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US 7,252,321 B2Granted
Electric car sunshade
OwnerTien Chu Leeinventor
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Abstract
A car sunshade includes: a pair of curtain members each hung to a hanger and operatively driven by a driving device to be upwardly unwound for shielding the windshield of the car from being exposed to sun light along a pair of guiding devices respectively mounted on (or juxtapositioned to) two pillars adjacent to the windshield; or the curtain members being downwardly wound to unveil the windshield of the car, without removing a factory-installed rear-view mirror and without obstructing a driver's head.
Claims9
A car sunshade comprising:
- a pair of curtain members adapted for shielding a right portion and a left portion of a car windshield when upwardly extended;
- at least a driving means operatively driving said curtain members to be upwardly extended or unwound for shielding in the windshield, or operatively lowering said curtain members for retracting or winding the curtain members to be rested on a car dashboard adjacent to the windshield to unveil the windshield;
- and two guiding means respectively disposed on opposite sides of the windshield having one said guiding means secured with said driving means, each said guiding means juxtapositioned to each windshield pillar, said guiding means movably guiding said curtain members upwardly or downwardly when driven by said driving means;
- said curtain member including a lower reel rotatably mounted on the dashboard adjacent to the windshield having a lower portion of the curtain member secured to the reel, and an upper hanger secured to the driving means formed on one said guiding means for securing an upper portion of the curtain member;
- two said curtain members universally coupled by a universal coupling for coupling two lower reels of the two curtain members to be simultaneously driven by the driving means;
- each said lower reel rotatably mounted in a hollow sleeve secured on two reel holders disposed on opposite ends of the reel, having a first reel holder adjacent to the universal coupling, and having a second reel holder secured to a lower end portion of a guiding means;
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- said upper hanger including:
- a hanger sleeve secured to a sliding block slidably held in the guiding means and secured to the driving means to be driven by the driving means;
- and a linking arm slidalby engaged in the hanger sleeve, with the linking arm forming a right arm of a sliding link which consisting of said right linking arm and a left linking arm;
- whereby upon a downward moving of the upper hanger as wound by the lower reel, the sliding link will be slidably protruded outwardly from the hanger sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.