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Granted Patent B2
US 11,292,323 · App. 17/153,452 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Vehicular sunroof unit

Inventor: Shuhei Nonami (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: Aisin Corporation
B60J7/12B60J7/20B60J7/22
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Patent No.
US 11,292,323
App. No.
17/153,452
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a sunroof unit, a movable panel includes a front sliding portion and a rear sliding portion that position an arm by sliding with the arm. When the movable panel moves in a second sliding range being a movement range of the movable panel when the rear sliding portion slides with the arm, a gap is generated between the front sliding portion and the arm.

Claims (10)

1. A vehicular sunroof unit, comprising:

a movable panel that moves in a vehicle front-rear direction between a full closed position of closing a roof opening of a vehicle body and a full open position of opening the roof opening;

a screen that is developed in a space of the roof opening toward a front of the vehicle when the movable panel moves from the full closed position to a rear of the vehicle, and is folded and stored when the movable panel moves from the full open position to the front of the vehicle; and

an arm that rotates about a shaft line extending in a width direction of the vehicle between a developing position of developing the screen and a storing position of storing the screen while supporting the screen at a tip, and is biased toward the developing position, wherein

the movable panel includes a sliding portion that positions the arm by sliding with the arm,

the sliding portion includes a front sliding portion, and a rear sliding portion located closer to the rear of the vehicle than the front sliding portion,

a movement range of the movable panel includes a first sliding range in which the front sliding portion slides with the arm, and a second sliding range that is a movement range closer to the front of the vehicle than the first sliding range and in which the rear sliding portion slides with the arm, and

a gap is generated between the front sliding portion and the arm when the movable panel moves in the second sliding range.

2. The vehicular sunroof unit according to claim 1 , wherein,

under a circumstance where the rear sliding portion slides with the arm, a gap generated between the front sliding portion and the arm is a gap greater than or equal to twice as thick as a thickness of the screen.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 21, 2021
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058545/0769 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2021
From: NONAMI, SHUHEI
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 054970/0063 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-022359 · Feb 13, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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