Automobile Windshield Weather Protector Or Sunshield Patents (Class 160/370.21)
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Publication number: 20130213590Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful magnetic screen device for recreational use with vehicles and a method of use. This invention is believed to be useful by offering a device which is removeably attached to a vehicle over openings or windows thereby allowing the free flow of air throughout the interior cabin of the vehicle. While in place, this device keeps particulate matter or pests from entering the car, and keeps the interior of the car from overheating in the sun. This device does not require installation, is easy to wash and store after use. The device also provides a surface upon which a decorative element can be printed—for example a team logo or mascot. It is intended that this device not be used when the vehicle is in motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Inventor: Roger Apostolico
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Publication number: 20130174992Abstract: A system for shading a window of a motor vehicle. The system has a shade material, a first portion of the shade material is adapted to cover an area of the window, a second portion of the shade material is adapted to be located outside the window and a bent portion adapted to be bent over an edge of the window. The system further includes at least one clip with a first leg and a second leg. The first leg and the second leg are adapted to press on the shade material thereby frictionally attaching the shade material to the window with the first leg and the second leg.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Inventor: Lior Biniamin HADDAD
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Patent number: 8479787Abstract: A vehicle cover having a plurality of handles with tethers disposed along its longitudinal meridian for easy manipulation of said handles and attached cover so as to lift the cover and dislodge accumulated snow and/or ice. Additionally the present invention has a plurality of fastening clips for increased sustainment of the covers positioning against wind and environmental elements.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Inventors: Lakeram Sahadeo, George F. Mesiha
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Publication number: 20130160957Abstract: A shading system for a glass-covered vehicle opening includes a pull rod guided between a pair of guide rails. A shading element is attached to the pull rod and is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. Teeth are formed in the guide rails. Gear wheels at opposite ends of the pull rod mesh with the teeth in the guide rails. The pull rod has a gear drive which rotatably couples the gear wheels together.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicants: AKO KUNSTSTOFFE ALFRED KOLB GMBH, DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Martin Boch, Harald Mueller, Alexander Wagner
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Patent number: 8430445Abstract: An impact resistant cover for protecting a vehicle windshield is made up of a plurality of spaced apart rectangular panels, the panels having a flexible, puncture resistant, covering, the covering enclosing a resilient material having a thickness of between 0.5 and 1.5 inches. Flexible webs interconnect the panels while enabling the panels to lie in a common plane in a first selective positioning of the panels, and alternately to lie one panel atop the next panel in a vertically aligned stack of all of the panels, in a second selective positioning of the panels. Handles permit the stack to be carried easily and straps allow the cover to be secured to a vehicle's doors or windows while lying on the vehicles windshield.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Inventor: James Williams
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Publication number: 20130082485Abstract: A shading system is provided, such as an overhead shading system for a panoramic window of a motor vehicle, which includes, but is not limited to a holding frame for attachment to a motor vehicle body. The holding frame exhibits a cross member, a first longitudinal member joined with the cross member, and a second longitudinal member joined with the cross member, a transverse strip guided so that it can slide from the first longitudinal member and second longitudinal member in order to activate a shading device coupled with the cross member and transverse strip, such as a roller blind or window shade, for at least partially covering a window opening bordered by the holding frame and transverse strip, and a guide connected with the holding frame, in particular a guiding rope.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
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Patent number: 8387676Abstract: A shading system for a window comprising a panel having a shape and size that covers at least a portion of the window when the panel is placed over the window. The shading system may include a first plurality of magnets in the panel and a second plurality of magnets for securement to the inside surface of the window. The first and second plurality of magnets removably securing the panel over the window of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Inventors: Roger Hunckler, Clare A. Hunckler
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Patent number: 8365799Abstract: A window covering is configured for attachment to a window frame of a vehicle to cover an opening defined in the window frame. The window covering includes a casing, a panel, a first magnet, and a second magnet. The casing includes a first member and a second member. The casing includes a ferromagnetic material. The panel is attached to first and second members and covers the hole. The first magnet and second magnet are magnetically attached to the respective first member and second member. The first and second magnets are configured to be magnetically attached to the window frame. The magnets are permanent magnets. Each magnet is configured to exert a pull force sufficient to retain the window covering to the window frame of the vehicle such that the casing of the window covering does not move relative to the window frame during motion of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2011Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: NSV LLCInventor: Victor Harris
