Patent ID: 8226160
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A vehicular roof structure comprising: a roof panel having an opening portion for incident light to enter into a vehicle interior; a plurality of light blocking members movable along a pair of guide rails having guide holes extending along a longitudinal length thereof, the blocking members being disposed further inside the vehicle interior than the roof panel and which can be respectively arranged at light blocking positions such that the incident light entering into the vehicle interior is blocked, the pair of guide rails being disposed at first and second sides of the light blocking members, the first and second sides being in a widthwise direction of the light blocking members orthogonal to a backward and forward moving direction of the light blocking members, a longitudinal length of the pair of guide rails coinciding with the backward and forward moving direction of the light blocking members, moving portions having slide pins respectively provided at first and second end portions of the light blocking members in the widthwise direction of the light blocking members and respectively rotatably and slidably supported by the guide holes of the pair of guide rails, the moving portions being movable along and about the longitudinal length of the pair of guide rails to position the light blocking members in at least one of a first light blocking position and a second light blocking position, and an angle changing mechanism which moves the light blocking members around a support point of the moving portions respectively supported by the pair of guide rails so as to change the angles of inclination of the light blocking members with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the angle changing mechanism comprising in the first light blocking position the light blocking members are positioned along the guide rails such that the light blocking members are generally aligned with one another in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein in the second light blocking position the light blocking members are positioned about the guide rails to adjust respective angles of inclination of each of the light blocking members relative to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle such that the light blocking members slope in a downward direction of the vehicle toward a rear side thereof, wherein the light blocking members are movable along the guide rails in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in the backward and the forward moving direction between the light blocking positions and retracted positions, and wherein at the retracted positions the plurality of light blocking members overlap in a vertical direction of the roof and are retracted from the light blocking positions to at least the rear side of the vehicle.