Automated sunshade systems and methods
OwnerSergio Martinez-Armendarizinventor
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Abstract
An automated sunshade system and method comprise a sunshade, a guide assembly comprising a set of guiding gear motors or guide rails that are integrated with pillars of a vehicle, a belt, motors comprising gears that are configured to move the belt, a shaft coupled to the sunshade, a winding assembly that rotates the shaft that winds the sunshade from an extended position to a retracted position, a circuit comprising a controller that controls the motors, and a user interface comprising at least one of a touchscreen, a keyfob, or a push button to activate and control the position of the sunshade.
Claims6
A method of operating a sunshade system for a windshield of a vehicle having opposite pillars with the windshield therebetween, the method comprising:
- receiving a first command from a user interface;
- and
- in response to receiving the first command, performing steps to control a position of a sunshade within respective slits of the opposite pillars, wherein the steps comprise communicating a second command to a first set of motors near a bottom of the windshield and a second set of motors near a top of the windshield to control a movement of a belt engaged with a freely-rotating guide gear disposed in each of the pillars to move a sunshade at least partially across the windshield, the freely-rotating guide gear positioned between the first set of motors and the second set of motors, and preventing drooping of the belt during operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.