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Granted Patent B2
US 11,485,208 · App. 17/217,566 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Sunroof deflector assembly

Inventors: Takayuki Umeki (Novi, MI); Scott Cullen (Northville, MI); Adam Nankee (Northville, MI); Lindsey Blair (Northville, MI)
Assignee: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
B60J7/22B60J7/043
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Patent No.
US 11,485,208
App. No.
17/217,566
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sunroof device is disclosed. A sunroof device includes a movable panel on a roof of a vehicle; a guide rail including one or more holes; a deflector holder including a first restriction portion, a second restriction portion, and a rotation center, wherein a first tip of the first restriction portion connecting to a first hole of the one or more holes; a second tip of the second restriction portion including a first claw, the first claw connecting to a second hole of the one or more holes; a third tip of the second restriction portion including a second claw, the second claw connecting to a third hole of the one or more holes, the second hole and the third hole including a front portion, a middle portion, and a rear portion, wherein a first width of the middle portion is smaller than a second width of the rear portion; the first width is smaller than a third width of the front portion; and an inner surface between the front portion and the middle portion includes an inclination.

Claims (16)

1. A sunroof device comprising:

a movable panel on a roof of a vehicle;

a guide rail including one or more holes;

a deflector holder comprising a first restriction portion, a second restriction portion, and a rotation center, wherein:

a first tip of the first restriction portion connecting to a first hole of the one or more holes;

a second tip of the second restriction portion including a first claw, the first claw connecting to a second hole of the one or more holes;

a third tip of the second restriction portion including a second claw, the second claw connecting to a third hole of the one or more holes, the second hole and the third hole including a front portion, a middle portion, and a rear portion, wherein:

a first width of the middle portion is smaller than a second width of the rear portion;

the first width is smaller than a third width of the front portion; and

an inner surface between the front portion and the middle portion includes an inclination.

2. The sunroof device of claim 1 , wherein the rotation center is located at an end of the deflector holder and the first tip of the first restriction portion is located at another end of the deflector holder.

3. The sunroof device of claim 1 , wherein the rotation center of the deflector holder connects to the guide rail.

4. The sunroof device of claim 1 , wherein the second restriction portion is located between the first restriction portion and the rotation center.

5. The sunroof device of claim 1 , wherein the inclination has an angle of between 17.5 degrees and 27.5 degrees, the angle being between the inner surface and a direction from the middle portion to the front portion of the deflector holder.

6. The sunroof device of claim 1 , wherein the first claw and the second claw connect to the rear portion at a beginning of an insertion of the first claw into the second hole and another insertion of the second claw into the third hole.

7. The sunroof device of claim 1 , wherein the first claw and the second claw connect to the front portion at an end of the insertion of the first claw into the second hole and the other insertion of the second claw into the third hole.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2025
From: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
To: AISIN WORLD CORP. OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 070736/0220 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2021
From: UMEKI, TAKAYUKI; CULLEN, SCOTT; NANKEE, ADAM; BLAIR, LINDSEY
To: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 055771/0878 →
Continuity (1)
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