Vehicle roof having a roller blind arrangement

• US 20180162207A1
• Filed: 05/12/2016
• Published: 06/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Webasto SE (Webasto Beteiligungs Verwaltung Gbr)
• Original Assignee: Webasto SE (Webasto Beteiligungs Verwaltung Gbr)
• Inventors: PIKE, Matthew, SCHNBERGER, Michael, HAUSSMANN, Jochen
• Granted Patent: US 10,569,622 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 7/0007 moveable head-liners, screens, curtains or blinds for ceilings
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 7/0015 roller blind
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 7/043 Sunroofs B60J7/047 - B60J7/053 take precedencee.g. sliding above the roof

Abstract

A vehicle roof having a transparent roof section and a roller blind arrangement for selectively shading or at least partially not shading the transparent roof section, the roller blind arrangement having a roller blind web which is capable of being wound up to form a roller blind reel and which is provided with a guide tape on each of its edges arranged on either side of a vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof, each guide tape being guided in a respective guide rail, which is fixed to the roof. The roller blind arrangement comprises a roller blind module which has a cross member for the roller blind reel, the cross member extending in the transverse direction of the roof, and a guide leg on either side of the vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof, the guide legs being connected to the roof-fixed guide rails from below.

Claims

1. A vehicle roof, comprising a transparent roof section and a roller blind arrangement for selectively shading or at least partially not shading the transparent roof section, the roller blind arrangement having a roller blind web which is capable of being wound up to form a roller blind reel and which is provided with a guide tape on each of its edges arranged on either side of a vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof, each guide tape being guided in a respective guide rail, which is fixed to the roof, wherein the roller blind arrangement comprises a roller blind module which has a cross member for the roller blind reel, the cross member extending in the transverse direction of the roof and having a guide leg on either side of the vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof, the guide legs being connected to the roof-fixed guide rails from below.

2. The vehicle roof according to claim 1, wherein in each guide leg has a guide track for the respective guide tape of the roller blind web, each guide track continuing in a guide channel of the respective roof-fixed guide rail.

3. The vehicle roof according to claim 1, wherein the roller blind web has a pull bar which is guided in the guide rails and in the guide legs of the roller blind module via lateral sliders.

4. The vehicle roof according to claim 3, wherein each lateral slider for a coupling element of a respective drive cable driven by a drive motor.

5. The vehicle roof according to claim 4, wherein in the receiver is open at the top and receives the coupling element without play in the longitudinal direction of the respective guide rail.

6. The vehicle roof according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the receivers each have entry slopes for the respective coupling element.

7. The vehicle roof according to claim 4, wherein the coupling elements of the drive cables are guided in the guide rails in a manner secured against twisting and each comprise a tongue which points in the direction of the vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof.

8. The vehicle roof according to claim 1, wherein a stiffening strut extends between the guide legs, the roller blind web engaging over said stiffening strut.

9. The vehicle roof according to claim 1, wherein the cross member forms a receiving space for the roller blind reel and accommodates a winding shaft for the roller blind web.

10. The vehicle roof according to claim 1, wherein the guide legs are made of plastic.

11. The vehicle roof according to claim 1, wherein the guide legs are curved in the longitudinal direction of the roof.

12. The vehicle roof according to claim 1, wherein the roller blind module is secured to an opaque roof section from below via at least one suspension, the opaque roof section being arranged to the rear of the trans-parent roof section.