Shading device for a window pane of an automotive vehicle including a flexible shading structure held on a winding shaft. The shaft is disposed in a vehicle-fixed accommodating region with a passage, through and across which passage the shading structure is displaceable between a rest position wound up on the winding shaft and a shading position covering the window pane. The passage is capable of being closed or exposed via a pivotably mounted closing part. A drive system is provided for displacing the shading structure between the rest position and the shading position, and control kinematics are provided, coupled to the drive system, for forced control of an opening or closing movement of the closing part. The control kinematics include a cable pull arrangement provided with a cable control pulley having at least one cable deflection track eccentric in relation to a rotational axis of the cable control pulley.

The present invention relates to a roller blind system for a vehicle roof, comprising two roller blind assemblies, wherein he roller blind web of the first roller blind assembly is designed to be longer in the extension direction than the roller blind web of the second roller blind assembly. At least one compression-resistant drive cable is provided, a first section of which is firmly attached to a pulling hoop of the first roller blind assembly and a second section of which can be detachably engaged with a pulling hoop of the second roller blind assembly. According to the invention, a locking mechanism is provided, which has an elastically deformable clip-on connection, by means of which the second section of the drive cable can be detachably engaged with the pulling hoop of the second roller blind assembly.

Wheel carriage assemblies and related fabric deployment systems and methods are disclosed. A wheel carriage assembly comprising at least one wheel with ball bearings on the interior of each wheel, and a pivot point that allows for position independence, is configured with a hembar coupled to a piece of fabric to allow a surface of varying shape to be covered. The system provides the ability to cover both traditional window shapes as well as surfaces of irregular shape or inclined orientation, and reduces and evens the amount of wear on certain components to extend system life.

This roller shade device is provided with: a shade; a shade take-up roller for taking up the shade; wires which are attached to the shade; wire take-up rollers which are disposed with the axial centers thereof offset from the shade take-up roller and which are used for taking up the wires; reversal pulleys for reversing the direction of the wires; tension imparting means for imparting tension to the shade and the wires by application of bias such that the shade take-up roller and the wire take-up rollers are separated from the reversal pulleys; and interlocking rotating means for rotating the shade take-up roller and the wire take-up rollers in an interlocked manner. According to this roller shade device, a large width can be secured for the shade.

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 drive device for a shade arrangement for vehicles, in particular for a rear window or side window roller blind including a slider that is supported along a movement path and that supports a rod which rod facilitates moving the shade arrangement into a pulled out position or a pulled in position; a rope at which the slider is attached and which is run over an upper deflection arrangement proximal to the pulled out position and a lower deflection arrangement remote from the pulled out position; a drive roller at which the rope is at least attached by friction locking; and a drive motor which rotates the drive roller and moves the slider by the rope between the pulled out position and the pulled in position, wherein the lower deflection arrangement and the upper deflection arrangement are configured without a drive, and wherein the drive motor with the associated drive roller is arranged between the upper deflection arrangement and the lower deflection arrangement.

A protection device for a vehicle interior compartment including a flexible planar structure displaceable between a pulled-out protective position and a rest position. The planar structure is connected to a dimensionally stable pull-out profile, which profile is mounted for longitudinal displacement on each of its opposite sides in a respective guiding structure fixed to the vehicle. A respective cable pull is installed in each guiding structure, each cable pull engaging on a respective one of sliding bodies slidingly mounted in the guiding structure. The sliding body is connected to the pull-out profile such that a torque introduced into the pull-out profile by the cable pull on the sliding body and a counter-torque introduced into the pull-out profile by the planar structure are configured, relative to a longitudinal axis of the pull-out profile extending transversely to the pull-out direction, such that the sliding bodies and the pull-out profile are held in equilibrium during a displacement move.

Protective device for a vehicle interior compartment and rear shelf for a passenger vehicle including a flexible planar structure which is held on a roller blind shaft to be wound up and off between a pulled-out protective position and a compactly stored rest position. The planar structure is connected to a pull-out profile, which pull-out profile is guided on each of its opposite sides in a respective guiding structure for longitudinal displacement between the rest position and the protective position of the planar structure. A drive device is provided for displacement of the pull-out profile, which includes an electric motor and drive transmission extending alongside the guiding structures and operatively connected to the pull-out profile. The roller blind shaft is rotatably mounted, without a winding spring, on opposite face ends in two casing arrangements. The drive transmission includes a cable pull, and a casing arrangement on the drive side is provided with a holder device for the electric motor coupled to both the roller blind shaft and the cable pull via a torque transmission arrangement associated with the casing arrangement on the drive side.

Protection device for a vehicle interior compartment including a flexible planar structure held on a roller blind shaft windable and unwindable between a pulled-out protective position and a compactly stored rest position. The planar structure is connected to a dimensionally stable pull-out profile on a face end region that is in front in the pull-out direction, which profile is guided for longitudinal displacement on each of its opposite sides in a respective guiding structure disposed fixed to the vehicle in the ready-for-use condition. At least one supporting structure is provided for rotatable bearing of the roller blind shaft, wherein the lateral guiding structures are connected to the supporting structure and are pivotably arranged on the supporting structure for an assembly position. Securing elements for releasable fixation of the guiding structures in their assembly position, pivoted towards the supporting structure, are provided on the supporting structure.

Wheel carriage assemblies and related fabric deployment systems and methods are disclosed. A wheel carriage assembly comprising at least one wheel with ball bearings on the interior of each wheel, and a pivot point that allows for position independence, is configured with a hembar coupled to a piece of fabric to allow a surface of varying shape to be covered. The system provides the ability to cover both traditional window shapes as well as surfaces of irregular shape or inclined orientation, and reduces and evens the amount of wear on certain components to extend system life.