Sunshade assembly for use in an open roof construction and open roof construction provided with such a sunshade assembly
AssigneeInalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.
InventorsRoland Willem Breuer, Nicholas James Reagan
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Abstract
A sunshade assembly for use in an open roof construction for a vehicle includes a flexible sunshade screen that, with its one end, can be wound on or off a spring-loaded winding cylinder and with its other end having a transversally extending pulling beam. The sunshade assembly further includes two spaced, longitudinally extending guides. Both guides are provided with at least partially flexible members having a main body with a substantially U-shaped cross-section. Attached to said main body is a flexible lip to engage the pulling beam and hold it in a desired position.
Claims14
A sunshade assembly for use in an open roof construction for a vehicle, comprising a flexible sunshade screen that, with its one end, can be wound on or off a spring-loaded winding cylinder and that at its other end comprises a transversally extending pulling beam having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and further comprising two spaced, longitudinally extending guides each defining a guiding channel for receiving and guiding two opposite lateral ends of the pulling beam and for defining a guiding plane in which the sunshade screen extends, wherein both guides are provided with legs for engagement with the first side of the pulling beam and at least partially flexible members extending along a length of the guides and protruding towards said guiding plane for engagement with the second side of the pulling beam, wherein the guiding channels further receive and guide two parallel lateral edges of the sunshade screen and wherein each at least partially flexible member has a main body with substantially U-shaped cross-section comprising two legs engaging a plate-shaped part of a corresponding guide at opposite sides, and wherein attached to said main body there is provided a flexible lip protruding towards said guiding plane such that the legs engage the first side of the pulling beam and the flexible lip engages the second side of the pulling beam.
An open roof construction assembly for a vehicle adapted for opening and closing an opening in a fixed roof of a vehicle, the open roof construction assembly comprising:
- a panel adapted for opening and closing the roof opening;
- and a sunshade assembly disposed below the panel and having a flexible sunshade screen that, with its one end, can be wound on or off a spring-loaded winding cylinder and that at its other end comprises a transversally extending pulling beam having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and further comprising two spaced, longitudinally extending guides each defining a guiding channel for receiving and guiding two opposite lateral ends of the pulling beam and for defining a guiding plane in which the sunshade screen extends, wherein both guides are provided with legs for engagement with the first side of the pulling beam and at least partially flexible members extending along a length of the guides and protruding towards said guiding plane for engagement with the second side of the pulling beam, wherein the guiding channels further receive and guide two parallel lateral edges of the sunshade screen and wherein each at least partially flexible member has a main body with substantially U-shaped cross-section comprising two legs engaging a plate-shaped part of a corresponding guide at opposite sides, and wherein attached to said main body there is provided a flexible lip protruding towards said guiding plane such that the legs engage the first side of the pulling beam and the flexible lip engages the second side of the pulling beam.
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