Patent ID: 7344188
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A sunroof device for use with a vehicle having a roof opening, the sunroof device comprising: a movable panel for closing the roof opening of the vehicle; a functional bracket for supporting the movable panel; a guide rail arrangable in the roof opening, wherein the guide rail extends from a front side to a rear side of the vehicle; a shoe for moving along the guide rail; a check member engageable with the shoe, wherein the check member and the shoe are set in one of an engaged state and a disengaged state, the check member moving integrally with the shoe as the shoe moves in the engaged state, the check member and the shoe being separated from each other and the check member being engaged with the guide rail in the disengaged state; a raising and lowering member for pivotally supporting the check member, wherein the raising and lowering member moves the functional bracket upward or downward in cooperation with movement of the check member in the engaged state; and an urging member for applying an urging force to the check member, wherein the urging member turns over the check member with the urging force and the check member is set in the disengaged state.