Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
296216060 | Specific roof panel and opening edge structure | 10 |
20090174229 | Stiffened Multi-Part Sunroof - The present invention is generally directed to vehicle roof frames. Some embodiments comprise frames fabricated from a plurality of parts rather than a single part. In such embodiments, one or more of the plurality of parts can comprise a material thickness and/or composition that differs from that of one or more other parts. Accordingly, strength can be added to selected parts without increasing the weight and/or cost of every part. Some embodiments also include sunroof frames. | 07-09-2009 |
20100007178 | SYSTEM FOR OPENING/CLOSING A ROOF PANEL AND A BRANCHED DRIVING CABLE TO BE USED FOR THE SYSTEM - Reducing number of components in a case where a plurality of locking mechanism is being used. The system includes an input cable ( | 01-14-2010 |
20110221237 | SUNSHADE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle sunshade device is provided with guide rails arranged on both sides of an opening section provided on a vehicle roof and having guide grooves extending in a front-rear direction, a plurality of sunshade panels having sliders slidable along the guide grooves, and guide mechanisms for guiding the sliders of at least a rearmost sunshade panel of the sunshade panels upward or downward from the guide grooves in a transition from a spread-out state to a stored state. An elastic member is further provided on the vehicle roof and presses the rearmost sunshade panel on a front side sunshade panel, which is ahead of the rearmost sunshade panel, when the sliders of the rearmost sunshade panel enter the guide mechanisms. | 09-15-2011 |
20120068502 | Roof apparatus - A roof apparatus includes a movable panel for opening and closing an opening portion adapted to be provided on a roof panel, and a weather strip disposed between an opening edge of the roof panel and the movable panel so as to serve as a sealing between the opening edge and the movable panel. The opening edge of the roof panel includes a flange portion formed to extend vertically downward from a roof panel body of the roof panel. The weather strip includes a base portion accommodating the flange portion of the roof panel inside the base portion. A supporting member mounted on the roof panel and supporting the movable panel includes a holding portion holding the base portion of the weather strip. | 03-22-2012 |
20120146363 | ROOF ASSEMBLY - The present disclosure provides a roof assembly for covering a region adjacent a structure. The roof assembly comprises a plurality of roof assembly portions, each roof assembly portion comprising a layer portion and a support portion for supporting the layer portion. The roof assembly portions comprise first and second side roof assembly portions, and a corner roof assembly portion that is positioned between the first and second side roof assembly portions. The roof assembly portions are moveable between a retracted and an expanded configuration wherein the side roof assembly portions and the corner roof assembly portion move together between the configurations. | 06-14-2012 |
20120217770 | COVER FOR A SLIDING ROOF SYSTEM - A cover for a sliding roof system comprises at least one reinforcing element which has a U-shaped cross-section and has its center leg attached to the cover such that the two side legs extend away from the cover. A sliding roof system provided with a cover of this type is distinguished in that it comprises a sliding/tilting mechanism including a fold-out sliding piece, the sliding piece being movably arranged on the guide rail. | 08-30-2012 |
20120261953 | SUNROOF SEAL MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - A sunroof for a motor vehicle includes a frame defining a rectangular panel opening and a movable panel. A first flange extends adjacent to at least one edge of the panel opening and is adapted to retain an elongated weather seal in a temporary position in which the seal permits access to the sunroof mechanism necessary to adjust the position of the movable panel during the sunroof installation process. A second flange extends adjacent to and offset from the first flange and is adapted to retain a seal in an installed position in which the seal may restrict access to the sunroof mechanism. The seal is mounted on the first flange prior to installation of the sunroof in the vehicle. Necessary adjustments to the sunroof are made during the installation process, and then the seal is moved on to the second flange after the final installation. | 10-18-2012 |
20130154313 | SUNROOF STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - A sunroof structure for a vehicle may include a mounting frame made of plastic material, and an insert plate inserted into a front upper side of the mounting frame, forming an upper exposed surface of the vehicle. | 06-20-2013 |
20150076868 | ROOF APPARATUS - A roof apparatus includes plural panels including a first panel for opening and closing an opening, and a second panel being positioned at a front or a rear of a vehicle and next to the first panel, the second panel being fixed to establish a state where the opening is closed. The roof apparatus further includes a weather strip including a weather strip body being attached to an entire periphery of the opening of a roof, the weather strip body sealing a portion between an opening rim of the opening and a peripheral rim formed by the plural panels, a border weather strip attached to the second panel and sealing a border portion between the first panel and the second panel, and a connection portion integrally connecting the weather strip body and each opposing end of the border weather strip in a vehicle width direction. | 03-19-2015 |
20160185195 | PANEL BODY OF SUNROOF DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PANEL BODY OF SUNROOF DEVICE - A panel body of a sunroof device able to have reduced weight and a method for producing the panel body. The panel body of a sunroof device includes: a sunroof panel; a holder attached to the peripheral rim of the bottom surface of the sunroof panel and provided with a concavity; a lid member occluding the opening of the concavity; and a resin holding member formed in a manner so as to integrate the sunroof panel, holder, and lid member. The panel body of a sunroof device includes the holder having flanges, an end of the lid member being sandwiched between the top surface of the flanges and the bottom surface of the sunroof panel, and the holding member having a sandwiched section entering the space encircled by the top surface of the flanges, the bottom surface of the sunroof panel, and the end surface of the lid member. | 06-30-2016 |