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Patent number: 8342226Abstract: A collapsible sunshade according to the present invention has a panel comprising a foldable frame member having a folded and an unfolded orientation, the frame member defining a periphery for the panel with an interior space inside of the periphery, a meshed material covering the interior space defined by the frame member to form the panel when the frame member is in the unfolded orientation, and a shade fabric having at least a portion thereof removably attached to the panel so that the shade fabric can assume a first position in which the shade fabric completely overlies, in a planar manner, the meshed material, and a second position where the portion of the shade fabric that is removably attached to the panel is disengaged from the panel to expose a portion of the meshed material.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Patent Category Corp.Inventor: Yu Zheng
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Publication number: 20120305205Abstract: A shading system in accordance with an exemplary embodiment is provided. The shading system includes a roof guiding arrangement and a shading arrangement movable into various shading positions in the roof guiding arrangement so as to variably shade a passenger compartment. A restraining arrangement is configured to restrain the shading arrangement independently of position and/or as a function of acceleration to prevent an unintended shifting of the shading arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Frank ANNAWALD, Bernd WEBER
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Patent number: 8322775Abstract: A transparent laminated structure having multiple peel-away laminated film layers for protecting windscreens, particularly windscreens of rotary aircraft, from environmental conditions. The laminated structure includes at least one laminated layer wherein each layer includes a film, a bonding layer on a first major side of the film for releaseably attaching the film to either the windscreen or to an adjacent laminated film layer, a conductive material on a second major side of the film for dissipating electrostatic charging in the laminated structure that may occur due to accumulated precipitation static during aircraft fight, and a hard coat layer for protecting the relatively softer film against abrasion. As the outermost film layer becomes degraded below acceptable levels, that film may be easily removed, exposing a subsequent unblemished film layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2008Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: VTOL, LLCInventors: Brent W. Barbee, E. Andrew Hough
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Patent number: 8292347Abstract: A transparent laminated structure having multiple peel-away laminated film layers for protecting windscreens, particularly windscreens of rotary aircraft, from environmental conditions. The laminated structure includes at least one laminated layer wherein each layer includes a film, a bonding layer on a first major side of the film for releaseably attaching the film to either the windscreen or to an adjacent laminated film layer, optionally a conductive material on a second major side of the film for dissipating electrostatic charging in the laminated structure that may occur due to accumulated precipitation static during aircraft fight, and a hard coat layer for protecting the relatively softer film against abrasion. A keyed removal system is provided simplify determining the number of film layers remaining on the windscreen and to aid in the sequential removal of film layers which become degraded below acceptable levels, thereby exposing a subsequent unblemished film layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: VTOL, LLCInventors: Reginald J. Drake, Brent W. Barbee
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Patent number: 8286688Abstract: A vehicle cover is provided for covering a driver side window, central windshield, and passenger side window. The cover includes a central windshield panel, a right wing panel, and a left wing panel. The right wing panel forms a pocket with three closed sides, and an open bottom edge for covering a driver side window and frame of a vehicle. The left wing panel is a pocket formed by three closed sides and an open bottom edge so as to enclose a passenger side window and frame of the vehicle. The vehicle cover prevents ice build up on the covered windshield and side windows so as to eliminate the need to scrape ice from the windshield and side windows. The cover also blocks harmful environmental conditions that may damage both the interior and exterior of a vehicle during all times of the year.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Inventor: Galen Crozier
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Publication number: 20120247025Abstract: Fine perforated shield (1) for automobiles having the same dimension as the window and being supported by a reinforcing frame (2). This shield should provide aeration to the automobiles to prevent suffocation, asphyxia or even death of the remaining passengers when the driver is forced to stop the motor for taking a break or sleeping for refreshment during long travels. It also should protect against mosquitos, reptiles, snakes etc. and especially against robbers and thieves. The arrangement is placed to the inside position of the glass window and includes additional nm channels and seals. It is resistant to cutting, scratching and burning and can be controlled manually or electrically with a window regulator having a locking button.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventor: Azza Abd El-Moneim El-Segal
