09-2012 |
20120112496 | Roof apparatus for vehicle - A roof apparatus for a vehicle, includes a pair of guide rails, a movable panel, a housing, a casing, and a first spur tooth rack belt and a second spur tooth rack belt for transmitting a drive force of a drive mechanism to the movable panel. The first spur tooth rack belt includes plural first spur teeth and the second spur tooth rack belt includes plural second spur teeth, and a slope portion inclined upward toward a rear side of the vehicle is provided forward of each of the pair of guide rails. A pair of guide portions is provided at each of the guide rails for guiding the first spur tooth rack belt and the second spur tooth rack belt. A cutout portion is formed at a front end portion of each of the guide rails. | 05-10-2012 |
20120193944 | ROOF APPARATUS - A roof apparatus includes a functional bracket supporting a movable panel, a guide rail, a drive shoe moving along the guide rail, a front link connected to the functional bracket to move in conjunction with the movement of the drive shoe, a rear link connected with the drive shoe to support the functional bracket, front and rear restriction portions arranged at the front link, front and rear restriction portions arranged at the rear link, a first distance defined between the front restriction portion of the front link and the rear restriction portion of the rear link, and a second distance defined between the rear restriction portion of the front link and the rear restriction portion of the rear link, wherein the front link and the rear link are arranged at different positions on a plain surface extending in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the guide rail extends. | 08-02-2012 |
20130020837 | ROOF APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A roof apparatus for a vehicle includes a shoe member and a support member including an end portion rotatably connected to the shoe member within a predetermined rotation range. One of the end portion of the support member and the shoe member integrally includes first and second vertical wall portions and a support portion including a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion. The other of the end portion of the support member and the shoe member includes a bearing portion pivotally supporting the large diameter portion and including an opening through which an insertion and removal of the small diameter portion is allowed in a state where the support member is positioned out of the predetermined rotation range and through which the insertion and removal of the small diameter portion is prohibited in a state where the support member is positioned within the predetermined rotation range. | 01-24-2013 |
20130038092 | Vehicle Roller Blind Arrangement, Subassembly with a Vehicle Roller Blind Arrangement, and Roof Arrangement - A vehicle roller blind arrangement, with a roller blind web that can be wound or unwound in an extension direction, a band-shaped guide element that extends along the extension direction and is guidable in a guide rail, which can be coupled fixedly to a vehicle, in such a manner that said guide element extends parallel to the roller blind web, and a band element that extends along the extension direction and is arranged between the roller blind web and the guide element and, on a first longitudinal side, is coupled fixedly to the roller blind web and, on a second longitudinal side, is coupled fixedly to the guide element. The band element has a T-shaped or Y-shaped cross section, is formed of a different material from the roller blind web, and has a smaller material thickness than the roller blind web. In addition, the invention relates to correspondingly configured subassemblies and roof arrangements. | 02-14-2013 |
20130147237 | VEHICLE SUNROOF DEVICE - A vehicle sunroof device includes a movable panel, guide rails, rear slide members, an electrical drive source, and check mechanisms. When the rear slide members are moved toward the front of the vehicle along the guide rails when the movable panel is in a totally closed state, the movable panel is changed to a tilt-up state. Check release mechanisms provided to the rear slide members are changed to an engaged state when the rear slide members are further moved toward the front of the vehicle with the movable panel in the tilt-up state and without involving operation of the movable panel. In the engaged state, when the rear slide members are moved toward the rear of the vehicle afterward, the check release mechanisms move the entire check mechanisms while switching the check mechanisms to a movable state. | 06-13-2013 |
20130154312 | SLIDING STRUCTURE OF PANORAMA SUN ROOF FOR VEHICLE - A sliding structure of a panorama sun roof for a vehicle, wherein a roof panel of the vehicle may be mounted with the panorama sun roof, may include a guide rail mounted to the panorama sun roof, wherein an end of the guide rail may be molded with an elastic member, and a guide member mounted in the guide rail for the panorama sun roof to slidably move along the guide rail of the roof panel. | 06-20-2013 |
20130193720 | SUNROOF APPARATUS - A sunroof apparatus including a front panel and a rear panel closing a roof opening, having a slider coupling mechanism interlocking between a front slider actuating the front panel and a rear slider actuating the rear panel while achieving a simplified structure and compacted size thereof with its number of parts reduced. The coupling arm is swingably pivotally supported by the rear slider, and the coupling arm is provided with a stopper for regulating the back-and-forth movement of the rear slider by fitting to a locking hole formed in the guide rail, and the front slider is provided with a coupling pin and the coupling arm is provided with a coupling cam groove, and the front slider is moved backward so that the coupling pin and the coupling cam groove are engaged with each other to thereby swing the coupling arm so that the stopper is disengaged from the locking hole and the rear slider being interlocked with the front slider is rendered to be moved back and forth. | 08-01-2013 |
