Patent ID: 8240752

Claim:
A holding structure of a guide pipe of a sunroof apparatus, the sunroof apparatus comprising: a pair of guide rails that are provided on opposite sides of an opening of a vehicle in a width direction of the opening and guide the movement of a sunroof panel; a frame that connects ends of the guide rails, said frame having a plate-shaped portion in which a guide pipe groove is formed, said frame further including a side wall that extends downwardly from said plate-shaped portion and serves to define said guide pipe groove, said guide pipe groove being upwardly open and recessed relative to said plate-shaped portion, said guide pipe frame further providing a bank part that is integral with said plate-shaped portion and extends obliquely upwardly from the side wall so as to extend relatively above said plate-shaped portion; a driving unit that moves the sunroof panel; at least one cable that connects the driving unit and the sunroof panel; at least one guide pipe that is partially received in the guide pipe groove such that a lower portion of said guide pipe is received within said guide pipe groove while an upper portion of said guide pipe projects from said guide pipe grove and extends above said plate-shaped portion, said guide pipe covering the at least one cable; wherein an upwardly facing surface of a bottom part of the side wall diametrically opposed to the bank part comes in surface contact with an outer circumferential surface of a lower part of the guide pipe and the bank part comes in surface contact with an upper part of the guide pipe outer circumferential surface.