Patent ID: 9156337
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A sunroof apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a movable panel configured to open and close an opening formed at a roof of a vehicle; a guide rail provided at each edge portion of the opening in a vehicle width direction and being extended in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a first sliding member driven by a drive source to move along the guide rail and connected to each edge portion of the movable panel in the vehicle width direction; a second sliding member integrally movable with the movable panel in a state where a tilt operation of the movable panel is allowed; the movable panel being configured to be shifted to a tilt-up state in a case where the first sliding member moves in a front direction of the vehicle in a fully closed state of the movable panel and to be opened while being maintained in the tilt-up state by an integral movement of the first sliding member with the second sliding member caused by an engagement between the first sliding member and the second sliding member in a case where the first sliding member moves in a rear direction of the vehicle after moving further in the front direction, the movable panel being configured to be closed in a case where the first sliding member integrally moves with the second sliding member in the front direction in an open state of the movable panel and to be shifted to the fully closed state in a case where the first sliding member thereafter moves in the rear direction while the engagement between the first sliding member and the second sliding member is released, and a holding mechanism configured to stop a movement of the second sliding member in a state where the engagement between the first sliding member and the second sliding member is released and to cause the second sliding member to be movable in the engagement state between the first sliding member and the second sliding member in a case where the first sliding member moves in the rear direction.