Patent ID: 7850231

Claim:
A vehicular sunroof apparatus comprising: a sunroof panel having a front panel and a rear panel that open and close an opening formed in a vehicle roof, the front panel and the rear panel being configured to be opened by causing the front panel to retract from a fully closed state, with a rear end thereof inclined upwardly, along an outside surface of the vehicle roof and by causing the rear panel to retract, during retracting movement of the front panel, from a fully closed state along an inside surface of the vehicle roof; and a rear panel drive mechanism that effects rising/lowering and opening/closing movements of the rear panel relative to the opening of the vehicle roof, the rear panel drive mechanism having a rear panel support stay that supports the rear panel and that is slidable back and forth and swingable vertically relative to the vehicle roof, and a restricting part that restricts a front end part of the rear panel from rising when a rear end part of the rear panel in the fully closed state thereof is lowered, the restricting part comprising a stay extension extending forward from the rear panel support stay and a stopper member that provides an upper limit of upward swing of the stay extension, the stopper member being provided on the vehicle roof at a position farther forward than the rear panel in the fully closed state thereof.