20130241243 | DEVICE FOR SEALING THE APERTURE OF A TIPPED-BACK SLIDING ROOF - The invention relates to a device for sealing the aperture of a tipped-back sliding roof of a car. The device has a control device designed to monitor the gearbox of the car and ensure that the aperture is sealed when the reverse gear is engaged. | 09-19-2013 |
20130249254 | ROOF WEATHER STRIP FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A roof weather strip capable of being readily attached to the motor vehicle with reduced costs. The roof weather strip adapted to effect a seal between a sliding panel and a fixed panel composing a vehicle roof, includes a base portion for attachment to an edge of a fixed base panel adapted to attach the fixed panel, and a seal portion for contacting the sliding panel. The base portion includes a panel engaging section for engagement with the edge of the fixed base panel, and a rim engaging section for engagement with a panel rim attached to the edge of the fixed panel. The panel engaging section is formed on the lower surface side of the base portion, and the rim engaging section is formed on the upper surface side of the base portion. | 09-26-2013 |
20140117724 | SUNSHADE DEVICE - A sunshade device is provided with a shading sheet adapted to shade light incident through an opening formed in the vehicle to an interior of a passenger compartment or to permit the passage of the light. The shading sheet moves along a pair of guide rails having guide passages, which slidably support both ends of the shading sheet in the lateral direction of the vehicle. The sunshade device is provided with shielding members extending in the longitudinal direction of the guide rails and shielding the guide passages from the interior of the passenger compartment. | 05-01-2014 |
20140246883 | Vehicle Sliding Roof Device - The invention relates to a vehicle sliding roof device with a cover unit that is shiftably supported on guides of the sliding roof device by a support device and that can be adjusted between a closed position covering a roof opening and at least one open position, whereby it is provided in accordance with the invention that a locking device which detachably locks the cover unit at least in its closed position and that an arresting device with which the cover unit can be arrested from shifting relative to the guides at least in different opening positions can be activated by a manually operated activation device. | 09-04-2014 |
20140354017 | Open roof construction for a vehicle, and panel for use therein - An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a stationary part and at least a panel supported by the stationary part and configured to close the opening in the fixed roof. The panel include two substantially parallel sheets connected and sealed to each other at least along their circumference in order to create a space there between containing gas. The space communicates with a pressure equalizing device equalizing the pressure in the space with the ambient pressure. The pressure equalizing device can be an open or closed system. | 12-04-2014 |
20150097397 | MOTOR VEHICLE BODY - The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle body with a lateral roof frame, a sliding roof structure and an angled connecting flange with a first web and second web. The first web is connected in a frictionally and/or positively joined manner to the lateral roof frame by means of a first elongated hole arrangement. The second web is connected to the sliding roof structure in a frictionally or positively joined manner by means of a second elongated hole arrangement. | 04-09-2015 |
20150336449 | VEHICLE ROOF APPARATUS - A vehicle roof apparatus includes: guide rails provided on both edge portions of an opening formed on a vehicle roof, respectively; a front housing connecting front-end portions of the guide rails to each other; and a support member having a shoe portion protruding only on one side and mounted on each of the guide rails to be immovable on the one side and supporting each of the edge portions of the movable panel which opens or closes the opening, wherein the support member is rotatable about the shoe portion such that the movable panel performs a tilting up operation in a completely closed state, and wherein, in the front housing, a regulation wall is formed, which comes into contact with or approaches the support member from a side opposite to the shoe portion when the movable panel enters the completely closed state or the tilting up operation state. | 11-26-2015 |
20150375605 | Sunroof Device for Vehicle - A sunroof device for a vehicle, includes: a guide rail provided on each edge in a width direction of a vehicle of an opening formed on a vehicle roof; a first sliding member linked with each edge in the width direction of the vehicle of a movable panel opening and closing the opening; a guide block in which an engagement groove is formed and which is provided on the guide rail; a check including an engagement protrusion capable of engaging with the engagement groove; and a regulation wall preventing deformation of the guide block when the first sliding member moves toward the rear side of the vehicle with respect to the movable panel in the fully closed state. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375606 | VEHICLE SUNROOF DEVICE - A vehicle sunroof device includes a movable panel, a guide rail, a sliding member, a check mechanism, and a lock-unlock switching mechanism. The check mechanism locks the forward and backward movement of the movable panel and brings the movable panel into a tilt-up state. The check mechanism includes a rotation check member having either an engagement groove or an engagement projection. When the movable panel moves to the tilt up state, the rotation check member is in a rotation position at which the rotation check member locks movement of the movable panel. In the tilt up state, when the sliding member moves further forward and then moves backward, the rotation check member pivots to move to a pivoting position at which the rotation check member unlocks movement of the movable panel. | 12-31-2015 |
