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US 2009/0014136 A1Published application
Lever roll-up shade with stop damper
AssigneeBOS GmbH & Co. KG
InventorJan Lekar
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Abstract
A lever actuated roll-up shade assembly for motor vehicle windows having a stop brake for slowing down movement of actuating levers of the roll-up shade assembly during movement into a position corresponding to the retracted position of the roller shade so as to prevent loud impact noises.
Claims20
A rear-window roll-up shade (6) for motor vehicles, comprising
- a wind-up shaft (8) mounted for rotational movement,
- a roll-up shade web (13) having one edge fixed to the wind-up shaft (8) and opposite edge fixed to a pull rod (14) for movement relative to the wind-up shaft (8) between extended and retracted positions,
- a tensioning device (9) for maintaining the roll-up shade web (13) in tension when in an extended position,
- two pivot-lever arrangements (15, 16;
- 60, 61) connected to the pull-rod (14) having pivot axes perpendicular to the rotational axes of said wind-up shaft (8) for moving the pull rod and the window shade web (13) affixed thereto between said extended and retracted positions,
- at least one stop brake device (36) mounted in the movement path of the pivot-lever arrangements (15, 16;
- 60, 61) for slowing down movement of the pivot-lever arrangements (15, 16;
- 60, 61) during the movement of the pull rod into a rest position corresponding to the retracted position roll-up shade web (13), and
- a selectively operable electrical drive device (26) for moving the roll-up shade web (13) at least in one of its movement directions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.