公开(公告)号：US20200298684A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16356189

申请日：2019-03-18

Applicant: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Erik CARLSON ,  Shintaro KATSURA

IPC: B60J7/043 ,  B60J7/057 ,  B60J7/19

Abstract: A tilt and slide apparatus and method for a sunroof of a vehicle includes a movable panel, a drive shoe configured to slide in a forward/rearward direction relative to the front of the vehicle, a lift guide connected to an end of the movable panel, and a check assembly including a locking component. The check assembly couples the drive shoe and the lift guide when the drive shoe is slid in the forward direction to the lift guide. A guide ramp formed on the drive shoe is an angled indented surface configured to align a portion of the locking component in order to couple the drive shoe and the lift guide. The guide ramp is formed as a tapered groove that has a width in a vehicle width direction that is continuously broadened from a front end of the groove toward a rear end of the groove.