Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drive appratus for sunroof
- Patent Title (中): 驾驶天窗的appratus
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Application No.: US12292456Application Date: 2008-11-19
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Publication No.: US07971928B2Publication Date: 2011-07-05
- Inventor: Tetsuya Hirata , Takashi Okamura , Shohei Kobata , Chitose Nishiyama
- Applicant: Tetsuya Hirata , Takashi Okamura , Shohei Kobata , Chitose Nishiyama
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Priority: JP2007-303200 20071122
- Main IPC: B60J7/057
- IPC: B60J7/057

Abstract:
A sunroof driving device includes a pair of rail members adapted to be arranged at both edges of a roof opening formed in a vehicle roof in a vehicle width direction and each extending along a vehicle longitudinal direction, a slide member slidably supported by each of the rail members in a longitudinal direction therof, a supporting member connected to the slide member and supporting a movable panel opening and closing the roof opening, a cross-connecting member extending along the vehicle width direction for establishing connection between respective front ends of the rail members, a drive motor arranged at the cross-connecting member and including a rotating shaft extending along the cross-connecting member, a torque wire extending along the cross-connecting member and integrally rotating with the rotating shaft, and a torque-transmitting member rotated by the torque wire and sliding the slide member along each of the rail members.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090134672A1 Drive appratus for sunroof Public/Granted day:2009-05-28
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