Patent ID: 9744833
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B60J

Claim:
1. A sunroof apparatus comprising: a movable panel adapted to open and close an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle; a guide rail which is provided in each edge portion of the opening in a width direction of the vehicle such that the guide rail is positioned below the movable panel in a height direction of the vehicle; an attachment member which is fixed to the movable panel, includes a flange extending toward an interior side in the width direction in each edge portion in the width direction of the vehicle, in which an attachment recessed portion, which is recessed in the height direction of the vehicle, is formed in the flange; and a shielding body slidably engaged with the guide rail, wherein the shielding body includes a pair of interposing pieces which are provided to extend in a forward and rearward direction of the vehicle and extend in the width direction of the vehicle while being spaced away from each other in the height direction of the vehicle, and between which the flange is interposed, and a connection wall through which respective interior side ends of both of the interposing pieces in the width direction of the vehicle are connected to each other in the height direction of the vehicle, and in which a retaining claw is formed in a tip end portion of a first interposing piece, which is one of both of the interposing pieces, such that the retaining claw protrudes in the height direction of the vehicle and is latched onto an inner wall surface of the attachment recessed portion, wherein in a sectional view, the shielding body is in contact with the flange at two points on the first interposing piece and at one point positioned in a middle area between the two points in the width direction of the vehicle on a second interposing piece which is the other of both of the interposing pieces.