Patent ID: 8246110

Claim:
A deflector mechanism for a sunroof apparatus, the sunroof apparatus comprising: a pair of guide rails provided at both sides of an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle in a widthwise direction; a sunroof panel which slides back and forth along the pair of guide rails; a resin-made front frame which connects respective front ends of the guide rails with each other; a pair of sunshade grooves, each of which is formed by one of the pair of guide rails; a sunshade which slides back and forth along the pair of sunshade grooves; and the deflector mechanism which ascends/descends along a front edge of the opening of the vehicle, wherein the deflector mechanism comprises: a deflector including a pair of arms and a blade that connects the arms together; a pair of support members each of which is formed at each guide rail and which supports a basal end of each arm; a retainer formed on the front frame, wherein a rear end of the retainer is arranged at a front end of at least one of the sunshade grooves such that the rear end of the retainer serves as a stopper for the sunshade; and an urging means which extends from the deflector to the retainer and which urges the deflector upwardly, and the retainer is formed integrally with the front frame.