Patent ID: 7708337
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A sunroof apparatus adapted to be disposed on a vehicle roof, comprising: a sunroof panel comprised of a front panel and a rear panel for opening/closing an opening formed in the vehicle roof, a front slider capable of sliding movement back and forth along the roof for opening and closing the front panel; a rear slider capable of sliding movement back and forth along the roof for opening and closing the rear panel; a linking rod connected at a proximal end thereof to the rear slider; a rod-locking part adapted to be disposed on the roof; and a slider linking part provided on the front slider, wherein the rod-locking part is designed to lock a distal end part of the linking rod when the rear panel is placed in a fully-closed position, and the slider linking part is designed to link with the distal end part of the linking rod and to release the distal end part from locking engagement with the rod-locking part of a fixed member adapted to be fixed to the roof when the front slider moves from a fully-closed position toward an opening direction and reaches a predetermined half-open position.