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Patent number: 8277916Abstract: A protection system kit is provided for at least one vehicular window panel mounted in a window opening of a vehicle. The kit comprises a film unit supply assembly including a release liner and a multi-layer, self-adhesive film unit. The film unit includes a first film layer and a first adhesive layer releasably securing the first film layer to the release liner. The film unit further includes a second film layer secured to the first film layer on the release liner by a second adhesive layer. The second film layer is selectively removable from the first film layer by peeling the second film layer away from the first film layer. The first adhesive layer is adapted to secure the first film layer to a vehicular window panel in an associated window opening of a vehicle. The first and second film layers are pre-configured to fit the window opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Clear Defense, LLCInventors: Tonya M. Cockman, Patrick Haden Jennings, Donald C. Martin
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Publication number: 20120234509Abstract: A window covering is configured for attachment to a window frame of a vehicle to cover an opening defined in the window frame. The window covering includes a casing, a panel, a first magnet, and a second magnet. The casing includes a first member and a second member. The casing includes a ferromagnetic material. The panel is attached to first and second members and covers the hole. The first magnet and second magnet are magnetically attached to the respective first member and second member. The first and second magnets are configured to be magnetically attached to the window frame. The magnets are permanent magnets. Each magnet is configured to exert a pull force sufficient to retain the window covering to the window frame of the vehicle such that the casing of the window covering does not move relative to the window frame during motion of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2011Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: NSV LLCInventor: Victor Harris
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Publication number: 20120186758Abstract: A sunshade device including: a windup device; a screen attached to the windup device so as to be drawn therefrom and housed therein; a stay attached to a drawing-side edge of the screen and including a pair of connecting end portions; and a pair of arms configured to change a position between a folded position and an extended position through a rotary movement. The pair of arms each include: a pivot base including a one-end-side portion extending toward a vertical frame side in the extended position and the other-end-side portion extending along the vertical frame; and an arm portion connected the other-end-side portion and extending along the vertical frame, and the pair of connecting end portions are each configured so as to extend and retract in a state of being biased in an extending direction along a drawing/housing direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Naochika Katada
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Publication number: 20120186757Abstract: A movable screen or visor for a window adjacent a trim liner includes a contour rod movable from a stowed position to a deployed position. The contour rod includes a forward end, an offset portion, and a rearward end opposite the forward end from the offset portion. The screen also includes a shade member operatively attached to the contour rod. The shade member is disposed within the trim liner when the contour rod is in the stowed position and is disposed outside of the trim liner in the deployed position. The shade member blocks a portion of the window when the contour rod is in the deployed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: ALBERT H. BUTLIN, JR., JAMES G. GOBART
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Patent number: 8226160Abstract: Provided is a vehicular roof structure, which can adjust the quantity of daylighting and which can be set to give a sense of spaciousness to a passenger in the rear seat by the wide field of view from the vehicular upper side while blocking the incident light upon the front seat side. Three louvers are enabled to change their angles of inclination with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. If the individual louvers arranged at the blocking positions are oriented to slope in a slightly downward direction of the vehicle toward the rear side thereof, a passenger in a rear seat can see, while an incident light to the front seat side is being blocked by the three louvers, the outside of the upper side of the vehicle through the three inclined louvers.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Hirai, Hitoshi Yasuda
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Publication number: 20120180960Abstract: Included are: a shade; a housing member to which the shade is mounted so as to be extended/housed through an opening; a lid body disposed in the housing member so as to open/close the opening and configured to rotate about a rotation axis of a shaft portion between an opened position and a closed position along with an extending/housing movement of the shade; and a spring member configured to bias the lid body in a rotation direction. The spring member is disposed so as to change a direction of a biasing force along with a rotary movement of the lid body so that a rotational biasing force in an opening direction is exerted on the lid body in a state in which the lid body is opened and that a rotational biasing force in a closing direction is exerted on the lid body in a state in which the lid body is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeaki Oya, Soshi Yasuda
