Patent ID: 8459730
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A roof apparatus operating a movable panel in opening and closing directions, the movable panel being arranged at an opening portion of a roof panel for a vehicle, the opening and closing operations including tilt-up and slide modes of the movable panel, the roof apparatus comprising: a functional bracket supporting the movable panel; a guide rail adapted to be attached to the roof panel, the guide rail extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a drive shoe driven to move along the guide rail in the longitudinal direction; a front link connected to a front portion of the functional bracket to move in the longitudinal direction in conjunction with the movement of the drive shoe; a front guide portion engaged with the front portion of the functional bracket and with a front portion of the front link to guide the front portions of the functional bracket and the front link to move in the longitudinal direction; a check member provided to be engageable with the drive shoe, the check member being engaged with the drive shoe to move rearward in conjunction with the movement of the drive shoe in a rearward direction of the vehicle when a distance of the rearward movement of the drive shoe is shorter than a predetermined distance, the check member being disengaged from the drive shoe when the distance of the rearward movement of the drive shoe is equal to or longer than the predetermined distance; a rear link engaged with the check member to support a portion of the functional bracket so that the portion is slidable in the longitudinal direction, the portion being positioned rearward than the front portion of the functional bracket; and a rear guide portion guiding the rear link to move in the longitudinal direction.