Patent ID: 8292360
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A deflector device for a sunroof device, the sunroof device including a slide panel configured to selectively close an opening in a fixed roof panel of a vehicle body, comprising: a pair of arm members each extending in a fore and aft direction along a corresponding side edge of the roof opening, and having a rear end pivotally supported by a fixed roof panel part for a vertical tilting motion of the arm member; a blade extending laterally between front ends of the arm members adjacent to a front edge of the opening; a link member having a base end pivotally connected to a fixed roof part and a free end engaged by an intermediate part of each arm member so as to be moveable relatively to the arm member along a lengthwise direction of the arm member; and a coil spring connected between the free end of the link member and a part of the arm member so as to urge the arm member in an upward direction.