Patent ID: 6290289
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A sunroof apparatus comprising:a pair of guide rails respectively disposed on two sides of an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle body;a drive shoe connected through a cable to a drive source, said drive shoe being slidably fitted with said guide rail;a lid for opening and closing said opening;a guide member provided on said lid and having a guide groove; anda guide pin provided on and projected from said drive shoe, said guide pin being movably engaged with said guide groove,wherein when said drive source is operated, said drive shoe is moved along said guide rail and said guide pin is moved within said guide groove, whereby said lid can be moved to (i) a fully closing position where said lid closes said opening, (ii) a tilt-up position where a rear end of said lid is raised upwardly of said roof, and (iii) a flap position where the rear end of said lid is lowered downwardly of said roof, andwherein, when said lid is situated at the fully closing position, said guide pin of said drive shoe is contacted with a front end of said guide groove and, from this state, as said drive source is driven and rotated, said guide pin is moved backwardly from the front end of said guide groove so that said lid can be moved sequentially to the fully closing position, the tilt-up position and the flap position in order.