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Patent number: 8215696Abstract: A vehicle sun visor includes a sun visor main body, an auxiliary visor provided on the sun visor main body, and a support mechanism that is provided between the sun visor main body and the auxiliary visor and supports the auxiliary visor with respect to the sun visor main body so as to be movable along a longitudinal direction of the sun visor main body and so as to be rotatable about an axis orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the sun visor main body.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2009Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hideki Akiya
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Publication number: 20120145339Abstract: A vehicular shade assembly having a shade sized to cover at least a portion of a side window of a vehicle a means for translating the shade between a retracted position and an extended position and wherein the shade is at least partially housed within a B-pillar of the vehicle when the shade is in the retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventor: Mark Mason
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Publication number: 20120132377Abstract: There is disclosed a strap that includes a casing, and a plurality of stuffer strands that extend lengthwise through the casing. The stuffer strands are located between two layers of the casing and are arranged in at least two sets. The stuffer strands resist elongation of the strap in response to tensile forces applied in the elongate direction of the strap, and have a maximum elongation at break of less than 7.5%.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: POLYWELD PTY LTDInventor: Stuart Donaldson
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Patent number: 8167019Abstract: A shade apparatus for a vehicle includes a guide rail mechanism adapted to be arranged along a side portion of an inner periphery of an opening formed in an interior ceiling member of the vehicle, a shade panel mechanism slidably supported by the guide rail mechanism, configured to open and close the opening of the interior ceiling member, and including first and second shade panels, an engaging member arranged at one of the first and second shade panels, and an elastic member arranged at the other of the first and second shade panels and including a fixing portion and a deformable portion. The first and second shade panels move as a unit in the moving direction after one of the first and second shade panels moves relative to the other of the first and second shade panels in the moving direction and the engaging member engages with the elastic member.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Makoto Muranaka, Shinji Sakai, Kazuki Sawada, Kazushige Kawamura
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Publication number: 20120097348Abstract: There is provided a curtain opening/closing device whose number of parts is reduced, which is lightened, whose safety and durability are improved, whose installation space is reduced, whose appearance is improved and which can be installed freely along a curved surface, and a vehicle carrying the curtain opening/closing device. The curtain opening/closing device comprises a spiral long coil member, a movable member capable of moving within the long coil member, a rail member rotably and loosely fitting the long coil member and having a slit continuous in a longitudinal direction and a rotational driving section fixed at one end of the rail member and rotating and driving the long coil member. The movable member is inserted within the long coil member so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO.Inventors: Makoto Kanehira, Toshimitsu Sakai
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Publication number: 20120073768Abstract: A sunshade for a vehicle includes a pair of guide rails extended at a side edge of a light passing portion provided on a vehicle roof, the guide rails arranged opposite to each other, plural extending portions formed on each of the guide rails and extending towards the opposite guide rail, the extending portions defining slide recessed grooves, a sliding member supported by the extending portions and slidably provided in each of the slide recessed grooves, an engaging portion formed on said each sliding member, and plural shade panels slidably supported in the slide recessed grooves, respectively, via the sliding member, the shade panels being configured to interoperate each other by an engagement of each of the engaging portions during at least one of an opening operation and a closing operation of the sunshade.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventor: Kazuki Sawada
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Publication number: 20120073769Abstract: The present invention related to composited articles for a sunshade and methods for producing the composite articles. The composite article comprises a reinforcing substrate layer including a fiber phase and a polymer phase; and a cover stock layer. The fiber phase may be a discrete phase or a continuous phase and includes one or more natural fiber. The concentration of natural fibers is about 60 weight percent or more, based on the total weight of the reinforcing substrate layer. The polymer phase has a glass transition temperature of about 100° C. or more. The concentration of the polymer phase should be sufficiently high so that it forms a continuous phase. For example, the concentration of the polymer phase may be about 10 weight percent or more, based on the total weight of the reinforcing substrate layer. The reinforcing substrate layer may have a thickness of about 4 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: UFP Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Gregory E. Curfman
