Patent ID: 8979182
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A panel structure for a vehicle roof device, the panel structure comprising: a panel body provided within an opening in a vehicle roof; a holder portion joined to an outer periphery of the panel body, the holder portion including a fitting protrusion extending outwardly from the panel body and terminating in an engaging portion and having a narrowed portion between the engaging portion and the panel body, a thickness of the narrowed portion being smaller than a thickness of the engaging portion; and a weather strip comprises an integrated structure including an attaching base securing the weather strip to the holder portion and a sealing portion elastically contacting a rim arranged about a periphery of the opening in the vehicle roof, the attaching base including a fitting recess fitted to the fitting protrusion of the holder portion; the fitting recess of the attaching base of the weather strip comprising: wherein the curved portion of the body portion extends within and between an upper area and a lower area contained within the upper end of the body portion and a thickness of the upper end of the body portion gradually increases in the direction from the lower area toward the upper area of the upper end and toward the panel body.