The disclosure relates to a vehicle sunroof, particularly to a sunroof device which easily adapts design changes of an opening.
A sunroof includes a movable window plate disposed in an opening in a vehicle roof. Sliding rails are provided under the roof and are disposed with linking rods. The linking rods are slidable along the sliding rails and connected to the window plate. Thus, the window plate may be moved vertically and horizontally. A rubber strip must be disposed between the window plate and an inner edge of the opening for sealing. The rubber strip is disposed on a protrusion structure of the sliding rails. However, when the shape design of the opening changes, shapes of both the window plate and the sliding rails must be changed correspondingly. Thus, such a design change is not easy.
In view of this, the inventors have devoted themselves to the above-mentioned related art, researched intensively and cooperated with the application of science to try to solve the above-mentioned problems. Finally, the invention which is reasonable and effective to overcome the above drawbacks is provided.
The disclosure provides a sunroof device which includes a roof, a roof frame, a window plate assembly, and a pair of link assemblies. The roof is disposed with an opening. The roof frame is attached to the roof corresponding to the opening and includes a pair of sliding rails separately arranged corresponding to two sides of the opening. An outline of the roof frame is non-matched with an outline of the opening. The window plate assembly is connected on the pair of sliding rails. An outline of the window plate assembly is matched with the outline of the opening. A periphery of the window plate assembly is disposed with a waterproof strip abutting against an inner edge of the opening. The pair of link assemblies are arranged corresponding to the pair of sliding rails. Each link assembly is disposed on corresponding one of the sliding rails to be slidable along corresponding one of the sliding rails. Each link assembly is connected to the window plate assembly.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the waterproof strip is of a hollow tubular shape.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the window plate assembly includes a glass plate and a frame body, the frame body is disposed around a periphery of the glass plate, and the waterproof strip is attached on an outer edge of the frame body. Each link assembly is connected to the frame body. An outer edge of the frame body is formed with a channel trough extending along an outer edge of the frame body. The waterproof strip is disposed in the channel trough. An embedding groove is defined in the channel trough. A side of the waterproof strip is protruded with an embedding strip engaged in the embedding groove. The embedding strip is of a hollow tubular shape.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the pair of sliding rails and the opening are arranged at an interval. The roof frame and the opening are arranged at an interval.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, each sliding rail includes a drain trough. The frame body includes a guiding plate corresponding to the drain trough. Each guiding plate extends into corresponding one of the drain troughs.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, each sliding rail includes a sliding trough. Each link assembly is connected to corresponding one of the sliding troughs.
In the sunroof device of the disclosure, the waterproof strip is disposed on the window plate assembly. When the shape design of the opening changes, only the shapes of the glass plate and the frame body need to be changed and the shape of the sliding rails does not need to be changed, so that the sunroof device of the disclosure may easily adapt the shape change of the opening, this makes the design and manufacture more flexible.
The technical contents of this disclosure will become apparent with the detailed description of embodiments accompanied with the illustration of related drawings as follows. It is intended that the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein are to be considered illustrative rather than restrictive.
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The roof 100 is a metal plate which is horizontally arranged. The roof 100 is disposed with an opening 101. In detail, the roof 100 may include a roof plate 110 and a reinforcement frame 120. The opening 101 is formed on the roof plate 110. The reinforcement frame 120 is disposed inside the roof plate 110 corresponding to the opening 101 and may be directly welded to the roof plate 110.
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The window plate assembly 300 is movably disposed in the opening 101 and covers at least a part of the opening 101. In the embodiment, a fixed window plate 10 is disposed in the opening 101. The fixed window plate 10 is fixedly disposed in the opening 101. The window plate assembly 300 and the fixed window plate 10 separately cover two halves of the opening 101. The fixed window plate 10 covers a half of the opening 101, and the movable window plate assembly 300 may be moved close to the fixed window panel 10 to cover the other half of the opening 101 and close the opening 101. In detail, an outline of a rear edge 301 of the movable window plate assembly 300 is matched with an outline of a front edge 11 of the fixed window plate 10 for closing together, and outlines of the movable window assembly 300 and the rest of the fixed window plate 10 are matched with outlines of an inner edge and the connected portion of the opening 101, respectively. The outline is matched in a manner that the outlines of a part of each of two elements are shaped in the same curve or a corresponding curve with slightly different proportion, so that the two elements may be brought together with each other to be connected. When the window plate assembly 300 closes the opening 101, its two sides 302 abut against two sides of an inner edge of the opening 101 in the roof plate 110.
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In the sunroof of the disclosure, the waterproof strip 330 is disposed on the window plate assembly 300. The roof frame 200 and the opening 100 are arranged at an interval. An outline of the roof frame 200 does not need to be matched with an outline of the opening 101. When the shapes of the roof plate 110 and the opening 101 are changed corresponding to different vehicle models, only the shapes of the glass plate 310 and the frame body 320 need to be changed and they are connected to the link rods 420 through corresponding bracket 410, so that the shape of the sliding rail 210 and the structure of the link 420 do not need to be changed. As a result, when the sunroof device of the disclosure is changed corresponding to different vehicle models, only few parts need to be changed, this makes the design and manufacture more flexible and adaptive.
While this disclosure has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of this disclosure set forth in the claims.
This patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/415,065, filed Oct. 11, 2022, which is incorporated by reference herein.
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63415065 | Oct 2022 | US |