A tilting sunroof structure may include a roll blind sled connected to a motor via a cable to slide in a longitudinal direction along a mechanism rail to open a roll blind, the mechanism rail being provided on an edge portion of a roof panel of a vehicle; a pushrod assembly allowing the roll blind sled to work in concert with a tilting sled located on the mechanism rail; and a timing assembly located on an end portion of the pushrod assembly to be selectively fastened to the roll blind sled to move the tilting sled, wherein the roll blind sled moves in a backward direction of the vehicle along the mechanism rail to be fastened to the timing assembly, and the roll blind sled fastened to the timing assembly moves further to tilt a sunroof window.

A drive device for a shade for vehicles, the drive device comprising a slider that is movable between a first position and a second position; a rope at which the slider is attached and configured to move the slider between the first position and the second position; a rod mounted at the slider and supported by the slider along a movement path of the rod; a deflection device that deflects the rope coming out of the slider in a first direction into a second opposite direction and that is arranged laterally from the movement path of the rod; a housing in which the deflection device is arranged; a support or guide tube in which the slider is movable and which is arranged at the housing; and a return device which displaces the rope that is deflected into the opposite direction in a direction towards the movement path of the rod.

A door curtain assembly having a variable screening rate structure may include an internal curtain provided to be wound in a door trim and having patterns; an external curtain provided to be wound in the door trim and having a plurality of patterns; a control knob to which an upper edge portion of the internal curtain and an upper edge portion of the external curtain are fixed, and which is configured to adjust the positions of the internal and external curtains so that a rate at which the patterns of the internal curtain and the patterns of the external curtain overlap with each other may be changed, whereby the screening rate may be adjusted; and a curtain hook disposed on an upper end portion of a door frame so that the control knob may be locked to the curtain hook.

A shading system for a split side window of a vehicle, including a main shading structure held on a main winding shaft for movement between a stowed position and a shading position, and an auxiliary shading structure held on an auxiliary winding shaft for movement between a stowed position and a shading position. The main shading structure has a main pull-out profile on an end region and the auxiliary shading structure has an auxiliary pull-out element on an end region, which are lengthwise displaceable in vehicle-fixed guiding tracks for displacement between the stowed and shading positions. The main pull-out profile and the auxiliary pull-out element are guided on one side in adjacent guiding tracks extending in parallel to each other, and the main pull-out profile is associated with a drag device entraining the auxiliary pull-out element during a longitudinal displacement from the stowed position to the shading position.

An apparatus for shielding an occupant of a motor vehicle from sunlight passing through the side windows of the motor vehicle includes a guideway and a shade. The guideway includes a first open lateral end and a second open lateral end. The shade is displaceable along the guideway between a first use position projecting from the first open lateral end, a second use position projecting form the second open lateral end and an intermediate stowed position. A method of shielding an occupant of a motor vehicle from sunlight passing through a first side window and a second side window is also described.

A shade device includes: guide rails extending in parallel to each other in a first direction as one direction; a winding shaft extending in a second direction as a direction orthogonal to the first direction on one end side of both of the guide rails in the first direction; a light-shielding sheet having one end portion coupled to the winding shaft; a rod extending in the second direction and coupled to the other end portion of the light-shielding sheet; sliding members attached to both of the end portions of the rod in a longitudinal direction and slidably supported by both of the guide rails; and guide members are attached to both of the end portions of the rod in the longitudinal direction, slidably supported by both of the guide rails, and fixed in a state where both of the side edges of the light-shielding sheet are folded.

An open roof construction includes a rollo screen and a winding shaft. The screen includes a screen edge which is attached to a stationary member. An operating beam on an opposite edge is movable parallel to the opening in correspondence with the amount of screen wound on or off the winding shaft. The screen has two longitudinal edges which, when the screen is wound off, are brought into engagement with holding members extending alongside the longitudinal edges of the roof opening. The holding members each comprise at least a groove having an elongated opening. An edge area near each edge of the screen is insertable into the respective groove together with a locking member clamping the screen in the groove. The locking member, the edge area of the screen and the groove having a shape and/or dimension preventing the locking member from unintentially leaving the groove through the entrance opening.

A curtain device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first shade bar. A first shade roller is disposed within the first shade bar and a hook portion is provided in an upper side of the first shade bar. A first curtain member has a first transmissivity. One end of the first curtain member is rolled into the first shade roller and an opposite end of the first curtain member is exposed to a bottom of the first shade bar. A second shade bar is adjacent the bottom of the first shade bar. A second shade roller is configured to be disposed inside a door body that is formed in a lower portion of the door frame. A second curtain member having a second transmissivity has one end connected to the second shade bar and an opposite end rolled into the second shade roller.

An apparatus for shielding an occupant of a motor vehicle from sunlight passing through the side windows of the motor vehicle includes a guideway and a shade. The guideway includes a first open lateral end and a second open lateral end. The shade is displaceable along the guideway between a first use position projecting from the first open lateral end, a second use position projecting form the second open lateral end and an intermediate stowed position. A method of shielding an occupant of a motor vehicle from sunlight passing through a first side window and a second side window is also described.

A tilting sunroof structure may include a roll blind sled connected to a motor via a cable to slide in a longitudinal direction along a mechanism rail to open a roll blind, the mechanism rail being provided on an edge portion of a roof panel of a vehicle; a pushrod assembly allowing the roll blind sled to work in concert with a tilting sled located on the mechanism rail; and a timing assembly located on an end portion of the pushrod assembly to be selectively fastened to the roll blind sled to move the tilting sled, wherein the roll blind sled moves in a backward direction of the vehicle along the mechanism rail to be fastened to the timing assembly, and the roll blind sled fastened to the timing assembly moves further to tilt a sunroof window.