# US 10,118,469 B2 · Roller blind arrangement having lateral guidance > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,118,469 B2 - Document ID: US10118469B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/307,754 - Filed: 2015-04-28 - Published: 2017-02-23 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-16 - Assignees: Webasto SE - Applicants: Webasto SE - Inventors: Dominik Hoelzel; Andreas Rockelmann; Thomas Schuett; Susanne Schandel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10118469B2 ## CPC - B60J 7/0015: {roller blind} - B60J 1/2027: {with a buckle-proof guided flexible actuating element acting on the draw bar for pushing or push-pulling, e.g. a Bowden cable} - B60J 1/2061: {Tensioning systems for keeping the blind taut when in use, other than spring motors} - B60J 7/067: {sliding and winding up} - B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05) ## Abstract A roller blind arrangement for a motor vehicle for shading a transparent vehicle section having a roller blind web which can be wound up to form a roller blind winding and is guided at its lateral edges in relation to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the roller blind in each case in a guide rail, as well as a drive device having a drive pinion which drives two driving means each of which is guided in a guide track of one of the guide rails. The driving means are each designed as a toothed belt which has an essentially rectangular cross section and comprises a toothing on at least one side, the teeth of said toothing extending at least approximately perpendicular to the plane of the unwound roller blind web between a lower side of the toothed belt and an upper side of the toothed belt. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A roller blind arrangement for a motor vehicle for shading a transparent vehicle section, comprising: a roller blind web which can be wound up to form a roller blind winding and is guided at its lateral edges in relation to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the roller blind in each case in a guide rail, as well as a drive device having a drive pinion which drives two driving means each of which is guided in a guide track of its corresponding guide rail, wherein the driving means are each designed as a toothed belt which has an essentially rectangular cross section and comprises a toothing on at least one side, the teeth of said toothing extending at least approximately perpendicular to a plane of the unwound roller blind web between a lower side of the toothed belt and an upper side of the toothed belt, wherein the roller blind web is pressed between the lower side of the toothed belt and a bottom of each corresponding guide track and, when viewed in transverse direction of the guide rail, is deviated in the guide track by the toothed belt at least approximately U-shaped or the roller blind web is pressed between the upper side of the toothed belt and a top of the guide track and, when viewed in transverse direction of the guide rail, is deviated in the guide track by the toothed belt at least approximately in a reverse U-shape. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The roller blind arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the guide tracks have in each case an essentially rectangular cross section and in that the roller blind web is inserted into the guide tracks via a corresponding lateral slot and is arranged in the guide tracks between the corresponding guide rails and the corresponding toothed belt. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The roller blind arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the slot is spaced from the bottom of the corresponding guide track and extends to the top of the corresponding guide track or in that the slot is spaced from the top of the corresponding guide track and extends to the bottom of the corresponding guide track. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The roller blind arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the slot is spaced from the bottom or the top of the corresponding guide track. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The roller blind arrangement according to claim 4, wherein the guide tracks comprise a tab guide at the side facing away from the slot, a corresponding edge of the roller blind web engaging into said tab guide. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The roller blind arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the toothed belts each comprise toothings on two sides facing away from each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The roller blind arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the roller blind web comprises a guide strap at each lateral edge in relation to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the roller blind, said guide strap being connected to a central portion of the roller blind web and is guided in the corresponding guide rail. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The roller blind arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the toothed belts are each guided between the drive pinion and the corresponding guide rail without torsion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The roller blind arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the toothed belts have in each case a cross section whose height/width ratio is between 0.9 and 1.1, preferably approximately 1. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The roller blind arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the toothed belts have in each case a height between approximately 4 mm and 8 mm. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The roller blind arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the driving means are each guided to a tension bow which is arranged at the edge of the roller blind web facing away from the roller blind winding. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The roller blind arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the tension bow is provided with a coupling element on both sides in relation to the longitudinal center plane of the roller blind which is connected to the corresponding toothed belt. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The roller blind arrangement according to claim 12, wherein the coupling elements each engage into a recess of the corresponding toothed belt in an interlocking manner. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The roller blind arrangement according to claim 12, wherein the coupling elements are each formed onto the corresponding toothed belt according to an injection molding method.