US 11,858,325 B2
Deflector mechanism of sunroof device
Koji Sawahata, Hiroshima (JP); Takeshi Mizoguchi, Hiroshima (JP); Masaya Kobatake, Hiroshima (JP); and Shigeru Ueki, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to WEBASTO SE, Stockdorf (DE)
Appl. No. 17/766,089
Filed by Webasto SE, Stockdorf (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/079746
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/078854, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-193792 (JP), filed on Oct. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0348061 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 7/22 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 7/22 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deflector mechanism of a sunroof device that is disposed in a fore part of a frame structure disposed under an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle and that is configured to move upward, as a roof panel configured to cover and uncover the opening moves rearward from a fully closed position, the deflector mechanism comprising:
a collapsible deflector member including a front portion positioned on a front side of the opening and corner portions extending, in a curved manner, rearward from both ends of the front portion, respectively;
a lower edge member fixed to a lower edge of the deflector member and attached to the fore part of the frame structure;
an upper edge member supporting an upper edge of the deflector member; and
arms, each including an arm end connected to one of longitudinal ends of the upper edge member, and a base portion attached to the frame structure in a manner that allows an arm end to move upward and downward, wherein upper edges of the front portion and the corner portions of the deflector member include a bag-shaped fitting portion fitted onto the upper edge member, and in the arm, an arc-shaped portion inserted into the corner portion of the deflector member is formed at the arm end, and a connecting portion positioned on an end side of the arc-shaped portion and connected to an end of the upper edge member is formed; and
wherein the bag-shaped fitting portion of the corner portion of the deflector member includes a lock portion, and the arc-shaped portion of the arm end includes an engaging portion that engages with the lock portion.