Patent ID: 8905467
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A sunroof apparatus, comprising: a supporting bracket configured to support an edge portion of a movable panel in a vehicle width direction, the movable panel opening and closing an opening portion formed at a roof portion of a vehicle; a guide rail configured to be provided at an edge portion of the opening portion in the vehicle width direction and to extend in a vehicle front/rear direction; a sliding member connected to the supporting bracket and driven to be movable along the guide rail in the vehicle front/rear direction; a driving member driving the sliding member and causing a rear portion of the movable panel in a fully-closed state to move upwardly relative to a front portion of the movable panel so that the movable panel moves from the fully-closed state to a tilt-up state, the driving member driving the sliding member, and causing the rear portion of the movable panel in the fully-closed state to move downwardly relative to the front portion of the movable panel so that the movable panel moves from the fully-closed state to a tilt-down state and causing the movable panel to perform a sliding movement in the vehicle rear direction while keeping the movable panel in the tilt-down state; a gutter member which extends in the vehicle width direction and whose end portion in the vehicle width direction is supported at the guide rail to be movable along the guide rail in the vehicle front/rear direction, the gutter member being arranged below a rear edge portion of the movable panel in the fully-closed state; an engaging/disengaging portion, the engaging/disengaging portion being disconnected from the gutter member in the fully-closed state and being connected to the gutter member in the tilt-down state; a fixing mechanism for fixing the gutter member relative to the guide rail in the fully-closed state and releasing the fixation of the gutter member relative to the guide rail in the tilt-down state, wherein the fixing mechanism includes a locked portion provided at the guide rail and a locking portion provided at the gutter member, the locking portion is applied with a biasing force so that the locking portion engages with the locked portion in the fully-closed state, and the locking portion disengages from the locked portion against the biasing force when the gutter member is pressed by the supporting bracket in the tilt-down state; and a gutter sliding member provided at an end portion of the gutter member in the vehicle width direction and supporting the gutter member in a manner that the gutter member is movable along the guide rail in the vehicle front/rear direction, wherein the fixing mechanism is provided with a locking lever including the locking portion and rotatable connected to the gutter sliding member, the locking portion engages with the locked portion when the locking lever rotates in a first direction and disengages from the locked portion when the locking lever rotates in a second direction, the fixing mechanism is provided with a biasing member applying, to the locking lever, a biasing force toward a side to which the locking portion engages with the locked portion, and the fixing mechanism is provided with a pressed portion which is provided at the locking lever and is pressed by the supporting bracket so that the locking portion disengages from the locked portion in the tilt-down state.