Patent ID: 8534749
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A roof apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a movable panel opening and closing an opening portion formed at a roof portion of a vehicle body of the vehicle; a support member supporting the movable panel; a shoe member including a body member made of resin and integrally including first and second sliding portions arranged side by side in a width direction of the vehicle and sliding on a guide rail provided at an edge portion of the opening portion in the width direction of the vehicle, and a seat portion disposed between the first and second sliding portions and connected to the first and second sliding portions in the width direction of the vehicle, the shoe member including a plate member made of steel plate and integrally including a base portion mounted to the seat portion, a stay portion engaging with the support member, and first and second fitting portions provided at first and second sides of the base portion in the width direction of the vehicle and projecting from the base portion towards the first and second sides to be fitted to the first and second sliding portions respectively, the shoe member being movable along the guide rail in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; an engagement recess formed at the base portion to open in a height direction of the vehicle; and an engagement protrusion formed at the seat portion to be elastically deformable in the height direction of the vehicle and being inserted into the engagement recess, wherein a distance between the first and second sliding portions is specified to be greater than a distance obtained by a sum of a length of the base portion in the width direction of the vehicle and a projection length of the second fitting portion at the second side, and to be smaller than a distance obtained by a sum of the length of the base portion in the width direction of the vehicle, the projection length of the second fitting portion at the second side, and a projection length of the first fitting portion at the first side.