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Patent number: 8132603Abstract: The present invention relates to a protective cover for a windshield comprising: a top handle, where said top handle extends from both sides of the cover; a bottom handle, where said bottom handle extends from both sides of the cover; straps, where the straps extend from the top handle and the bottom handle; Velcro tips at the tip of each strap; and a magnetic strip, said strip extends across the top edge of the cover. In one embodiment, the straps are elastic and capable of extending lengthwise. The cover may include reinforcement strips extending across the length of the cover and the cover may be made of a Tyvek material. The magnetic strip seals the top edge of the cover to prevent the intrusion of rain or snow.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2010Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Inventor: Jeremy Hogan
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Publication number: 20120049564Abstract: A sunshade assembly wherein the sunshade is secured in a deployed position at a single location, and wherein when the sunshade is retracted, the field of view through the window is unobstructed by securing members or the like. More particularly, the sunshade assembly utilizes a recessed hook or hook retainer within a trim panel adjacent the window as an anchor point, while a handgrip secured to the window shade is configured to pivot into a position to permit a hook or hook retainer associated therewith to be inserted into the recessed anchor point.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: Charles Stephen Haase, Shinichi Yamase, Generoso Tan Sia, JR., Ruben E. Guanzon, Ryuichi Fukuyama
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Patent number: 8104822Abstract: A vehicle roller blind or a sunshield roller blind for motor vehicles includes a roller blind web which is connected to a thrust element, which is rigid in compression and/or bending-resistant, for tensioning the roller blind web, and having an adjusting device which actuates the thrust element, which is embodied in the manner of a single-strand cable window lifter and which is at least partially encapsulated together with the thrust element. The thrust element and the adjusting device are arranged in a housing which holds the thrust element and the adjusting device and which comprises a drive housing for the roller blind drive and a preferably tubular guide channel which holds the thrust element and the flexible traction means.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co., KG, CoburgInventors: Olaf Kriese, Markus Schultz
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Patent number: 8087712Abstract: A pair of vertically disposed handlebars spaced laterally apart mounting a plurality of vertically spaced flexible cords.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Inventor: David Svengalis
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Patent number: 8088462Abstract: A vehicular window assembly includes a vehicular window, an inner film unit and an outer film unit. The vehicular window panel has interior and exterior opposed surfaces. The inner film unit includes an inner adhesive layer and an inner film layer adhered to the interior surface of the vehicular window panel by the inner adhesive layer. The outer film unit includes an outer adhesive layer and an outer film layer adhered to the exterior surface of the vehicular window panel by the outer adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Clear Defense LLCInventors: Tonya M. Cockman, Patrick Haden Jennings, Donald C. Martin
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Publication number: 20110303371Abstract: Embodiments provide a sunshade for use with a golf cart, the sunshade including fabric material supported for releasable engagement with a cart roof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventor: THOMAS BRYANT HARRISON
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Publication number: 20110297339Abstract: An invention is provided for vehicle window shade having variable opacity and diaphaneity. The invention includes a first piece of fabric and a second piece of fabric, both having a front side and a reverse side. The second piece of fabric is attached at one end to the first piece of fabric such that they overlay each other when unrolled. Both the first piece of fabric and the second piece of fabric have a quantity of hook material disposed around the edge of the front side of the fabric and a quantity of felt disposed around the edge of the reverse side of the fabric. Thus, an end of the vehicle window shade can be attached to a vehicle ceiling via the first quantity of hook material. Typically, the first piece of fabric has a higher level of opacity than the second piece of fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventors: Lydia M. Yi, Luciano C. Yi
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Publication number: 20110247770Abstract: A screen adjustment device (1) for a motor vehicle has a screen (6) or screen carrier (2) for mounting a screen, and a control cable drive (4) for adjusting the screen or screen carrier between an open (screen-accessible) position (22) and a parked (screen-hidden) position (24). The control cable drive has a control cable (11), which is coupled to the screen or screen carrier by a driver (15) and which at the two ends is guided over two return elements (12, 13) and at least one cable tensioning unit (18, 19) onto a winding reel (14) coupled to a drive motor (21). The control cable drive has a bearing block (30) for supporting the winding reel, the block together with the cable tensioning unit forming a self-contained pre-assembled unit (20) or being capable of pre-assembly to form such a unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2009Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO.Inventors: Renee Dietzel, Daniela Stegner
