Patent ID: 9278609
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: B60J

Claim Text:
1. A sunroof apparatus comprising: a movable panel that is adjusted to open and close an opening formed on a roof of a vehicle; a guide rail that extends on the roof in the vehicle front-rear direction; a driving shoe that is driven to move along the guide rail; a support bracket that includes a first engagement protrusion and a second engagement protrusion and supports the movable panel; a rear-side guide member on which a guide-side engagement concave portion is formed and which is provided on the guide rail; and a rear-side link from which a link-side engagement protrusion which engages with the guide-side engagement concave portion to lift up and lower the rear portion of the support bracket protrudes in the vehicle width direction, wherein, on the driving shoe, a first driving shoe-side engagement concave portion that is capable of engaging with the first engagement protrusion to allow the rear portion of the support bracket to be lifted up and lowered and a second driving shoe-side engagement concave portion that is capable of engaging with the second engagement protrusion to cause the front portion of the support bracket to be lifted up and lowered and to cause the support bracket to move integrally with the support bracket in the vehicle front-rear direction are formed, and wherein the first and second driving shoe-side engagement concave portions and the guide-side engagement concave portion are overlapped with each other at a position in the width direction and a part of the guide-side engagement concave portion with which the link-side engagement protrusion engages in a completely-closed state of the movable panel is disposed below the first driving shoe-side engagement concave portion in the vehicle height direction in a wide-open state of the movable panel.