US 11,833,893 B2
Guide rail and sunroof apparatus
Shota Motomura, Kariya (JP); and Katsutoshi Kato, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to Aisin Corporation, Kariya (JP)
Filed by AISIN CORPORATION, Aichi (JP)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,530.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-114167 (JP), filed on Jul. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009910 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 7/043 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 7/043 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guide rail for a sunroof apparatus, comprising:
an inner member; and
an outer member arranged on an outer side of the inner member in a width direction in an attached state where the guide rail is attached to a vehicle, wherein
the inner member guides a drive shoe of the sunroof apparatus,
the outer member includes a fixed portion fixed to the vehicle,
the outer member is coupled to the inner member;
the inner member includes: a bottom wall; a vertical wall located at an outer end of the bottom wall in a width direction; and a protrusion portion protruding outward from the vertical wall, and
the outer member is arranged in such a way as to contact with the protrusion portion and the vertical wall of the inner member.