Vehicle roof, comprising a roller blind assembly having bearing units for a roller blind web

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10974579-B2
Application number	US-201916981829-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2019
Priority date	Apr 9, 2018
Publication date	Apr 13, 2021
Grant date	Apr 13, 2021

Abstract

A vehicle roof having at least one transparent section, a roof-attached support section and a roller blind assembly for selectively shading the transparent roof section at least partially. The blind assembly including at least one roller blind unit having a web to be wound up to form a reel and one lateral bearing unit on either side of a vertical longitudinal roof center plane. The reel disposed between two lateral bearing units and the roller blind assembly having a bearing shell on top of which the at least one roller blind unit is fastened via the lateral bearing units which is fixed to the at least one support section from below. Each bearing units has a bearing pedestal fixed to the bearing shell and a roller blind guide element displaceable as against the bearing pedestal in a pre-installation position and fixed to the roof-attached support section in an installation position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle roof, comprising:
at least one transparent roof section,
a roof-attached support section and a roller blind assembly for selectively shading or clearing the transparent roof section at least partially,
said roller blind assembly including at least one roller blind unit which comprises a roller blind web which can be wound up to form a roller blind reel and one lateral bearing unit on either side of a vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof, said roller blind reel being disposed between the two lateral bearing units and said roller blind assembly comprising a bearing shell on top of which the at least one roller blind unit is fastened via the lateral bearing units and which is fixed to the at least one support section from below,
wherein each of the bearing units comprises a bearing pedestal which is fixed to the bearing shell and a roller blind guide element which can be displaced as against the bearing pedestal when in a pre-installation position and is fixed to the roof-attached support section when in an installation position.

2. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the roller blind guide elements in each instance protrude beyond an edge of the bearing shell in the direction in which the roller blind web is extended.

3. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein each of the roller blind guide elements includes a screw hole which is open at a side disposed in the direction in which the roller blind web is extended and via which the respective roller blind guide element is screwed to the roof-attached support section.

4. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein each of the roller blind guide elements includes a grasping recess at its underside.

5. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein each of the roller blind guide elements includes a centering track in which a lateral guide tape of the roller blind web is guided and which is aligned with a channel of a guide rail profile which is part of the support section.

6. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein each of the roller blind guide elements has a guide track for a pull bar slider, said guide track being aligned with a guide channel of a guide rail profile which is part of the support section.

7. The vehicle roof according to claim 6 , wherein each of the roller blind guide elements includes a catch which retains the respective pull bar slider in a pre-installation state at the respective roller blind guide element.

8. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein each of the roller blind guide elements is mounted in the respective bearing pedestal with play in at least two directions in space.

9. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the roller blind guide elements in a pre-installation state, are secured in the respective bearing pedestal with the aid of a catch.

10. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein each of the roller blind guide elements includes a positioning projection which engages into a corresponding holding fixture of the support section from below and which is in particular realized as a centering rib which extends in the direction in which the roller blind web is extended.

11. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein each of the roller blind guide elements comprises at least one centering pin disposed at the face side and engaging into a roof-attached centering clearance.

12. The vehicle roof according to claim 11 , wherein the centering clearance is formed by a guide rail profile with which a face side of the respective roller blind guide element is in contact when in an installation position.

13. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein pull bar sliders are provided, each of which includes a holding fixture for a coupling element of a respective drive cable which is driven by a drive motor.

14. The vehicle roof according to claim 13 , wherein the holding fixture is open to the top and receives the coupling element without play in the longitudinal direction of the respective guide rail profile.

15. The vehicle roof according to claim 13 , wherein each of the holding fixtures has lead-in chamfers for the respective coupling element.

16. The vehicle roof according to claim 13 , wherein each of the coupling elements of the drive cables has a clamp-shaped cross section and comprises a tongue which is oriented so as to be parallel to the vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof.

17. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein each of the bearing pedestals comprises a bearing pin for a winding tube.

18. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing shell is provided with at least one installation clip which retains said bearing shell at the support section in a pre-installation position and which preferably has a rectangular cross-section.

19. The vehicle roof according to claim 18 , wherein the installation clip is locked in a clearance of the bearing shell.

20. The vehicle roof according to claim 18 , wherein the installation clip, in the pre-installation position, is locked in an installation clearance of the support section from below with play in the vertical direction of the roof.

21. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing shell comprises a centering dowel which engages into a centering clearance of the roof-attached support section from below.

22. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing shell is provided with a fixing plate on either side of the vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof, being fixable to the body via said fixing plate.

23. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the support section is formed by a frame of a roof opening system.

24. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the roller blind assembly comprises two roller blind units which are disposed on the bearing shell.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Mueller Mathias
• Tirpitz Guenter

Classifications

• E06B9/42

  Parts or details of roller blinds, e.g. suspension devices, blind boxes (brackets or adjustable mountings for roller blinds and drawable curtains A47H1/13) · CPC title

• B60J7/00

  Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels {, e.g. rotary sunroofs}(B60J10/00 takes precedence; window aspects B60J1/00; fixed roofs B62D25/06; mechanisms for operating wings E05F11/00, E05F15/00) · CPC title

• B60J7/0015 Primary

  roller blind · CPC title

• B62D25/06

  Fixed roofs (non-fixed roofs or like shelters B60J7/00; roof liners B60R13/02; insulating elements B60R13/08) · CPC title

• B60J7/067

  sliding and winding up · CPC title