Patents Assigned to BOS GmbH & Co. KG
  • Sunshade actuation device
    Patent number: 7503374
    Abstract: A winder is provided near a quarter window of a rear door. A shade member is drawably mounted about the winder. A connecting piece is connected to a drawing arm and mounted to the rear portion of the shade member. A shoe is mounted to a bottom end of the drawing arm. The shoe engages with a regulatory groove extending in a drawing direction of the shade member. A driving cable is connected to the shoe. The shade member can be drawn out across the window by the drawing arm via the sending out of the driving cable by an operating mechanism. Since the regulatory groove extends substantially in a circle, when the shoe moves through engagement with the regulatory groove, the connecting piece connected to the drawing arm pivots relative to the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kouichi Takeuchi, Akihiro Tamaki, Yeong-Hak Yoo
  • REAR WINDOW ROLLER BLIND WITH ANGLED SUPPORT RAIL
    Publication number: 20090050278
    Abstract: A rear window roller blind is provided that has a winding shaft that is rotatably seated between winding shaft bearing pieces. The two winding shaft bearing pieces are fixed to one another by a connecting strut. The connecting strut consists of an angled profile rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Harry Weinbrenner, Olaf Buhl
  • Combination type cargo screen movable front and rear
    Patent number: 7481478
    Abstract: A cargo screen includes a main body, mounted in a luggage compartment of a vehicle, and housing a barrier net and a cover screen. A screen moving device includes guide parts mounted to the sides of the luggage compartment; a fixing rail part attached along a length direction of the guide parts and provided with gear teeth; an operation lever part, movably mounted on the fixing rail part to move in a length direction of the fixing rail part by user manipulation; and a moving rail part, coupled to the operation lever part and housing an end of the main body. The moving rail part is moved along the length direction of the fixing rail part by the operation lever part, and is provided with gear teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hoo Taek Cho, Dae Ik Jung
  • LEVER ROLL-UP SHADE WITH STOP DAMPER
    Publication number: 20090014136
    Abstract: A lever actuated roll-up shade assembly for motor vehicle windows having a stop brake for slowing down movement of actuating levers of the roll-up shade assembly during movement into a position corresponding to the retracted position of the roller shade so as to prevent loud impact noises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jan Lekar
  • ELECTRIC SIDE-WINDOW ROLL-UP SHADE
    Publication number: 20080315615
    Abstract: A side-window roll-up shade for the front doors of motor vehicles which has a relatively short wind-up shaft housed in the region of a back edge of the window in the door frame. A short guide rail extends above the top edge of the window for guiding a slide, which is connected to a tip of the roll-up shade. For driving the roll-up shade, an electric drive with a cord is provided, with the cord extending around the window opening as a closed loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jan LEKAR
  • Rear seat back with height-adjustable center armrest
    Patent number: 7458634
    Abstract: A center armrest for rear seat backs of cars that comprises an armrest upper part and an armrest lower part that are joined together by means of a hinge located at an end face of the armrest. Within a hollow central portion of the armrest, a control mechanism is provided by which the thickness of the armrest is automatically adjusted when the armrest is swiveled down from an out-of-use position where it functions as part of the seat back into the armrest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Schlecht, Jürgen Salewski, Hartmut Bohlke, Wolfgang Sitzler, Olaf Büschgens
  • REAR-WINDOW ROLLER BLIND WITH BACK-SEAT SHELF AS A SUPPORT ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20080289776
    Abstract: In a rear-window roller blind for motor vehicles in which a rear half of a back-seat shelf, which is located between the rear window and the pull-out slot for the rear-window roller blind, is used as a support element for the roller blind. The back-seat shelf half is made either from a wood material or is a plastic molded part. Through alternative arrangements, it is ensured that the temperature expansion and contraction of the components of the roller blind and its support are accommodated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Starzmann, Herbert Walter
  • Functional unit for a vehicle interior
    Patent number: 7445262
    Abstract: A functional unit for a vehicle interior has a dimensionally stable functional profile including two mutually opposite end regions which are arranged in a longitudinally movable manner along profiled guide structures arranged in the vehicle interior. Provision is made for each end region to be provided with at least one rolling element, which is mounted on the end region in a manner such that it can rotate about at least one axis of rotation such that, during a longitudinal movement of the end region, the rolling element rolls along at least one surface region of the associated profiled guide structure. The functional unit is used for loading-space coverings in passenger vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Bos GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Zaiser, Peter Seidl, Thomas Seeg
  • SIDE WINDOW ROLLER BLIND WITH HINGED PULL ROD AND RECTANGULAR SUPPORT ROD
    Publication number: 20080230190
    Abstract: A window roller blind that has a shade, the free end of which is connected to a pull rod. In order to guide movement of the pull rod during extension and retraction of the roller blind, a support rod is connected to pull rod by means of articulated connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Melf Hansen
  • SIDE WINDOW ROLL-UP SHADE WITH CABLE DRIVE
    Publication number: 20080223531
    Abstract: A side window roll-up shade which has a pull rod attached to a movable edge of a roll-up shade material. The pull rod is carried by two support rods which are guided so that they can move vertically within the door body. At the bottom end of each support rod, a cable is attached, which runs either to a spring motor or to a cable pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jan LEKAR, Melf Hansen
  • Roller blind with perforated band drive
    Publication number: 20080216973
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for roller blinds of motor vehicles is provided. The drive arrangement includes a housing that contains a chamber for accommodating a spring steel band that is pre-formed in a spiral shape in a similar manner to a clockwork spring. The spring steel band is equidistantly perforated in the longitudinal direction and moves over a drive gear that is configured similarly to a barbed wire and driven by a geared motor. The projections of the drive gear engage with the holes of the spring steel band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Herbert Walter