20160031303 | SUNROOF APPARATUS - A sunroof apparatus includes: a movable panel that can open or close an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle; guide rails having a pair of rail-side holding portions provided side by side in a lateral direction, and respectively provided in both edge portions of the opening in the lateral direction; support brackets, front end portions of which are supported by the guide rails, having vertical walls, and each of which has bracket-side held portions; sliding members are provided so as to be able to move along the guide rails, and each of which has a connection wall; sliding member-side held portions, and sliding member-side holding portions; and an electric driving source driving the movement of the sliding members. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031304 | Sunroof Apparatus - A sunroof apparatus includes: a movable panel that can open or close an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle; a deflector disposed along a front edge portion of the opening, and having arm portions extending rearward from both end portions of the deflector in a lateral direction, rear end portions of the arm portions being connected to the roof such that the deflector is turnable, and a biasing force is applied to the arm portions in a turning direction in which front ends pivotally move upward; guide rails disposed in both end portions of the opening in the lateral direction, and extending in a longitudinal direction; driving shoes provided to be able to move along the guide rails in the longitudinal direction; and support brackets, front end portions of which are supported by the guide rails. | 02-04-2016 |
20160059680 | SUNROOF WINDOW ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - A sunroof assembly for a vehicle includes first and second side rails adhesively attached at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle glass roof, which has an aperture formed therethrough and between the side rails. A movable glass sunroof panel is movable along the side rails between a closed position and an opened position. When the movable panel is in its closed position, the movable panel is disposed at the aperture and has its upper surface generally co-planar with the upper surface of the vehicle glass roof. When the movable panel is moved from its closed position towards its opened position, the movable panel moves downward and rearward along the side rails and along and below a portion of the vehicle glass roof. | 03-03-2016 |
20160101672 | VEHICLE UPPER SECTION STRUCTURE - There is provided a vehicle upper section structure including: a roof side rail extending along a vehicle front-rear direction; a roof reinforcement extending along a vehicle width direction further to a vehicle cabin inside than the roof side rail and a roof panel of the vehicle; a center frame that is disposed at a vehicle up-down direction upper side or lower side of the roof reinforcement, and that extends in the vehicle width direction; and a bracket that is joined to a vehicle cabin inside of the roof side rail, to the roof reinforcement, and to the center frame. | 04-14-2016 |
20160107513 | Vehicle Roof - The present invention relates to a vehicle roof having a first and a second sunshade arrangement or a first and a second cover for closing a respectively associated opening in the vehicle roof, the sunshade arrangements or the covers being arranged one behind another in the roof longitudinal direction, and it being possible for them to be displaced by at least one drive means which is guided in a manner which is resistant to compression. The drive means is guided in the region of the first sunshade arrangement or the first cover in a first guide channel of a first guide rail, and is guided in the region of the second sunshade arrangement or the second cover in a second guide channel of a second guide rail. According to the invention, a transfer component is provided which transfers the drive means from the first to the second guide channel in a manner which is free from kinks. | 04-21-2016 |
20160126886 | ELECTRIC INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM FOR SOLAR CELL OF VEHICLE ROOF - An electric interconnection system in a vehicle includes a fixed part of the vehicle and a movable part of the vehicle. The movable part has a solar cell module mounted thereon and includes at least one component that maintains contact with the fixed part when the moving part moves. One or more first electric wires extend from the solar cell module of the movable part. Each of the one or more first electric wires has an end that is fixed to one of the at least one component of the movable part. One or more second electric wires are installed on the fixed part. The one or more second electric wires maintain contact with the ends of the first electric wires when the movable part moves. | 05-05-2016 |
20160137243 | Method of mounting a roof panel assembly - A method of mounting a roof panel assembly to a vehicle having a roof opening in its fixed roof includes: mounting a frame of the roof panel assembly to the fixed roof from below with an operating mechanism and a ring frame in a position corresponding to a closed position of the movable panel, providing an amount of paste-like adhering material onto the ring frame distributed around the circumference thereof, positioning the movable panel onto the ring frame from above with the adhering material interpositioned and compressing the adhering material until a correct position with respect to the vehicle roof is reached, and keeping the movable panel in this position until the adhering material is sufficiently hardened to maintain the panel in its position. | 05-19-2016 |