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Patent number: 8030872Abstract: A motor controller includes a signal-generating unit that is operable so as to control rotational direction and rotational speed of a motor of a sunshade assembly, and a processing unit that operates the signal-generating unit to rotate the motor in a reverse direction to thereby retract a flexible screen body of the sunshade assembly, and to generate a decelerating signal for progressively reducing the rotational speed of the motor during a final stage of retraction of the flexible screen body.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Macauto Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Paul Lin
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Patent number: 7984746Abstract: A system for deploying and stowing a cover, including a mechanical assembly coupled to the cover, preferably comprising a plurality of deploy arms and synchronization means, and reconfigurable between deployed and stowed conditions, and further including an actuator presenting an active material element operable to undergo a change, when activated, and operable to cause the assembly to reconfigure as a result of the change.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2008Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Xiujie Gao, Nilesh D. Mankame, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson
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Publication number: 20110108211Abstract: A rail system is provided having two profile rails, between which a lamellar configuration having multiple lamellar elements is provided. The lamellar element is implemented for a roller blind device, which can be guided in a rail system like a folding blind, having a lamellar body and having at least two guide elements, which are situated on diametrically opposing sides of the lamellar body and extend in the transverse direction of the lamellar element, for holding and/or guiding in at least one guide groove of the rail system, at least one first guide element having at least one extension differing in the transverse direction in relation to at least one second guide element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventor: Uwe SUESS
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Publication number: 20110088854Abstract: The present invention comprised of a flexible sunscreen and designed to be attached to the interior surface of a vehicle's rear window and configured to cover all or portions thereof for the purpose of reducing solar heat energy and ultraviolet radiation from entering into the interior compartment of said vehicle. The use of this solar shade will reduce the need for interior cooling, fuel usage and greenhouse gas emissions when used in vehicles that require interior cooling by means of mechanical air conditioning.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventor: Bruce Edward Lowe
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Publication number: 20110056634Abstract: A vehicle cover is provided for covering a driver side window, central windshield, and passenger side window. The cover includes a central windshield panel, a right wing panel, and a left wing panel. The right wing panel forms a pocket with three closed sides, and an open bottom edge for covering a driver side window and frame of a vehicle. The left wing panel is a pocket formed by three closed sides and an open bottom edge so as to enclose a passenger side window and frame of the vehicle. The vehicle cover prevents ice build up on the covered windshield and side windows so as to eliminate the need to scrape ice from the windshield and side windows. The cover also blocks harmful environmental conditions that may damage both the interior and exterior of a vehicle during all times of the year.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventor: GALEN CROZIER
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Publication number: 20110048482Abstract: A shade system that includes a shade assembly fixedly or non-fixedly attached to an extension component. The device has a first mounting component at a first end for holding the shade assembly and allows the shade assembly to be positioned in three dimensions in multiple orientations. The extension component has a second mounting component at a second end for attaching the extension component to a mounting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Inventor: Emerson T. Yerian
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Publication number: 20110030905Abstract: A protection or shading system for a motor vehicle, in particular a wind deflector system for a convertible, with a base, a sheet-like structure entendable between an inoperative position and a functional position in an extension direction away from the base, a rigid end element fastened to the sheet-like structure, and an extension device fastened on one side to the base and on the other side to the end element. The extension device is designed so as to transfer the system from an inoperative state in which the sheet-like structure, the end element and the extension device are each in an inoperative position, into a functional state, in which the sheet-like structure, the end element and the extension device are each in a functional position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Inventors: Marina Ehrenberger, Roman Sauer
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Publication number: 20110017413Abstract: A shading system for a window comprising a panel having a shape and size that covers at least a portion of the window when the panel is placed over the window. The shading system may include a first plurality of magnets in the panel and a second plurality of magnets for securement to the inside surface of the window. The first and second plurality of magnets removably securing the panel over the window of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: Roger Hunckler, Clare Hunckler
