車両用のチルト動作可能なサンルーフ - Aisin Technical Center of America, Inc.

Title:

車両用のチルト動作可能なサンルーフ

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP2013511425

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

A vehicle sun roof device includes a panel for covering an opening in a roof of the vehicle. The panel can be moved horizontally to uncover the opening or tilted to raise its rear end section to a venting position. A drive system for tilting the panel includes front and rear shoes. The rear shoe tilts the panel by applying a force to the rear end section of the panel. The front shoe includes an upwardly facing support surface and a downwardly facing support surface. A bracket fixed to the panel and extending in the front-to-rear direction of the vehicle includes an upwardly facing bearing surface and a downwardly facing bearing surface arranged to slidably engage the downwardly facing support surface and the upwardly facing support surface, respectively, of the front shoe. The support surfaces and the bearing surfaces are configured to define a virtual pivot axis for the panel as the panel tilts.

Inventors:

Shurapekka, Stefan
Nobuhiro Mizoguchi
Yoji Nagashima

Application Number:

JP2012539874A

Publication Date:

April 04, 2013

Filing Date:

November 18, 2010

Export Citation:

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