US 12,448,068 B2
Manufacturing method for roof module
Moto Kikuchi, Tochigi (JP); and Hirotaka Kamioka, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Sayama (JP)
Appl. No. 18/860,436
Filed by YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Sayama (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 20, 2023, PCT No. PCT/JP2023/005992
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 25, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/210127, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-074706 (JP), filed on Apr. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0289524 A1, Sep. 18, 2025
Int. Cl. B62D 65/02 (2006.01); B60J 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 65/026 (2013.01) [B60J 1/2063 (2013.01); B60J 1/2066 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A manufacturing method for a roof module comprising:
a roof panel to be disposed on a roof of a vehicle;
a pair of guide rails extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle along an inner surface of the roof panel and mounted on the roof panel via a mounting member;
a shade sheet guided by the guide rails; and
a winding device supported by the guide rails and configured to wind up the shade sheet, the method comprising:
a step of fixing the mounting member to the inner surface of the roof panel;
a step of assembling a shade unit provided with the guide rails, the shade sheet, and the winding device;
a step of attaching a jig for keeping the guide rails parallel to each other to the shade unit;
a step of fixing the shade unit to which the jig is attached to the mounting member; and
a step of detaching the jig from the shade unit mounted to the inner surface of the roof panel,
wherein the jig comprises a pair of parallel retention members extending in a width direction of the vehicle to be parallel to each other and retaining the guide rails, and a spacing retention part that connects the parallel retention members to each other and keeps the spacing between the parallel retention members constant.