Patent ID: 6428088
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
An overhead window and sunshade system for use in the roof of a vehicle comprising:an overhead window slidable between an open and a closed position; an overhead sunshade positioned interior to said overhead window and being slidable within a pair of laterally spaced side tracks between an open and a close position; and a device having a cam element movable between a locked position for locking said sunshade at a position with a frictional force and a released position reducing said frictional force during said sliding movement of said sunshade; and structure being provided on said overhead window which selectively engages a structure associated with said device, such that when said overhead window moves to said open position, said structure on said overhead window engages said structure on said device and moves said device to said released position such that said sunshade moves to said open position with said window.