Patent ID: 9375999
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: B60J

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle roof apparatus comprising: a pair of guide rails that are provided on both edge portions of an opening formed on a vehicle roof, respectively in a vehicle width direction; a front housing that connects front-end portions of both of the guide rails to each other in the vehicle width direction; and a support member that has a shoe portion which protrudes only on one side in the vehicle width direction and which is mounted on each of the guide rails so as to be immovable on the one side in the vehicle width direction and that supports each of the edge portions of a movable panel in the vehicle width direction, wherein the movable panel opens or closes the opening, wherein the support member is configured to rotate about the shoe portion such that the movable panel performs a tilting up operation in a completely closed state of the movable panel, wherein, in the front housing, a regulation wall is formed, which comes into contact with or approaches the support member from a side opposite to the shoe portion in the vehicle width direction when the movable panel enters the completely closed state or the tilting up operation state; and wherein the regulation wall has a guide surface which causes a gap between the regulation wall and the support member in the vehicle width direction to become gradually reduced in response to a closing operation in which the movable panel closes the opening.