Anti-glare shield for the front windshield of cars

• US 4,874,195 A
• Filed: 07/05/1988
• Issued: 10/17/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chih-Hsiung Lu, Jill H. Lu
• Original Assignee: Chih-Hsiung Lu, Jill H. Lu
• Inventors: Lu, Jill H., Lu, Chih-Hsiung
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Willams, Jr., Frank H.
• Application Number:
  US07/219,728
• Time in Patent Office: 469 Days
• Field of Search: 296/97.1, 296/97.2, 296/97.4, 296/97.8, 296/97.9, 296/97.11, 296/97.12
• US Class Current: 296/97.4
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/02 adjustable in position B60J3/002, B60J3/005 take precedence

Abstract

According to my research nearly all the glare problems produced by on-coming cars can be solved by using an anti-glare glass as small as an adult'"'"'s fist with approximately only 4% transmittance to visible light. It is suspended transversely on a transparent frame secured to the ceiling by a support brace, on which there is a universal joint at each end, just above the windshield in front of driver'"'"'s seat. The anti-glare glass each time will slide down automatically about 10 cm on the suspension frame by rotating a DC motor when a photocell is activated by an on-coming glare and will retract up automatically by the above-mentioned motor when the glare is gone.

Claims

1. An anti-glare shield for a front windshield of a car comprising:

an anti-glare glass having a central portion of an upper edge of said glass suspendingly secured to a shaft of a DC motor by a cable, said glass having two side edges slidably engaged with a pair of transparent vertical frames disposed on two opposite sides of said glass, said glass suspended under said cable being generally perpendicular to said cable, said DC motor mounted on an upper portion of said transparent frames, a photocell installed on one of said pair of transparent frames for actuating said motor, so as to slide said anti-glare glass, and two microswitches installed on the other of said pair of transparent frames for stopping a running of said motor, thereby stopping a sliding movement of said anti-glare glass.

2. An anti-glare shield of a front windshield of a car according to claim 1, wherein said anti-glare glass has a 4% transmittance to visible light therethough and is 6 mm in thickness.

3. An anti-glare shield for a front windshield of a car according to claim 1, wherein said anti-glare glass is a metal coated reflective glass which is made by coating metals on a glass surface to form a homogeneous metal film on the glass surface.

4. An anti-glare shield for a front windshield of a car according to claim 1, wherein said anti-glare glass, normally lying in upper position, slides down automatically only approximately for 10 cm along said transparent frames whenever said photocell is activated by an on-coming glare and then rises automatically to its original upper position when the glare is extinguished.

5. An anti-glare shield for a front windshield of a car according to claim 1, wherein said anti-glare shield has a control circuit means including an on-off pushbutton near the dashboard for controlling said anti-glare glass to be positioned at an upper position or a lower position in response to any external driving environment or situation.