  • Rear-window roller blind without residual open gap
    Patent number: 7396067
    Abstract: A rear window roller blind for motor vehicles which has a pull rod assembly with a contoured plate. The contoured plate is used to close the segmented residual gap between the straight pull rod assembly and the curved top edge of the rear window. In order for the contoured plate to lie flush with a rear shelf below the rear window when the roller blind is in a retracted position, it is pivotable about a longitudinal axis of the pull rod assembly during movement of the pull rod between its retracted and extended positions. Such rotational movement is controlled by the contour of guide rails within which the pull rod is guided during such pull out movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Thumm, Fekadu Kebede
  • Protection device with replaceable adaptor parts
    Patent number: 7392834
    Abstract: 1. Protection device with replaceable adaptor parts. 2.1. The invention relates to a protection device for a motor vehicle with a blind or screen functional unit comprising a flexible fabric which can be wound up and down with respect to a blind or screen shaft and which is terminally provided with adaptor parts replaceably fittable to end caps of the screen functional unit for a vehicle-individual, positive and/or non-positive fitting within a vehicle interior. 2.2. Use for a vehicle interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Mark Davenport, Mike Uhazie, Carsten Meyer, Herbert Walter
  • Center armrest with parallel adjustment capability
    Publication number: 20080150341
    Abstract: An armrest for motor vehicles, especially a center armrest, is provided that includes an upper part and a lower part. These two parts of the armrest are connected to each other by two articulation arrangements. Each of the articulation arrangements has two degrees of freedom, namely a rotational axis and a translational axis. In addition, locking devices are associated with each articulation arrangement, in order to lock the articulation arrangement in arbitrary translational positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jurgen Salewski
  • Roll-up sunroof shade
    Publication number: 20080142172
    Abstract: A roll-up sunroof shade is provided that includes two guide rails running along the sides of the shade sheet. The shade sheet is cut wider than corresponds to the clear distance between the guide rails. While being pulled out, the shade sheet is forced by an appropriate geometry at the inlet end of the guide rails to form a tube-like loop around a piping member that moves along with it. Due to the wrapping of the piping member, the shade sheet is held in place perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Melf Hansen, Wolfgang Stark
  • Triangular window shade for motor vehicles
    Publication number: 20080142173
    Abstract: A window shade for the triangular window of a rear side door of a motor vehicle is provided which includes a guide rail that extends substantially over the entire bottom edge. In the vicinity of the winding shaft, either a pocket is present or the guide rail from there becomes after a short transitional arc a section that runs at a slant. The sliding body of the slide that runs in the guide rail is rotated appropriately to align the connection arm of the slide parallel to the window post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Melf Hansen
  • Automatically opening cargo compartment cover
    Publication number: 20080088145
    Abstract: A cargo compartment cover is provided that includes guide rail arrangements on either side of the cover sheet in order to bring the cover sheet into a intermediate position starting from the closed position. To transfer the cover sheet between these two positions, two separate gear motors are provided which are not synchronized together. The gear motors run completely independently of one another electrically and mechanically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Werner Schlecht
  • Loading-space protection device for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 7354087
    Abstract: A loading-space protection device includes a holding unit, in which at least one winding shaft for winding up or unwinding a flexible sheet-like structure is mounted, and fastening means for securing the holding unit in a functional position, fixed on the vehicle, in mounts on the vehicle. At least one fastening means is assigned at least one securing means which is mounted moveably in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle between a blocking position, which blocks the fastening means in its fastening position within the mount on the vehicle in an interlocking manner, and a rest position, which is disengaged from the fastening means, in such a manner that severe longitudinal accelerations of the vehicle, in particular positive or negative accelerations in the form of a front or rear impact, lead to the securing means being displaced into the blocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Bos GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marina Ehrenberger, Herbert Walter
  • Roll-up shade drive with spring motor and reduced drive force
    Publication number: 20080078513
    Abstract: A roll-up window shade for motor vehicle windows is provided that has guide rails running at the side of the extended shade element. A linear push element is provided for each guide rail. Each push element is driven by a separate gear. Therefore, complicated guide tubes, which among other problems generate a lot of friction, are eliminated. A trunk cover has a guide rail on each side of the shade element. For driving the shade element, a push element is provided for each guide rail. The push element is constructed as a non-endless drive element. Each push element is driven by a separate motor and a separate gear. Electrical synchronization of the motors is not provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Melf Hansen
  • Roll-up window shade with reduced-friction drive
    Publication number: 20080073041
    Abstract: Two drive gears are provided as an extension of the guide rails for driving a roll-up window shade for a motor vehicle. The drive gears are coupled to the winding shaft in a rotationally elastic manner. The driving is carried out via a geared motor, which acts either on the gears or on the winding shaft. The positioning of the drive gears as an extension of the guide rails avoids the guide tubes used in prior art arrangements. Thus, the friction losses found in the prior art, which consume up to 80% of the drive force, are avoided. Furthermore, manufacturing is simplified because the connection tubes having a complicated shape are not needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Melf Hansen, Wolfgang Stark