20160152124 | POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE SUNROOF | 06-02-2016 |
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20080303316 | Venting Spoiler Glass Moving Mechanism - A panel assembly for covering and uncovering an opening in a vehicle includes a guide rail extending longitudinally therealong. A panel extends between front and rear edges and is movable relative to the guide rail. A guide mechanism is slidably coupled to the guide rail. A carrier bracket is fixedly secured to the panel and slidably coupled to the guide mechanism. A latch is operatively coupled to the panel and slidably coupled to the guide rail. The latch is operable between a locked position preventing longitudinal movement of the panel and an unlocked position allowing longitudinal movement of the panel. A motor drives the guide mechanism forward along the guide rail moving the panel from a close position to a venting position, and rearward along the guide rail actuating the latch to the unlocked position and moving the panel from the close position to an open position. | 12-11-2008 |
20090079234 | Adjustment Device for a Sliding Roof Cover on a Vehicle - A adjustment device for a sliding roof cover on a vehicle, comprising a guide rail, which runs in a longitudinal direction, for guiding sliders which are arranged in series in the longitudinal direction and control the movement of the sliding roof cover, wherein the first slider can be moved along the guide rail by means of a drive device and, over a part of its movement range, drives the second slider, and over another part of its movement range, leaves the second slider behind in a predefined position along the guide rail, wherein a locking element, which can be adjusted in height in a manner controlled by the first slider, is arranged on the second slider, which locking element, when the second slider is left behind, is placed by means of a height adjustment into a form-fitting connection with a guide rail section in order to lock the second slider to the guide rail. Here, in order to avoid unfavourable forces during the locking and release of the second slider, it is proposed according to the invention that a rotary bar, which can be rotated about a vertical axis in a manner controlled by the first slider, is also arranged on the second slider, which rotary bar, when the second slider is left behind, is rotated into a rotational position which secures the locking action after the height adjustment of the locking element. | 03-26-2009 |
20090152906 | Swinging and sliding sunroof device for motor vehicles - A sliding roof device ( | 06-18-2009 |
20100084893 | Vehicle Roof with a Roof Part that can be Displaced Above the Roof - The invention relates to a vehicle roof with a movable roof part, which by means of a tilt lever, which is connected in an articulated manner close to the rear edge of the roof part, can first be tilted into a ventilating position and can then be slid above the vehicle roof or above an at least partially fixed roof part for the at least partial release of an opening in the vehicle roof, the movable roof part being continuously supported in the area of its rear edge when it is slid from the ventilating position backwards and the movable roof part having a continuous side skirt in the area of its side edges. In order to ensure reliable support and at the same time a pleasing appearance, the rear edge of the movable roof part is continuously supported during the tilting movement and the sliding movement by means of the tilt lever and the side skirt, which is independent of the support system for the movable roof part, lies continuously adjacent a seal arranged at the edge of the roof opening or close to the upper end of the guide rail during the tilting movement and during the sliding movement. | 04-08-2010 |
20110080023 | OPEN ROOF CONSTRUCTION FOR A VEHICLE - An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in the fixed roof, comprises stationary longitudinal guide rails on either side of the roof opening and slidable slides with operating mechanisms. A panel supported by the operating mechanisms is adjustable between a closed position, in which it closes the roof opening, and an open position, in which it releases the roof opening at least partially. Each operating mechanism comprises a curve plate attached to the panel and has a first guide track with which a first guide member connected to the slide is in engagement, at least along part of the path of movement of the panel. The slide includes a height-adjustable part which is equipped with the first guide member, and is also equipped with a second guide member which is in engagement with a second guide track having a vertical component. The second guide track is provided at a curve part which is connected to the guide rail. The first and second guide tracks are positioned relatively such that they have a common vertical longitudinal plane extending there through. The guide tracks are selectively movable with respect to each other in a direction parallel to guide rails to enable the first and second guide tracks to overlap in height direction without crossing each other. | 04-07-2011 |
20130082486 | Sunroof Mechanism Linkage with Continuous One Part Guide Track - Continuous cross sectional profile guide tracks in an outer sliding sunroof/moonroof are provided where both the front and rear mechanism or mechanism links travel fore/aft in the same channels as each other and have fore/aft travel that is limited only by vehicle architecture. The guide track channel is partly or entirely outside/outboard of the primary water/wind sealing system of the sunroof. | 04-04-2013 |
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