ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,107, issued on June 30, was assigned to AISIN (SUZHOU) TECHNICAL CENTER Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).
"Sunroof mechanical assembly and sunroof device" was invented by Ryuta Fukada (Suzhou, China) and Jie Feng Zhang (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sunroof assembly includes a panel supporting part to support a movable panel in a vehicle width direction; a slider supported on a guide rail; and a link. One end of the link is rotatably connected to the panel supporting part, and the other end has a first guided part. The first guided part movable in a first guide groove of the slider. The link includes a first rotating shaft p...