Roll-screen device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9561708-B2
Application number	US-201414894102-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2014
Priority date	May 31, 2013
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

When a light-shielding sheet enters guide rails, engagement belts of the light-shielding sheet engage with the guide rails. A roll-screen device includes a winding roller, a light-shielding sheet, guide rails, and guide sections. The light-shielding sheet includes a sheet body, and engagement belts provided along side edges at both sides of the sheet body in a vehicle width direction. The sheet body and the engagement belts are rolled up on the winding roller such that the sheet body and the engagement belts overlap each other. Each guide rail includes engagement wall section which is located at a vehicle widthwise inner side of the engagement belt and engages with the engagement belt to prevent the light-shielding sheet from falling out of the guide rail. The guide section includes a guide piece configured to put a distance between the engagement belt and the sheet body before the light-shielding sheet enters the guide rail.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A roll-screen device provided at a window section formed in a roof of a vehicle, comprising:
a winding roller;
a light-shielding sheet configured to open the window section in a rolled-up state in which the light-shielding sheet is rolled up on the winding roller and to shield the window section from light in an unrolled state in which the light-shielding sheet is unrolled from the rolled-up state;
guide rails provided on both sides of the light-shielding sheet in a vehicle width direction and configured to guide the light-shielding sheet when the light-shielding sheet transitions between the rolled-up state and the unrolled state; and
guide sections configured to allow entrance of side edges at both sides of the light-shielding sheet, which is unrolled from the winding roller, in the vehicle width direction into the guide rails through entrance ports provided at end faces of the guide rails,
wherein the light-shielding sheet includes a sheet body, and engagement belts provided at and along side edges at both sides of the sheet body in the vehicle width direction,
the sheet body and the engagement belts are rolled up on the winding roller such that the sheet body and the engagement belts overlap each other, the guide rails include engagement wall sections located at a vehicle widthwise inner side of the engagement belts and configured to engage with the engagement belts to prevent the light-shielding sheet from falling out of the guide rails, and
the guide sections include guide pieces each configured to put distance between the engagement belt and the sheet body before the light-shielding sheet enters the guide rails.

2. The roll-screen device of claim 1 , wherein each guide section is provided closer to the guide rail than the guide piece is, and further includes a guide wall in which a guide opening configured to guide the light-shielding sheet is formed such that the light-shielding sheet does not come into contact with the end face of the guide rail when the light-shielding sheet enters the entrance port, and the guide opening is smaller than the entrance port.

3. The roll-screen device of claim 1 , wherein each guide piece includes an inner wall located at the vehicle widthwise inner side of the engagement belt, and a separation wall connected to the inner wall and located between the sheet body and the engagement belt.

4. A roll-screen device provided at a window section formed in a roof of a vehicle, comprising:
a winding roller;
a light-shielding sheet configured to open the window section in a rolled-up state in which the light-shielding sheet is rolled up on the winding roller and to shield the window section from light in an unrolled state in which the light-shielding sheet is unrolled from the rolled-up state; guide rails provided on both sides of the light-shielding sheet in a vehicle width direction and configured to guide the light-shielding sheet when the light-shielding sheet transitions between the rolled-up state and the unrolled state;
and guide sections configured to allow entrance of side edges at both sides of the light-shielding sheet, which is unrolled from the winding roller, in the vehicle width direction into the guide rails through entrance ports provided at end faces of the guide rails,
wherein the light-shielding sheet includes a sheet body, and engagement belts provided at and along side edges at both sides of the sheet body in the vehicle width direction,
the sheet body and the engagement belts are rolled up on the winding roller such that the sheet body and the engagement belts overlap each other, the guide rails include engagement wall sections located at a vehicle widthwise inner side of the engagement belts and configured to engage with the engagement belts to prevent the light-shielding sheet from falling out of the guide rails, and
the guide sections include guide pieces each configured to put distance between the engagement belt and the sheet body before the light-shielding sheet enters the guide rails;
wherein each guide piece includes an inner wall located at the vehicle widthwise inner side of the engagement belt, and a separation wall connected to the inner wall and located between the sheet body and the engagement belt; and
wherein the inner wall has a surface facing outward in the vehicle width direction, where the surface is inclined inward in the vehicle width direction with decreasing distance to the winding roller.

5. A roll-screen device provided at a window section formed in a roof of a vehicle, comprising:
a winding roller;
a light-shielding sheet configured to open the window section in a rolled-up state in which the light-shielding sheet is rolled up on the winding roller and to shield the window section from light in an unrolled state in which the light-shielding sheet is unrolled from the rolled-up state; guide rails provided on both sides of the light-shielding sheet in a vehicle width direction and configured to guide the light-shielding sheet when the light-shielding sheet transitions between the rolled-up state and the unrolled state;
and guide sections configured to allow entrance of side edges at both sides of the light-shielding sheet, which is unrolled from the winding roller, in the vehicle width direction into the guide rails through entrance ports provided at end faces of the guide rails,
wherein
the light-shielding sheet includes a sheet body, and engagement belts provided at and along side edges at both sides of the sheet body in the vehicle width direction,
the sheet body and the engagement belts are rolled up on the winding roller such that the sheet body and the engagement belts overlap each other, the guide rails include engagement wall sections located at a vehicle widthwise inner side of the engagement belts and configured to engage with the engagement belts to prevent the light-shielding sheet from falling out of the guide rails, and
the guide sections include guide pieces each configured to put distance between the engagement belt and the sheet body before the light-shielding sheet enters the guide rails;
wherein each guide piece includes an inner wall located at the vehicle widthwise inner side of the engagement belt, and a separation wall connected to the inner wall and located between the sheet body and the engagement belt; and
wherein the inner wall has a ridge section formed by a surface facing outward in the vehicle width direction and a surface facing the winding roller, where the ridge section is a curved surface.

6. The roll-screen device of claim 1 , wherein the engagement belts each have a tip edge serving as a forefront in entering the guide rail, where the tip edge is inclined such that an end of the tip edge at a vehicle widthwise outer side is located forward.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Yukisada Shinya
• Yamada Akio

Classifications

• B60J7/0015 Primary

  roller blind · CPC title

• B60J1/2052

  Guides · CPC title