Patent ID: 6196625
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: B60J,B60R

Abstract:
A sliding roof apparatus comprising:a pair of guide rails arranged on both sides of a roof opening of a vehicle and in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and having a protruding portion outwardly extending from an outer side surface thereof;gutters, each having a substantially U-shaped cross section and a pair of side walls, said gutters being supported to the protruding portion of the guide rail;a front rail having right and left end portions and a rain gutter portion, said right and left end portions of said front rail each having a substantially U-shaped cross section and an end portion, each of said end portions being closed by a wall, said right and left end portions of said front rail each being connected to a front end of one of said guide rails, said right and left end portions of said front rail being superimposed with respect to said side walls of each of the gutters and the openings of the front rail being formed on a bottom wall of the right and left end portions, said front rail supporting a drive mechanism of the sliding roof; andsaid right and left end portions of said front rail including openings that establish fluid communication between the rain gutter portion of the front rail and the gutters.