Patent classifications
B60J1/2019
USING VISION DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES TO CONTROL SUNLIGHT BLOCKING DEVICES FOR VEHICLES
A motor vehicle includes an inside camera capturing images of a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. An outside camera captures images of an environment outside of the motor vehicle. A movable sunblock device blocks sunlight from impinging upon a portion of the passenger compartment. An electrically powered actuator is coupled to the sunblock device and moves the sunblock device. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to each of the inside camera, the outside camera, and the actuator. The electronic processor receives images captured by each of the inside camera and the outside camera. The electronic processor transmits control signals to the actuator dependent upon the images captured by each of the inside camera and the outside camera.
Shade apparatus
A guide block has a guide projection wall and a guide upper wall. The guide projection wall deviates from an end of a side-held portion in the folded-back state toward the start point of folding-back while moving toward a winding shaft along the longitudinal direction of a guide rail. The guide upper wall deviates in the direction orthogonal to a plane in which a shading sheet is unrolled and toward the shading sheet and abuts on the side-held portion being unfolded while moving toward the winding shaft along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail.
VEHICLE AUTOMATIC WINDOW SUNSCREENS
Vehicle automatic window sunscreens are provided, which may comprise a plurality of roller shades for the windows of a vehicle. Sunscreens are installed for the side windows of the vehicle in addition to the windshield and rear window. The sunscreens block or filter radiant energy to reduce the effects of sunlight and heat on occupants and interior components of, and personal property in, the vehicle. The sunscreens protect infants and children if they are forgotten and left in the vehicle during sunny, hot days.
WINDSHIELD COVER
Provided is a windshield cover with a retractable roll mountable to a first A pillar of a vehicle; and one or more anchors located on a second A pillar of the vehicle; wherein the retractable roll is movable from an initial retracted position to an extended position, and when in the extended position, the retractable roll is attached to the one or more anchors to secure the retractable roll in the extended position, thereby forming a cover across a windshield of the vehicle between the first A pillar and the second A pillar An associated method is also provided.
Shading device for a window pane of an automotive vehicle
Shading device including a shading structure displaceable between a lowered rest position and a deployed shading position in lateral guiding rails fixed to the vehicle. The shading structure is lowered through a passage into an accommodation chamber, wherein the passage is closed by a pivotably mounted lid. A control mechanism transfers the lid, in response to movement of a drive transmission, into an opened position. The control mechanism includes a control slider movably mounted transverse to the direction of displacement of the shading structure and in operative mechanical connection to the lid. The control mechanism includes a deflection device coupling the control slider, upon a movement of the drive transmission, to the drive transmission such that the control slider, upon movement of the drive transmission from the rest position of the shading structure in the direction of the shading position, transfers the closing lid to the opened position.
Roll control device of a vehicle curtain
A roll control device of a vehicle curtain is mounted on a receiving housing and is connected to a curtain rod for wrapping a curtain fabric. The roll control device has a cover, a gear set mounted in the cover, and a one-way transmission assembly and a damping member respectively mounted on a first gear and a second gear of the gear set. The damping member provides rotational resistance to the first gear. When expanding the curtain fabric, with the one-way transmission assembly, the curtain fabric can be easily drawn. When retracting the curtain fabric, with the torsional resistance, the curtain fabric can be smoothly and gently wrapped on the curtain rod without causing noise and excessive vibration.
STRUCTURE FOR UNIFYING MOTOR FOR USE WITH REAR CURTAIN AND POWER TRUNK
A structure for unifying a motor for use with a rear curtain and a power trunk is provided. The structure includes an electromagnetic clutch, which is connected to a hinge arm of a trunk lid via a trunk wire and is connected to a rear curtain via a curtain wire and selectively transmits driving force to the trunk wire or to the curtain wire. Additionally, a rotary motor is connected to the electromagnetic clutch and supplies driving force to the electromagnetic clutch. The trunk wire and the curtain wire are operated by a single rotary motor. Accordingly, the production cost and weight of a vehicle are reduced.
SHADE APPARATUS
A guide block has a guide projection wall and a guide upper wall. The guide projection wall deviates from an end of a side-held portion in the folded-back state toward the start point of folding-back while moving toward a winding shaft along the longitudinal direction of a guide rail. The guide upper wall deviates in the direction orthogonal to a plane in which a shading sheet is unrolled and toward the shading sheet and abuts on the side-held portion being unfolded while moving toward the winding shaft along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail.
Window with shade
A window assembly includes an outer window panel, an inner window panel, a conductive layer disposed at an inner surface of the inner window panel, a spacer element, and a roller shade disposed within an interpane cavity established between the inner and outer window panels by the spacer element. The roller shade has an end fixedly attached at an anchor stop along a perimeter portion of the spacer element. A dielectric layer is disposed between the roller shade and the conductive layer. The roller shade is electrically deployable to coil and uncoil between a coiled light transmitting condition and an at least partially uncoiled light attenuating condition. The roller shade is electrically operable via applying a voltage at the transparent conductive layer and at the anchor stop to uncoil the roller shade from the coiled light transmitting condition to the at least partially uncoiled light attenuating condition.
METHOD FOR OPERATING A ROLLER BLIND ASSEMBLY
A method is provided for operating a roller blind assembly, wherein the roller blind assembly is configured for direct driving of a winding tube and a rollo screen movable between a closed position and an opened position. The method includes operating a motor to drive the winding tube of the rollo assembly, setting a first threshold based on an operating condition, and monitoring an operating parameter indicative of speed of the winding tube. The method further includes assessing when the operating parameter crosses the first threshold, and generating a trigger signal based on the assessment of the operating parameter.