Sunroof device
A sunroof device includes a rear link that slides along a longitudinal direction of a guide rail in conjunction with a slide member and moves up and down a rear end side of a movable panel by tilting in conjunction with the sliding of the slide member. Further, the rear link is provided with an engaging protrusion protruding in a width direction of the guide rail, and the guide rail is provided with a link engaging portion that regulates, by arranging the engaging protrusion inside, tilting of the rear link in a rising direction. The link engaging portion includes an upwardly opened cutout portion provided in the guide rail, and a metallic engaging bracket having an upper wall portion covering a topside of the cutout portion by being fixed to the guide rail. The engaging protrusion includes a metallic shaft body, and a resin layer covering the shaft body.
1. A sunroof device comprising:
a movable panel provided in a roof opening of a vehicle;
a guide rail extending in a vehicle front-rear direction;
a slide member that slides along a longitudinal direction of the guide rail; and
a support member that causes the movable panel supported above the guide rail to perform an opening and closing action, based on an action of the slide member, wherein
the support member has a tilting link that slides along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail in conjunction with the slide member, and moves up and down a rear end side of the movable panel by tilting in conjunction with sliding of the slide member,
the tilting link is provided with an engaging protrusion protruding in a width direction of the guide rail,
the guide rail is provided with a link engaging portion that regulates, by arranging the engaging protrusion inside, the tilting in a direction in which the tilting link rises,
the guide rail is made by use of an aluminum alloy;
the link engaging portion includes an upwardly opened cutout portion provided in the guide rail, and a metallic engaging bracket having an upper wall portion covering a topside of the cutout portion by being fixed to the guide rail,
the engaging bracket is made by use of an iron-base metal, and
the engaging protrusion includes a metallic shaft body and a resin layer covering the shaft body.
2. The sunroof device according to claim 1 , wherein
a length of the upper wall portion of the engaging bracket running along a longitudinal direction of the guide rail is set to be shorter than a length of the cutout portion running along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail.
3. The sunroof device according to claim 1 , wherein
the engaging protrusion is provided with an upwardly protruding upward protrusion.
4. The sunroof device according to claim 3 , wherein
the upward protrusion is made by use of a comprises the resin.
5. The sunroof device according to claim 3 , wherein A sunroof device comprising:
a movable panel provided in a roof opening of a vehicle;
a guide rail extending in a vehicle front-rear direction;
a slide member that slides along a longitudinal direction of the guide rail; and
a support member that causes the movable panel supported above the guide rail to perform an opening and closing action, based on an action of the slide member, wherein
the support member has a tilting link that slides along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail in conjunction with the slide member, and moves up and down a rear end side of the movable panel by tilting in conjunction with sliding of the slide member,
the tilting link is provided with an engaging protrusion protruding in a width direction of the guide rail,
the guide rail is provided with a link engaging portion that regulates, by arranging the engaging protrusion inside, the tilting in a direction in which the tilting link rises,
the link engaging portion includes an upwardly opened cutout portion provided in the guide rail, and a metallic engaging bracket having an upper wall portion covering a topside of the cutout portion by being fixed to the guide rail,
the engaging protrusion includes a metallic shaft body and a resin layer covering the shaft body,
the engaging protrusion is provided with an upwardly protruding upward protrusion,
the link engaging portion has a pair of side wall portions between which the upward protrusion is caught in a width direction of the guide rail.
6. A sunroof device comprising:
a movable panel provided in a roof opening of a vehicle;
a guide rail extending in a vehicle front-rear direction;
a slide member that slides along a longitudinal direction of the guide rail; and
a support member that causes the movable panel supported above the guide rail to perform an opening and closing action, based on an action of the slide member, wherein
the support member has a tilting link that slides along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail in conjunction with the slide member, and moves up and down a rear end side of the movable panel by tilting in conjunction with sliding of the slide member,
the support member includes a panel bracket to which the movable panel is fixed in a state of extending in a longitudinal direction of the guide rail,
the tilting link is provided with an engaging protrusion protruding in a width direction of the guide rail,
the guide rail is provided with a link engaging portion that regulates, by arranging the engaging protrusion inside, the tilting in a direction in which the tilting link rises,
the link engaging portion includes an upwardly opened cutout portion provided in the guide rail, and a metallic engaging bracket having an upper wall portion covering a topside of the cutout portion by being fixed to the guide rail,
the engaging protrusion includes a metallic shaft body and a resin layer covering the shaft body,
the panel bracket is provided with a guide groove extending in a longitudinal direction of the panel bracket, and,
by penetrating the shaft body through the tilting link, a second end side constitutes the engaging protrusion for the link engaging portion in a state where a first end side is inserted in the guide groove.