Patent ID: 9205731
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A sunroof apparatus comprising a front panel and a rear panel configured to contact each other at edge portions of the panels to close an opening in a fixed roof, wherein the front panel includes a panel body, a panel frame extending on a peripheral edge of the panel body, and a weatherstrip extending on the panel frame, the rear panel includes a panel body, a panel frame extending on a peripheral edge of the panel body, and a weatherstrip extending on the panel frame, the weatherstrip of one of the front and rear panels is hollow and extends on all of a peripheral edge of the corresponding panel frame, the panel frame of the other one of the front and rear panels has a portion which faces the one of the front and rear panels and on which the weatherstrip is absent, when the front panel and the rear panel have closed the opening, the weatherstrip of the one of the front and rear panels is in contact with the panel frame of the other one of the front and rear panels, a corner portion of the panel frame of the one of the front and rear panels has an engagement portion projecting outward, and a corner portion of the weatherstrip of the one of the front and rear panels corresponds to the corner portion of the panel frame and has a recess in a non-engaged state with which the engagement portion is capable of engaging.