Security shade with a motor spring subassembly
AssigneeTakata Corporation
InventorsJoseph P. Wieczorek, Eugene M. Halajian, Michael Trombley
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Abstract
A security shade for the cargo area of a motor vehicle. The security shade includes a flexible shade panel mounted to a roller tube having at least one support subassembly mounted to its ends. The subassembly further includes a housing and a coupling portion which couples the housing to the roller tube, a rotational biasing spring which rotationally biases the coupling portion relative to said housing and a mechanism for mounting the security shade within the vehicle.
Claims24
A security shade support subassembly for a security shade having a roller tube onto which is mounted a flexible panel that can be deployed in a cargo area of a motor vehicle to obstruct the view into the cargo area, said support subassembly comprising:
- a housing;
- an outboard end wall;
- an inboard end wall;
- a skirt, said skirt extending generally between said outboard end wall and said inboard end wall and cooperating therewith to define a receiving cavity;
- a coupler supported by said housing and adapted to couple said subassembly to said roller tube such that said receiving cavity is outboard relative to said roller tube, said coupler being supported for relative rotation with respect to said housing;
- rotational biasing means secured to said housing and to said coupler and disposed within said receiving cavity for rotationally biasing said coupler, inducing rotation of said roller tube and causing said shade panel to be wrapped onto said roller tube in a stored position;
- mounting means for mounting said security shade within the motor vehicle such that said shade panel can be deployed to obstruct the view into the cargo area of the motor vehicle;
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- retention means for maintaining said subassembly in a fully assembled condition prior to said subassembly being mounted to said roller tube.
A security shade for the cargo area of a motor vehicle to obstruct viewing into said cargo area, said security shade comprising:
- a roller tube having ends;
- a flexible shade panel having a fixed edge and a free edge, said fixed edge being affixed to said shade panel;
- a support subassembly mounted to a least one of said ends of said roller tube and adapted to engage a portion of the vehicle to support said security shade therein, said subassembly having:
- a housing;
- an outboard end wall;
- an inboard end wall;
- a skirt, said skirt extending generally between said outboard end wall and said inboard end wall and cooperating therewith to define a receiving cavity;
- coupling means supported by said housing for coupling said subassembly to said roller tube such that said receiving cavity is outboard relative to said roller tube, said coupling means being rotationally movable relative to said housing;
- rotational biasing means secured to said housing and to said coupling means and disposed within said receiving cavity for rotationally biasing said coupling means, inducing rotation of said roller tube and causing said shade panel to be wrapped onto said roller tube in a stored position;
- mounting means for mounting said security shade within the motor vehicle such that said shade panel can be deployed to obstruct viewing into the cargo area of the motor vehicle;
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- retention means for maintaining said subassembly in a fully assembled condition prior to said subassembly being mounted to said roller tube.
A security shade for the cargo area of a motor vehicle to prevent viewing into the cargo area, said security shade comprising:
- a roller tube having ends;
- a flexible shade panel having a fixed edge and a free edge, said fixed edge being affixed to said roller tube;
- a support subassembly mounted to at least one of said ends of said roller tube and adapted to engage the vehicle to support said security shade therein, said subassembly further having:
- a housing;
- an outboard end;
- an inboard end wall;
- a skirt, said skirt extending generally between said outboard end wall and said inboard end wall and cooperating therewith to define a receiving cavity;
- a coupler supported by said housing and adapted to couple said subassembly to said roller tube such that said receiving cavity is outboard relative to said roller tube;
- a motor torsion spring positioned within said receiving cavity, said motor means rotationally biasing said coupler and inducing rotation of said roller tube thereby causing said shade panel to be wrapped onto said roller tube in a stored position said motor spring in the form of a flat strip wrapped in a planar spiral configuration;
- lock out means of inhibiting relative rotation between said housing and said coupler, said lock out means maintaining said motor spring in a prewound condition prior to engagement of said subassembly with said roller tube;
- mounting means for mounting said security shade within the motor vehicle such that said shade panel can be deployed to obstruct viewing into the cargo area of the motor vehicle;
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- retention means for maintaining said subassembly in a fully assembled condition prior to said subassembly being mounted to said roller tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.