Patent ID: 8052207

Claim:
An interlocking mechanism for a sunroof device having a roof panel and a sunshade panel, the roof panel and the sunshade panel opening or closing an opening provided in a fixed roof of a vehicle in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle, a first guide rail guiding an opening or closing of the roof panel through a roof panel slider connected to a lower surface of a side edge of the roof panel, a second guide rail guiding an opening or closing of the sunshade panel through a sunshade panel slider provided in a side edge of the sunshade panel, comprising: the interlocking mechanism enabling the sunshade panel to open or close by mechanically interlocking to the opening or closing of the roof panel in case of a mechanical interlocking, and in an opening direction, enabling the sunshade panel to move independently in spite of an opening or closing condition of the roof panel and in a closing direction, preventing the sunshade panel to move independently relative to the roof panel in case of the opening or closing of the sunshade panel by manual operation, wherein the interlocking mechanism comprises an engaging member provided in the roof panel, and an engaged member provided in the sunshade panel to engage with the engaging member, the engaging member including a first engaging member fixed to the roof panel and a second engaging member provided rotatably around an axis along a vehicle width direction relative to the roof panel, the engaging member and the engaged member engaging each other in an upper and lower direction such that a relative position thereof varies according to a change of positional deviation between the first guide rail and the second guide rail.