Window device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10023027-B2
Application number	US-201715601133-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2017
Priority date	May 23, 2016
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

A window device for a vehicle, the window device including: a light-transmitting plate having light-transmitting property and fixed to a vehicle body to physically partition an exterior and an interior of the vehicle; a light-shielding body having light-shielding property and provided along the light-transmitting plate within a view of a vehicle occupant; and a moving mechanism configured to move the light-shielding body up and down so as to widen or narrow a view obtained through the light-transmitting plate above the light-shielding body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A window device for a vehicle, the window device comprising:
a light-transmitting plate having light-transmitting property and fixed to a vehicle body to physically partition an exterior and an interior of the vehicle;
a light-shielding body having light-shielding property and provided along the light-transmitting plate within a view of a vehicle occupant; and
a moving mechanism configured to move the light-shielding body up and down so as to widen or narrow a view obtained through the light-transmitting plate above the light-shielding body,
wherein, when the light-shielding body is moved upward, a lower end of the light-shielding body is spaced apart from the vehicle body and external light enters the interior of the vehicle through the light-transmitting body below the light-shielding body.

2. The window device for the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the moving mechanism includes a first member and a second member relatively moving up and down and is interposed between the light-transmitting plate and the light-shielding body,
wherein the first member is fixed to the light-transmitting plate and the second member is fixed to the light-shielding body, and
wherein the first member is disposed within a region where the light-shielding body at an upper limit position and the light-shielding body at a lower limit position overlap with each other.

3. The window device for the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light-shielding body is disposed on the interior side of the vehicle with respect to the light-transmitting plate, and
wherein the light-shielding body is provided with a display device which is configured to provide information to the vehicle occupant.

4. The window device for the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein a cover body which is configured to suppress light from reaching the seated occupant through the light-transmitting plate is provided to a seat which is adjacent to the light-shielding body and on which the vehicle occupant is seated, and
wherein, in relation to the up and down movement of the light-shielding body, the cover body is moved between a position at which the cover body suppresses light from reaching the seated occupant and a position at which the cover body does not suppress light from reaching the seated occupant.

5. The window device for the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the moving mechanism includes a fixed rail and a sliding body configured to slide relative to the fixed rail, and
wherein the fixed rail is fixed to the light-transmitting plate or the vehicle body and the sliding body is fixed to the light-shielding body.

6. The window device for the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the light-shielding body is located at a lower limit position, an upper end edge of the light-shielding body is located lower than an upper end edge of the light-transmitting plate and a lower end edge of the light-shielding body is located upper than a lower end edge of the light-transmitting plate.

7. The window device for the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the size of the light-shielding body is smaller than a size of the light-transmitting plate.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Akaike Fumitoshi
• Tamemura Ryo
• Sakoh Mitsutaka

Classifications

• B60R2013/016

  integrating other functions or accessories · CPC title

• B60R13/0243

  Doors · CPC title

• E05F11/405

  for vehicle windows · CPC title

• E05F15/695

  Control circuits therefor · CPC title

• B60R2011/0085

  with adjustment by rotation in their operational position · CPC title