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Publication number: 20110017412Abstract: A reversible sunshade for keeping the interior of a vehicle cool in the summer or heating the interior in the winter has at least one panel with a light-reflective surface and a light-absorbing surface. The sunshade may be attached to the windshield of a vehicle with suction cups that extend through holes in the panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventor: David F. MACNEIL
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Publication number: 20100326609Abstract: The problem with sunroofs on vehicles, is that they sometimes leak, as mine does. I tried various forms of quick fixes, besides having it fixed correctly and more expensively. One day, after the tin foil I used blew off (it actually sticks when the roof is wet) I began thinking what could possibly exist that was durable and would ‘stick’ to the roof. This is when I thought up my idea of the The Rainstopper-Sunroof Shield. Using a flexible magnetic sheet, I was able to fabricate a shape that would cover the seal zone of the sunroof. Then with the help of the magnetic properties of the sheet, the roof now had a covering that would stick in place and help prevent major leaks during a windy rainstorm & downpour. The specific improvement of this device is the new application for the use of the flexible magnetic sheets. Currently, they are used primarily for sign making/business advertising purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Thomas James Sheridan
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Publication number: 20100294442Abstract: A decorative screen configuration is provided for fastening on a motor vehicle body having a first decorative screen profile and a second decorative screen profile, which are each fastenable on the vehicle body using an end section adjoining one another in the profile longitudinal direction, the first decorative screen profile having a fastening extension protruding in the profile longitudinal direction from its end section, which is positively and/or nonpositively connectable to the end section of the second screen profile. Furthermore, decorative screen and an associated installation method are provided in which the decorative screen is fixed using detent and counter detent element in a pre-installation position on the vehicle body and can be transferred by a pivot movement into a final installation position on the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventor: Marcus LANGE
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Patent number: 7823953Abstract: An improved cover made of opaque, reflective, snow-and-ice-repellent material that shields windshields, windshield wipers, and air intake manifolds of vehicles from the accumulation of snow, ice, and frost; and it also prevents the sun's rays from penetrating the interior of vehicles through windshields.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Inventor: Theodore O. Haas
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Publication number: 20100200180Abstract: The snow cover of the invention has a main shade with fastening elements located at the upper end to be anchored on the car roof and other fastening elements on a lower end to be anchored on the car hood. The snow cover includes two triangular pendent self-stretched flaps each fastens to a pendant to stretch the main shade smoothly to neatly cover the windshield. When car doors are opened, two pendent self-stretched flaps slide quickly inside the car doors due to pendant principle. After the card doors are closed, two pendent self-stretched flaps are clamped by the car doors and the car body and held inside the car body. To move the snow cover, open the car doors, unfasten fastening elements at the upper and lower ends of the main shade, then the snow cover can be removed and stowed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2009Publication date: August 12, 2010Inventor: Wen-Cheng LIEN
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Patent number: 7748433Abstract: A support assembly for a collapsible automobile shade such as a pleated or folding screen which can be selectively moved between a collapsed position for storage and an open position for placement in a vehicle window. The support assembly consists of one or more arcuate compressible members which extend beyond the perimeter of the pleated or folding screen. Each of the arcuate compressible members is resiliently compressible, for the purpose of conforming to an edge or perimeter of an automobile window in which the shade is installed, while maintaining the screen in an open position, thereby supplying an expansive force to hold the shade in place in the open position. The shade can also be provided with a pocket.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Inventor: Sunny E. L. Huang
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Patent number: 7748432Abstract: A support assembly for a collapsible automobile shade such as a pleated or folding screen which can be selectively moved between a collapsed position for storage and an open position for placement in a vehicle window. The support assembly consists of one or more arcuate compressible members which extend beyond the perimeter of the pleated or folding screen. Each of the arcuate compressible members is resiliently compressible, for the purpose of conforming to an edge or perimeter of an automobile window in which the shade is installed, while maintaining the screen in an open position, thereby supplying an expansive force to hold the shade in place in the open position. The shade can also be provided with a pocket.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Inventor: Sunny En Luing Huang