Shade tarp as sun shield

US6874845B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Engl · Birkenfeld, DE
• Attila Güven · Weilheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 11, 2003
• Grant date: Apr 5, 2005
• Expiry date: Aug 11, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J1/2052
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sun shield which can be moved between an operating position under a translucent or transparent roof area of a motor vehicle roof (4) and a rest area next to this roof area, with a shade tarp (10) which is located underneath the roof (4) and which can be wound onto a take-up roller (12). A free end (22) of the shade tarp (10) is fixed in a transverse bow (18, 118) with pre-tensioning in the transverse direction in the transverse bow (18). Fixing of the free end (22) of the shade tarp (10) in the transverse bow (18, 118) is preferably via insertion of a turn-down portion of the free end of the tarp (10) into a groove of the transverse bow (18, 118) where it is held by pins or clamping elements formed by plastic deformation of areas of the transverse bow (18, 118).