Window shade
AssigneeIrvin Automotive Products, Inc.
InventorsJoseph P. Wieczorek, Bryan Busha
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Abstract
A window shade for use in an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The window shade includes a roll tube having a shade panel fixed to the roll tube at one end thereof. The window shade also includes a center bearing ranged within the roll tube. The window shade also includes an end bearing arranged at each end of the tube. The window shade also includes a cord arranged over the center bearing and within, the roll tube. The window shade also has an axle arranged in each end thereof with the cord passing through an orifice and wrapped around the end of each axle within the interior of the roll tube.
Claims19
A window shade drive for use with a window shade in a vehicle, said shade drive including:
- a roll tube;
- a resilient cord arranged within said roll tube;
- a center bearing mounted inside the roll tube and located at the longitudinal center of said roll tube;
- said center bearing having a first groove on an outer surface thereof and a second groove arranged on an opposite side of said center bearing, with a portion of the said resilient cord located within each groove;
- an axle having an orifice in one end, said cord is arranged in said orifice of said axle;
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- an end bearing arranged within an end of said roll tube.
A shade for use on a window in a vehicle, said shade including:
- a roll tube;
- a shade panel fixed to said roll tube at one end thereof;
- a resilient cord arranged within said roll tube;
- a center bearing mounted inside the roll tube and located at the longitudinal center of said roll tube;
- said center bearing having a first groove on an outer surface thereof and a second groove arranged on an opposite side of said center bearing, with a portion of the said resilient cord located within each groove;
- an axle arranged in each end of said roll tube, said axle having a first diameter for a predetermined portion thereof and a second diameter that is less than said first diameter for another predetermined portion thereof, said first diameter portion of said axle having an orifice therein, said cord having a generally oval shape with respect to said axles and said center bearing when the shade is in a retracted position;
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- an end bearing arranged in each end of said roll tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.