Electric door curtain for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9868338-B2
Application number	US-201615202855-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2016
Priority date	Oct 21, 2015
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

An electric door curtain for a vehicle includes: guide rails disposed at both sides of a door panel of the vehicle; a curtain guide fixing shaft fixed to lower ends of the guide rails; a curtain moving shaft disposed over the curtain guide fixing shaft, coupled to the guide rails, and configured to move up and down; a motor equipped in the door panel, connected to the curtain moving shaft to supply power thereto, and supplying power to the curtain moving shaft to cause the curtain moving shaft to move up and down; a screen-type curtain with a lower end that is fixed to the curtain moving shaft and wound on the curtain guide fixing shaft and with an upper end that is connected to a curtain support bar; and a curtain tensioner disposed in a door glass frame at a top of the door panel, coupled to the curtain support bar, and pulling the screen-type curtain with a particular tension to keep the screen-type curtain taut.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric door curtain for a vehicle, comprising:
guide rails disposed at both sides of a door panel of the vehicle;
a curtain guide fixing shaft fixed to lower ends of the guide rails;
a curtain moving shaft disposed upside of the curtain guide fixing shaft, coupled to the guide rails, and configured to move up and down;
a motor equipped in the door panel, connected to the curtain moving shaft to supply power thereto, and supplying power to the curtain moving shaft to cause the curtain moving shaft to move up and down;
a screen curtain with a lower end that is fixed to the curtain moving shaft and wound on the curtain guide fixing shaft and with an upper end that is connected to a curtain support bar; and
a curtain tensioner disposed in a door glass frame at a top of the door panel, coupled to the curtain support bar, and pulling the screen curtain with a particular tension to keep the screen curtain taut.

2. The electric door curtain of claim 1 , further comprising:
lifting blocks disposed on the curtain moving shaft and having guide holes formed therein,
wherein the lifting blocks are integrally coupled to both ends of the curtain moving shaft, and the guide rails are inserted into the guide holes of the lifting blocks.

3. The electric door curtain of claim 2 , further comprising:
spring support ends integrally formed at predetermined positions on the guide rails; and
moving shaft springs fitted on the guide rails between the spring support ends and the lifting blocks, the moving shaft springs configured to be compressed.

4. The electric door curtain of claim 2 , further comprising:
at least one of the wires having one end connected to at least one of the lifting blocks on the curtain moving shaft and another end connected to a rotary shaft of the motor, the wire configured to be rolled and unrolled.

5. The electric door curtain of claim 1 , wherein the curtain tensioner includes:
a fixing pipe fixed in a top frame of the door glass frame;
a rotary pipe rotatably disposed inside the fixing pipe;
a spring disposed between the fixing pipe and the rotary pipe and generating elastic restoring force when the rotary pipe is rotated;
a first pulley and a second pulley disposed at both ends, respectively, of the rotary pipe protruding through both open ends of the fixing pipe; and
tension wires having upper ends connected to the first pulley and the second pulley, respectively, configured to be rolled and unrolled, and having lower ends connected to the curtain support bar configured to apply tension.

6. The electric door curtain of claim 5 , wherein the first pulley and the second pulley have respective diameters which differ from each other based on a height difference between front and rear sections of the top frame.

7. The electric door curtain of claim 5 , further comprising:
bearings rotatably supporting the rotary pipe disposed at both ends in the fixing pipe.

8. The electric door curtain of claim 5 , wherein the tension wires are made of a flexible material, disposed in vertical frames of the door glass frame, and configured to be moved up and down.

9. The electric door curtain of claim 1 , further comprising:
a slide bar disposed in the curtain support bar and configured to be inserted and drawn out from one or both sides of the curtain support bar; and
connection blocks connected to tension wires and to ends of the slide bar.

10. The door curtain of claim 9 , wherein the connection blocks are disposed in a vertical frame of the door glass frame and configured to be moved up and down, and guide holes for up-down movement of the slide bar are formed through an inner side of the vertical frame.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Wan Su

Classifications

• B60J1/2011 Primary

  Blinds; curtains or screens reducing heat or light intensity (means against intense light blinding the driver or passengers B60J3/00) · CPC title

• B60J5/00

  Doors (B60J10/00 takes precedence; window aspects B60J1/00 {; side board or tailgate structures for open load compartments B62D33/023}) · CPC title

• B60J1/2044

  Draw bars, including elements attached to it, e.g. sliding shoes, gripping elements or pull cords · CPC title

• B60J1/2086

  specially adapted for openable windows, e.g. side window · CPC title

• B60J1/2025 Primary

  with flexible actuating elements connected to the draw bar for pulling only, e.g. cords, wires or cables · CPC title