| US 7,510,237 B2 | ||
| Stopper structure of sun roof device | ||
| Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Tochigi (Japan); Kazutaka Sugimoto, Tochigi (Japan); Masaharu Ohnishi, Saitama (Japan); Keisuke Takayama, Saitama (Japan); Michio Tamura, Saitama (Japan); and Akihiko Kuribayashi, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisya, Saitama (Japan); and Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 13, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/889,463. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-219235 (JP), filed on Aug. 11, 2006; and application No. 2007-070218 (JP), filed on Mar. 19, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0036246 A1, Feb. 14, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60J 7/19 (2006.01); B60J 7/047 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 296—224 [296/216.03] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A stopper structure of a sun roof device having a roof panel mounted on an opening of a fixed roof of a vehicle and a panel
stay attached on the roof panel, the stopper structure comprising:
a front slider attached to a front portion of the panel stay and sliding in the vehicle longitudinal direction;
a driving slider attached to a rear portion of the panel stay and driven by a driving source to slide in a vehicle longitudinal
direction, the driving slider having a recessed portion;
a connecting link attached to the front slider and engaging with the driving slider, the connecting link having a first engaging
portion and a second engaging portion;
a guide frame for guiding the sliding movement of the front slider and the driving slider; and
a stopper member attached on the guide frame and adapted to stop the driving slider;
wherein the recessed portion of the driving slider and the first engaging portion of the connecting link are detachably engaged
with each other,
wherein, when the roof panel slides in the vehicle longitudinal direction, the connecting link and the driving slider are
engaged with each other, so that the front slider slides in the vehicle longitudinal direction due to being interlocked with
the sliding movement of the driving slider, and
wherein, when the roof panel is tilted up or tilted down, the engagement between the connecting link and the driving slider
is released, the first engaging portion of the connecting link is engaged with a first cam formed on a lower surface of the
stopper member, and the second engaging portion of the connecting link is engaged with a second cam formed on an upper surface
of the stopper member, so that the movement of the front slider in both the vehicle longitudinal direction and a vertical
direction is restricted.
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