Patent ID: 7837250
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. An opening/closing device for a roof panel comprising: a roof panel provided to a vehicle body, capable of opening and closing a vehicle cabin space; a link mechanism for supporting the roof panel at the vehicle body, having a front connecting link member rotatably connected to each of said vehicle body and said roof panel, and a rear connecting link member rotatably connected to each of the vehicle body and the roof panel at rear side of the vehicle relative to the front connecting link member; and a link restricting mechanism for restricting one of said front connecting link member and said rear connecting link member to the vehicle body when said roof panel is in fully closed state in which the vehicle cabin space is closed; said link restricting mechanism includes: said engaging member has a hook portion formed in a bent hook shape and is provided to the vehicle body rotatably between an engaging position and a disengaging position, and has a biasing member for biasing the engaging member in a direction from the disengaging position to the engaging position so as to engage an inner periphery of the hooked portion with said counter engaging portion; said driving portion is configured to rotate the engaging member from the engaging position to the disengaging position against biasing force of the biasing member so as to disengage the inner periphery of said hook portion from said counter engaging portion; and a front end portion of the inner periphery of said hook portion is formed in a configuration being opened towards outside with respect to a circumference, which is centered at a rotation center of said engaging member and passes over said counter engaging portion.