Patent ID: 8303031

Claim:
A sunroof device comprising: a roof panel which opens/closes an opened part of a fixed roof of a vehicle; and a shade panel which opens/closes the opened part of the fixed roof of the vehicle, wherein the roof panel is driven by a roof-panel motor and is opened/closed in accordance with a manipulation of a roof-panel opening/closing switch, and the shade panel is driven by a shade-panel motor and is opened/closed in accordance with a manipulation of a shade-panel opening/closing switch, said shade-panel opening/closing switch being separate from said roof-panel opening/closing switch such that said shade-panel opening/closing switch and said roof-panel opening/closing switch are operable independent of one another; the sunroof device further comprises a closed-direction interlocking unit that causes the roof-panel motor to be actuated together with the shade-panel motor to drive the roof panel in a closed direction interlocking with the shade panel when the shade-panel opening/closing switch receives a manipulation input in the closed direction in a condition other than a condition in which both of the roof panel and the shade panel are fully closed, the closed-direction interlocking unit also causes the roof panel to be fully closed upon the shade panel becoming fully closed, the shade-panel opening/closing switch has a manual closing operation mode, the closed-direction interlocking unit is applied to the manual closing operation mode, and in the manual closing operation mode an actuation of the roof panel in the closed direction starts after the shade panel becomes fully closed.