Abstract: A side bar device is adapted to be connected to a retractable shade member of a sunshade assembly. The sunshade assembly includes a housing unit that is formed with a slot. The shade member has a free end portion disposed in the housing unit when the shade member is retracted and adapted to extend outwardly of the housing unit through the slot when the shade member is expanded. The side bar device includes a side bar member adapted to be connected to the free end portion of the shade member, and a cover member having a coupling segment that is coupled removably to the side bar member, and a cover segment that is adapted to be disposed outside the housing unit to cover separably the slot of the housing unit.

Abstract: A spring drive device is for use with a sunshade assembly which includes a coupling shaft coaxial to and rotatable with a winding shaft and formed with a guided path. The spring drive device includes a spring member disposed in and connected to a shell unit. A connecting shaft is formed with a guideway which has an initial region engaged with the spring member, such that when the connecting shaft is moved along a coupling route, the guideway is kept in slidable engagement with the spring member until a relay region of the guideway reaches the spring member. The connecting shaft is engageable with the coupling shaft to align the guided path with the guideway such that when the movement of the connecting shaft is continued after the relay region reaches the spring member, the guided path is brought to take over the slidable engagement with the spring member.

Abstract: A pull bar device includes a pull bar unit that is adapted to be connected to a shade member, and that has a hole-defining surface portion defining an engagement hole that is adapted to be engaged removably with a hook member, and a cushion unit that is connected to the pull bar unit, that is exposed from the engagement hole, and that is adapted for biasing resiliently the hook member to abut against the hole-defining surface portion.

Abstract: A sunshade device for a vehicle includes a sunshade cloth that has two opposite lateral ends inserted respectively into two track rails, a fixed end fixed to a winding shaft assembly, and a pull end interconnecting the lateral ends oppositely of the fixed end. A cross bar is attached to the pull end and extends between the track rails. A tensioning unit includes a spring disposed within the cross bar, a buffer sleeve disposed around the spring, and two tension cords each having an intermediate section attached to one of two lateral ends of the sunshade cloth, a first end section connected to one end of the spring, and a second end section connected to the winding shaft assembly. The tension cords prevent the sunshade cloth from becoming slack.

Abstract: A semi-automatic sunshade device includes a housing receiving a winding shaft to hold a shading cloth. An upstanding guide rod for operating the shading cloth is inserted into a guide rod case disposed beneath the housing. A buffer support is disposed between the housing and the guide rod case to hold a hollow moving body. The guide rod extends through the hollow moving body and is clamped movably by buffer members that are disposed inside the moving body in rolling contact with the guide rod. The buffer members hinder movements of the guide rod and are able to prevent impact forces when the shading cloth is stretched or un-stretched.

Abstract: A sunshade assembly includes two rail seats, a shade member and a guide unit. The shade member has a main portion and two foldable portions connected respectively to left and right sides of the main portion. The guide unit includes two guide members mounted respectively to the rail seats. Each guide member has a guide groove for receiving a portion of a respective one of the foldable portions of the shade member, and a guide surface formed in the guide groove. When the shade member is unwound, the foldable portions pass through the guide grooves and are urged to be folded through guidance of the guide surfaces before entering and being confined in the rail seats.

Abstract: A method of making a sunshade device includes the steps of: attaching two tension cords to left and right sides of a sunshade cloth, and allowing the tension cords to extend beyond front and rear ends thereof to form front and rear cord extension sections; fixing the rear cord extension sections to a latch unit and a spring unit, respectively, and inserting the latch and spring units respectively into opposite ends of a tubular winding shaft; clamping the rear end of the sunshade cloth; drawing the front cord extension sections to move the winding shaft close to the rear end of the sunshade cloth; using two cord-pulling tools to pull the respective front cord extension sections; fixing the front cord extension sections to the respective end pieces; and fixing the winding shaft to the sunshade cloth.

Abstract: A sunshading apparatus includes a sunshade cloth having top and bottom ends respectively connected to a cross bar and a winding shaft. The cross bar has two opposite end pieces connected respectively to two track rails. The sunshade cloth passes through the passage opening. Two cover units close openably two opposite end portions of a passage opening formed in a rear window shelf of the vehicle. Each cover unit has two cover plates disposed pivotally at two transversely opposed sides of the passage opening and movable toward each other to a closing position that covers the corresponding end piece, or away from each other to an opening position that permits passage of the corresponding end piece.

Abstract: A sunshade assembly includes a housing having a top opening, a winding shaft mounted rotatably in the housing, a sunshade cloth wound around the winding shaft, a pull rod connected to one end of the sunshade cloth and disposed external to the top opening, and a guide unit including a tubular casing mounted below the housing, and a guide rod extending downward from the pull rod and slidable in the tubular casing. A buffer unit includes a driven member mounted to the guide rod, and a buffer mounted to the tubular casing. When the sunshade cloth is moved by the winding shaft to a wound position from a stretched position, the guide rod is moved downward along with the pull rod until the driven member contacts the buffer, thereby retarding a downward movement speed of the guide rod to reduce a winding speed of the sunshade cloth.

Abstract: A sunshade assembly includes a sunshade unit having a winding shaft, a sunshade cloth wound around the winding shaft, and a pull rod connected to one end of the sunshade cloth. A guide unit includes a tubular casing mounted below the housing and extending in a top-bottom direction, and a guide rod extending downward from the pull rod and slidable in the tubular casing. A positioning mechanism includes a locking unit, and a biasing unit for biasing the locking unit. When the sunshade cloth is moved from a wound position to a stretched position, the guide rod moves upward bringing along the pull rod until a bottom end of the guide rod reaches a top portion of the tubular casing, and the biasing unit biases the locking unit to lock the guide rod against movement relative to the tubular casing, thereby positioning the sunshade cloth in the stretched position.

