公开(公告)号：US20220118835A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：US17073594

申请日：2020-10-19

Applicant: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Jacob GRIMALDO ,  Micah WEDEKIND ,  Michael MIXON ,  Tatsuya MATSUI

IPC: B60J7/053 ,  B60J7/02 ,  B60J7/19

Abstract: Sunroof drive apparatus and related sunroof assemblies for use with vehicles are disclosed. A disclosed assembly includes a sunroof panel, a rail, a guide block attached to part of the rail, a bracket beneath the sunroof panel, a link in the rail removably connected to the guide block, and a drive shoe in the rail slidably coupled to the link. The drive shoe includes first and second slots to receive respective first and second pins of the link. The link can rotate about a rotation axis from a first orientation in which the link is inseparable from the guide block to a target orientation in which the link is separable from the guide block. When the first pin enters a locking area at an end of the first slot, the drive shoe imparts one or more loads on the first pin that urge the link into the target orientation.