Patent ID: 7571958
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A sunshade panel apparatus comprising: a plurality of sunshade panels movably disposed below a roof panel adapted to be provided at a roof portion of a vehicle penetrating outside light into a vehicle cabin so as to regulate an amount of the outside light penetrating into the vehicle cabin and including slide members at both end portions in a width direction of the vehicle; a guide rail having a guide groove, the guide groove sandwiching the slide members and extending in a forward and backward direction of the vehicle so as to slide and guide the plurality of sunshade panels; a panel compartment located at a rear side of the guide rail and storing the sunshade panels; and an engaging member including: wherein the engaging member connects the sunshade panels with the engaging portion engaged with the engaged portion when the slide members are supported by the guide groove and the plurality of the sunshade panels are arranged to be aligned in the forward and backward direction of the vehicle in a horizontal plane and are in a closed state to block the outside light, wherein the engaged portion and the engaging portion are in the guide groove and are engaged with each other in a condition where the engaging portion is sandwiched between an inner surface of the guide groove and the engaged portion when the sunshade panels are in the closed state; and wherein the engaging portion of the connection means is configured by a flat spring having a planar shape and extending in the forward and backward direction of the vehicle, and the engaging portion is mounted so that one end of the engaging portion is fixed to the slide member and the other end of the engaging portion is engageable with the engaged portion and the planar shape is configured to be in the horizontal direction.