Abstract: A sunshade device includes a winding shaft, two track rails, a sunshade cloth with two ends respectively connected to a cross bar and a winding shaft, two end piece units connected respectively to two opposite ends of the cross bar and each having a headed pivot, and two sliding units each having a pivot plate pivotally and detachably attached to one of the end piece units through the headed pivot. Because the pivot plate can be easily and quickly attached to or detached from the headed pivot, assembly or disassembly of the sunshade device of the present invention is convenient.

Abstract: A sunshade device for a vehicle includes a sunshade cloth that has two opposite lateral ends inserted respectively into two track rails, a fixed end fixed to a winding shaft assembly, and a pull end interconnecting the lateral ends oppositely of the fixed end. A cross bar is attached to the pull end and extends between the track rails. A tensioning unit includes a spring disposed within the cross bar, a buffer sleeve disposed around the spring, and two tension cords each having an intermediate section attached to one of two lateral ends of the sunshade cloth, a first end section connected to one end of the spring, and a second end section connected to the winding shaft assembly. The tension cords prevent the sunshade cloth from becoming slack.

Abstract: A sunshade assembly includes a housing having a top opening, a winding shaft mounted rotatably in the housing, a sunshade cloth wound around the winding shaft, a pull rod connected to the sunshade cloth and disposed external to the top opening, a tubular casing mounted below the housing, a guide rod extending downward from the pull rod and slidable in the tubular casing, a buffer disposed beside the tubular casing to provide a buffer resistance to the guide rod, and a driven member driven by the guide rod and moving the buffer. When the sunshade cloth is moved by the winding shaft to a wound position from a stretched position external to the housing, the guide rod is moved downward along with the pull rod until the guide rod pushes downward the driven member, thereby reducing a downward moving speed of the guide rod.

Abstract: In a sunshade device, a track rail includes two rail halves connected to each other to confine a rail groove and extending along a length direction. Each rail half has a groove-confining part, and an abutment part connected to the groove-confining part. The abutment part of each rail half has an abutment surface to abut against the abutment surface of the other rail half, an outer surface opposite to the abutment surface, and at least one aligning hole extending through the abutment and outer surfaces. The aligning holes of the abutment parts serve to align the abutment parts during assembly of the rail halves.

Abstract: A sunshading apparatus includes a sunshade cloth having top and bottom ends respectively connected to a cross bar and a winding shaft. The cross bar has two opposite end pieces connected respectively to two track rails. The sunshade cloth passes through the passage opening. Two cover units close openably two opposite end portions of a passage opening formed in a rear window shelf of the vehicle. Each cover unit has two cover plates disposed pivotally at two transversely opposed sides of the passage opening and movable toward each other to a closing position that covers the corresponding end piece, or away from each other to an opening position that permits passage of the corresponding end piece.

Abstract: A guide rail device includes a guide rail and a connecting seat. The guide rail is adapted to be disposed in an inner surface of a C-column, and has an elongated tube body and a first connection disposed at a bottom of the elongated tube body. The connecting seat is disposed below the elongated tube body, and has a tubular seat body adapted to be disposed at one end of a winding shaft, and a second connection provided on the tubular seat body. One of the first and second connections is configured as a socket body, and the other one of the first and second connections is configured as a bent leg fitted in the socket body.

Abstract: A guide rail device includes a guide rail adapted to be disposed in an inner surface of a C-column and having a rail body and a connecting part disposed at a bottom of the rail body. The connecting part has two symmetrical projecting studs respectively projecting frontward and rearward. A connecting seat is connected to the bottom of the rail body, and has a seat body adapted to be disposed at one end of a winding shaft, and two symmetrical engaging portions provided on the seat body. The projecting studs are respectively inserted into the engaging portions in a top-to-bottom direction.

Abstract: A coupling device for a sunshade assembly includes a slide block, an insert block and a plug component. The slide block has spaced-apart first and second block bodies connected to a guide member of the sunshade assembly. The first block body has an engaging portion formed on a hole-defining surface that defines a first through hole. The insert block is connected to a cross bar of the sunshade assembly, extends between the first and second block bodies, and is formed with a plug hole registered with the first through hole. The plug component is inserted through the plug hole from the first through hole, and is formed with a first engaging part engaging the engaging portion of the first block body, and a second engaging part spaced apart from the first engaging part and moving over the engaging portion of the first block body during the insertion of the plug member.

Abstract: A positioning assembly is mounted to a partitioning screen including a roller and a screen member. The positioning assembly includes a side strip mounted to a free end of the screen member, two tubular pulling rods, a resilient member, and two retaining rods. Each pulling rod has an inserted segment extending telescopically into the side strip and an extending segment exposed from the respective pulling rod, and formed with a force-bearing portion having a structural strength weaker than a remaining portion of a corresponding pulling rod so as to serve as a point of deformation or fracture when the corresponding pulling rod experiences impact. The resilient member is disposed in the side strip and has opposite ends connected respectively to the pulling rods. Each retaining rod has a connecting portion connected to a respective extending segment, and a securing portion extending away from the side strip for retaining the screen member at an unwound state.

Abstract: A window blind includes a rod and a support unit. The support unit is disposed on an end portion of the rod, and includes an end cover, a fixing pillar, a support pillar, an inserting tube, and a metallic brace member. The end cover has an outer surface and an inner surface. The fixing pillar includes a rectangular pillar body having a pair of opposing wide faces and a pair of opposing narrow faces. The support pillar extends from the inner surface of the end cover and into the rod. The inserting tube is sleeved rotatably on the support pillar and inserted fixedly into the rod. The metallic brace member includes a ring portion, two wing portions, and two engaging portions.