Protective device for a motor vehicle

US6918623B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BOS GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Melf Hansen · Gondelsheim, DE
• Herbert Walter · Großenhain, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 29, 2003
• Grant date: Jul 19, 2005
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R5/047
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A protective device for a motor vehicle comprising a flat sheet which is movably supported between a compactly rolled-up rest position and a pulled-out deployed position, which flat sheet is supported over its pull-out path in guideways in the sides of the vehicle. A drive system is associated with the flat sheet on each side thereof. The two drive systems are connected to one another through a mechanical synchronization gearing assembly.