IP Library Granted Patent US 10,427,513
Granted Patent B2
US 10,427,513 · App. 15/771,976 · Granted Oct 1, 2019

Sunroof device

Inventors: Shinichi Hiramatsu (Chiryu, JP); Shinji Sakai (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
B60J10/82B60J7/0084B60J7/043B60J10/84B60J10/85
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Patent No.
US 10,427,513
App. No.
15/771,976
Granted
Oct 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sunroof device includes a sunroof unit, a looped first seal, and a second seal. The sunroof unit supports a panel capable of closing an opening of a roof of a vehicle. The sunroof unit includes a frame provided with two guide rails placed on two edges of the opening in a vehicle widthwise direction and two housings placed on two edges of the opening in a vehicle front-to-rear direction to connect front ends of the two guide rails to each other and rear ends of the two guide rails to each other in the vehicle widthwise direction. The first seal is arranged between an entire periphery of the opening and the frame. The second seal is arranged between opposing surfaces of the guide rails and the housings at portions where the guide rails are coupled to the housings. The second seal is butt against the first seal.

Claims (18)

1. A sunroof device comprising:

a sunroof unit configured to support a panel that is capable of closing an opening of a roof of a vehicle, wherein the sunroof unit includes a frame provided with two guide rails placed on two edges of the opening in a vehicle widthwise direction and two housings placed on two edges of the opening in a vehicle front-to-rear direction to connect front ends of the two guide rails to each other and rear ends of the two guide rails to each other in the vehicle widthwise direction;

a looped first seal arranged between an entire periphery of the opening and the frame; and

a second seal arranged between opposing surfaces of the guide rail and at least one of the housings at a portion where the guide rail is coupled to the respective housing, wherein the second seal is butt against the first seal.

2. The sunroof device according to claim 1 , wherein

one of the two housings is a front housing that connects the front ends of the two guide rails to each other, and

the second seal is located between the opposing surfaces of the guide rail and the front housing.

3. The sunroof device according to claim 1 , wherein

one of the two housings is a rear housing that connects the rear ends of the two guide rails to each other, and

the second seal is located between the opposing surfaces of the guide rail and the rear housing.

4. The sunroof device according to claim 1 , wherein

the frame is placed on the periphery of the opening with the first seal located between the frame and the periphery in a vehicle height-wise direction,

at least one of the housings is overlapped with the guide rail in the vehicle height-wise direction, and

the second seal includes a first portion extending between the opposing surfaces of the guide rail and at least one of the housings and a second portion extending downward from the first portion toward the first seal, wherein the second portion is butt against an upper surface of the first seal.

5. The sunroof device according to claim 1 , wherein

one of the housings includes a drain,

the guide rail includes a guide that guides the panel, and

the guide is in communication with the drain.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2018
From: HIRAMATSU, SHINICHI; SAKAI, SHINJI
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 045660/0496 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-218963 · Nov 6, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180345775A1 · Dec 6, 2018