Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Roof apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 屋顶装置
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Application No.: US13137140Application Date: 2011-07-22
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Publication No.: US08388053B2Publication Date: 2013-03-05
- Inventor: Mitsutoshi Kikuchi , Kazuki Sawada
- Applicant: Mitsutoshi Kikuchi , Kazuki Sawada
- 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: JP2010-248697 20101105
- Main IPC: B60J7/057
- IPC: B60J7/057 ; B60J7/047

Abstract:
A roof apparatus includes a guide rail extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a drive shoe slidable along the guide rail, a functional bracket supporting a movable panel, a front link member relatively rotatably connected at a front portion of the functional bracket and including a supporting portion supported by a supporting wall portion of the guide rail, a lifting mechanism connected to a rear portion of the functional bracket, a weather strip attached at an opening edge portion of a roof panel, the supporting wall portion of the guide rail and the supporting portion of the front link member are located inwardly of an outer end surface of the movable panel in a vehicle width direction, the drive shoe is located below the weather strip, and the front link member is located between the supporting wall portion and the drive shoe in the vehicle width direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120112499A1 Roof apparatus Public/Granted day:2012-05-10
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