US 10,486,504 B2Granted

Shading system for an automotive vehicle

AssigneeBOS GmbH & Co. KG

InventorsMatthias Maier, Roman Sauer

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Abstract

A shading system for a split side window of a vehicle, including a main shading structure held on a main winding shaft for movement between a stowed position and a shading position, and an auxiliary shading structure held on an auxiliary winding shaft for movement between a stowed position and a shading position. The main shading structure has a main pull-out profile on an end region and the auxiliary shading structure has an auxiliary pull-out element on an end region, which are lengthwise displaceable in vehicle-fixed guiding tracks for displacement between the stowed and shading positions. The main pull-out profile and the auxiliary pull-out element are guided on one side in adjacent guiding tracks extending in parallel to each other, and the main pull-out profile is associated with a drag device entraining the auxiliary pull-out element during a longitudinal displacement from the stowed position to the shading position.

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Dependent claims

A shading system for a split side window of an automotive vehicle, comprising a main shading structure supported on a main winding shaft for winding up and off between a stowed position and a shading position, an auxiliary shading structure supported on an auxiliary winding shaft for winding up and off between a stowed position and a shading position, the main shading structure having an end region that is a leading end region of the main shading structure during unwinding of the main shading structure from the main winding shaft in a winding off direction, the main shading structure having a main pull-out profile on the leading end region thereof, the main pull-out profile being dimensionally stable and extending along substantially an entire widthwise extent of the main shading structure, the auxiliary shading structure having an end region that is a leading end region of the auxiliary shading structure during unwinding of the auxiliary shading structure from the auxiliary winding shaft in a winding off direction, the auxiliary shading structure having an auxiliary pull-out element on the leading end region thereof, the main pull-out profile and the auxiliary pull-out element being displaceable in vehicle-fixed rails between the respective stowed and shading positions, the main pull-out profile and the auxiliary pull-out element each being respectively guided on one side in first and second ones of the rails, the first and second rails being disposed immediately sidewardly adjacent one another and extending parallel to each other, the shading system further comprising a drag device associated with the main pull-out profile, the drag device entraining the auxiliary pull-out element during a displacement of the main shading structure from the stowed position thereof to the shading position thereof, the second rail defining therein a guiding track which is substantially linear, and the auxiliary pull-out element is guidably supported in the guiding track of the second rail for substantially linear movement therealong during a displacement of the main shading structure from the stowed position thereof to the shading position thereof.

A shading system for a split side window of a vehicle, said shading system comprising:

a main winding shaft;
a flexible and sheet-shaped main shading structure having a first end region and a second end region spaced therefrom along a lengthwise extent of said main shading structure, said main shading structure being supported on said main winding shaft such that said main shading structure is windable around said main winding shaft and unwindable from said main winding shaft to define respective stowed and shading configurations of said main shading structure, said first end region being fixed to said main winding shaft and said second end region being a leading end region of said main shading structure when same is unwound from said main winding shaft;
a main pull-out profile fixed to said second end region of said main shading structure, said main pull-out profile being dimensionally stable and extending along substantially an entirety of a widthwise extent of said second end region of said main shading structure defined transversely to the lengthwise extent thereof;
an auxiliary winding shaft;
an auxiliary shading structure having a first end region and a second end region spaced therefrom along a lengthwise extent of said auxiliary shading structure, said auxiliary shading structure being supported on said auxiliary winding shaft such that said auxiliary shading structure is windable around said auxiliary winding shaft and unwindable from said auxiliary winding shaft to define respective stowed and shading configurations of said auxiliary shading structure, said first end region of said auxiliary shading structure being fixed to said auxiliary winding shaft and said second end region of said auxiliary shading structure being a leading end region of said auxiliary shading structure when same is unwound from said auxiliary winding shaft;
an auxiliary pull-out element fixed to said second end region of said auxiliary shading structure;
a plurality of elongate rails, said main pull-out profile and said auxiliary pull-out element being respectively displaceable within and relative to first and second ones of said plurality of guiding tracks rails between their respective stowed and shading configurations, said first and second rails being disposed immediately sidewardly adjacent one another and substantially parallel to one another, said main pull-out profile having an end guidably supported on said first rail and said auxiliary pull-out element having an end guidably supported on said second rail, said second rail including a substantially linear guiding track;
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a drag arrangement cooperating between said main pull-out profile and said auxiliary pull-out element, said drag arrangement entraining said auxiliary pull-out element during a displacement of said main pull-out profile from the stowed configuration to the shading configuration, said auxiliary pull-out element being guidably supported by said guiding track of said second rail for substantially linear movement therealong during a displacement of said main pull-out profile from the stowed configuration to the shading configuration.

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Facts

Application: 15/479,546Filed 5 Apr 2017
Priority: DE 10 2016 206 30114 Apr 2016
Published: US 2017/0297417 A119 Oct 2017
Granted: 26 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B60J 3/02
Antiglare equipment associated with windows or windscreens ; Sun visors for vehicles: adjustable in position
B60J 1/2044
Characterised by structural elements: draw bars, including elements attached to it, e.g. sliding shoes, gripping elements or pull cords
B60J 1/2069
Arrangement of blinds in vehicles: of multiple blinds, e.g. more than one blind per window or per actuation system
B60J 1/2083
Specially adapted for fixed windows: for side windows, e.g. quarter windows