A sunroof device includes a panel bracket that holds a movable panel capable of opening and closing an opening portion disposed to a roof panel, a guide portion that is disposed to the panel bracket, and a sliding bracket that slidably engages with the guide portion. Further, the sunroof device includes a rear link, serving as a support member, that, while being coupled to the panel bracket via the sliding bracket and thereby changing a coupling position thereof with the panel bracket according to an opening-and-closing movement position of the movable panel, supports the panel bracket. On a sliding contact surface of the panel bracket with the guide portion of the panel bracket, a plurality of groove portions extending in a sliding direction of the sliding bracket along the guide portion are disposed.

A sunroof device includes: a guide rail provided on each edge portion of an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle in a width direction; a sliding member supported on the guide rail so as to be slidable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a support member provided with a first elastic member and having a front end portion supported on the guide rail so as to be rotatable and slidable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the support member supporting a movable panel that opens and closes the opening, in which the sliding member includes a bottom wall located above the guide rail, a vertical wall provided upright on the bottom wall, and an engaging portion provided on the vertical wall, the support member includes a guide portion engaged with the engaging portion, and the guide portion including first and second guide portions.

A roof system for a vehicle includes a fixed roof element, forming a fixed roof segment of a vehicle roof bounding a passenger compartment and situated in a rear area of the vehicle roof, a roof opening and closing mechanism, which is designed to allow a relative movement of a movable roof element in relation to the fixed roof element for the opening and closing of a roof opening in the vehicle roof and/or a relative movement of a movable roller blind in relation to the vehicle roof. The fixed roof element is designed as a single-piece roof element having at least one impact energy absorption section and at least one receiving section locally distinct from the impact energy absorption section for receiving of electrical and/or mechanical function elements, by which or in the interplay of which with other function elements a movement of the movable roof element for the opening and closing of the roof opening and/or a driving of the roller blind can be effectuated.

The present invention provides a sunroof device having a good appearance which can enlarge ventilation area on the roof and decrease the wind noise when travelling. The sunroof device comprises: a movable panel; a guide rail; a panel supporter; a drive slider; a rear link; and a shield plate comprising a shield plate body and a shield plate arm located at rear of the shield plate body in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; wherein the drive slider and the rear link are provided at rear of the shield plate arm in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; and the front end portion of the panel supporter is pivotally supported on the guide rail by a support shaft, so as to be freely movable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and is provided inside of the shield plate arm in the width direction of the vehicle.

A manufacturing method of a sunroof apparatus includes a panel drive unit including a first guide rail arranged at each end portion of a roof opening portion, a panel support member configured to displace a movable panel to open and close the roof opening portion in accordance with a movement of a first moving portion, and a shade unit including a second guide rail arranged inward relative to the first guide rail in the vehicle width direction. The first guide rail and the second guide rail are separately provided. The manufacturing method of the sunroof apparatus includes a first process connecting the movable panel to the panel support member, and a second process connecting the first guide rail and the second guide rail to the movable panel after the first process.

A sunroof apparatus includes a link including a first guide surface configured to slide with a first guide shaft in a case where a shoe moves in a first direction and a second guide surface configured to slide with a second guide shaft, the link rotating between a standing position and an inclination position in a state of supporting a movable panel, the standing position where the movable panel is arranged at a tilt-up position, a inclination position where the movable panel is arranged at a tilt-down position. In a case where the link is arranged between a first position and a middle position, a first distance is longer than a second distance. In a case where the link is arranged between a second position and the middle position, the second distance is longer than the first distance.

A structure of an electric sunshade and a sunroof may include glass sleds which both open and close a sunroof glass by sliding in a longitudinal direction along mechanism rails disposed at both sides of a roof panel of a vehicle, wherein a front sled and a rear sled are rotatably coupled to both end portions of each of glass sleds, respectively, main cable devices which are connected to a driving motor by a cable, and movable along the mechanism rails, and separately include a cable protrusion slidably accommodated in glass grooves formed in lateral surfaces of the front sled, the rear sled, and the glass sled, and sunshade sleds which are selectively coupled to the main cable devices, and slide to open or close the sunshade.

A sunroof apparatus includes a movable panel including a panel body, a reinforcing member, and a joining layer joining the panel body and the reinforcing member, and an opening and closing mechanism including a connection member connected to the reinforcing member and a drive portion, the reinforcing member including a first flange, a second flange to define a housing groove relative to the first flange, a first extending portion, and a second extending portion, the connection member being connected to at least one of the first extending portion and the second extending portion in a state of being housed in a housing void formed between the first extending portion and the second extending portion, the movable panel including a shielding member covering the housing groove and including a thickness smaller than a thickness of the first flange and the second flange.

A vehicle includes a windshield, a backlite spaced from the windshield, and a moonroof. The moonroof is moveable relative to the windshield and the backlite between a closed position and an open position. When in the closed position, the moonroof is adjacent to both the windshield and the backlite.

This sunroof device is provided with a roof that has: a roof panel formed with an opening; and a front panel and a rear panel that close the opening. In addition, a recessed section that is recessed downward is formed in a center portion in the vehicle width direction at a rear end portion of the roof.