SUNROOF APPARATUS

摘要

A sunroof apparatus includes a first panel, a second panel, a guide rail, a driving shoe, a front holding member, a center functional member, a rear functional member, a center link configured to bring the first panel that is in a fully closed state to be raised in a height direction and moving in a rear direction along with the first panel while maintaining the first panel in the raised state in association with a movement of the driving shoe in the rear direction, a rear link thereafter receiving the first panel from the center link to support the first panel in a state where the rear link is raised and moving further in the rear direction along with the first panel while maintaining the first panel in the raised state, the center link of which the movement is stopped after the first panel is received by the rear link.

主权项

1. A sunroof apparatus comprising:
a first panel configured to open and close an opening formed at a roof for a vehicle; a second panel arranged at a rear side of the first panel in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a guide rail arranged at an edge portion of the opening in a width direction of the vehicle and being extended in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; a driving shoe arranged at an inner side portion of the guide rail in the width direction of the vehicle to be movable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; a front holding member provided at a front end portion of the first panel and arranged at the inner side portion to be movable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; a center link and a rear link each of which is arranged at an outer side portion of the guide rail in the width direction of the vehicle; a center functional member and a rear functional member each of which is arranged at the outer side portion of the guide rail to be engageable and disengageable relative to the driving shoe, the center functional member bringing the center link to be raised and lowered in a height direction of the vehicle and to move in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, the rear functional member bringing the rear link to be raised and lowered in the height direction of the vehicle and to move in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; and the center link being configured to bring the first panel that is in a fully closed state to be raised in the height direction of the vehicle and moving in a rear direction of the vehicle along with the first panel while maintaining the first panel in the raised state in association with a movement of the driving shoe in the rear direction of the vehicle, the rear link thereafter receiving the first panel from the center link to support the first panel in a state where the rear link is raised and moving further in the rear direction of the vehicle along with the first panel while maintaining the first panel in the raised state, the center link of which the movement in the rear direction is stopped after the first panel is received by the rear link.