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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162376 | Automated sun visor for vehicles An electrically-deployable sun visor system for use on motor vehicles wherein the sun visor retracts upward and deploys downward upon a track system, are located on the front windshield and alternately on the side window. The sun visor is operated by a motor-operate... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8100459 | Sun visor device for the window of a motor vehicle A sun visor device is provided for the window of a motor vehicle with a cover that can be moved in a first direction and in an opposite second direction. A locking mechanism is also provided for locking the cover in different positions. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8007023 | Protective sunshade for a vehicle windowpane A protective sunshade arrangement is provided for the windowpane of a motor vehicle with a frame that features two opposing longitudinal struts for guiding a cover that can be extracted in an extracting direction from a cover roller arranged between the longitudinal... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7934764 | Triangular window shade for motor vehicles A window shade for the triangular window of a rear side door of a motor vehicle is provided which includes a guide rail that extends substantially over the entire bottom edge. In the vicinity of the winding shaft, either a pocket is present or the guide rail from th... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7918491 | Adaptable visor for vehicles An adaptable visor assembly includes a generally planar body portion having a lateral end. An ear segment is removably attachable to the body portion at the lateral end via an interface. The interface includes a projection configured to engage a receptacle when the ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7686375 | Vehicle window sunshade assembly A vehicle window sunshade assembly includes a vehicle structure, a trim member, a sunshade and a close-out member. The trim member is dimensioned to at least partially cover the vehicle structure. The trim member also has a sunshade opening and attachment portions f... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7581775 | Side window roller blind A roller blind for a side window of a motor vehicle. The roller blind has a winding shaft, which is coupled via an articulated or flexible coupling mechanism to a spring drive situated outside the winding shaft. The winding shaft and the spring drive are accommodate... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7568752 | Sunshade assembly A sunshade assembly includes a pair of spaced-apart rails, a roller unit, a screen, and a position-retaining unit. Each rail has opposite front and rear ends, and is formed with a track therealong. The roller unit is spaced apart from the front end, and includes an ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7540553 | Visor extension device A visor extension device for attaching to a sun visor to provide additional screening of bright light beyond a perimeter of the sun visor includes a plate being mountable to the sun visor. A sleeve is slidably mounted to the plate. The sleeve is downwardly extended ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7503616 | Motor vehicle having a microphone The invention relates to a motor vehicle, in which at least one microphone (8) is mounted in the headlining 94) of a passenger cell of the vehicle. The microphone is mounted in a location, which is concealed by a sun visor (6) that is pivotally ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7401840 | Window shade A window shade is stored on a storage roller mounted beneath a vehicle window opening. A trim panel has a slot through which the window shade may be unwound and raised to a use position shading the window. One or more hooks are attached to the window shade to engage... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7396067 | Rear-window roller blind without residual open gap A rear window roller blind for motor vehicles which has a pull rod assembly with a contoured plate. The contoured plate is used to close the segmented residual gap between the straight pull rod assembly and the curved top edge of the rear window. In order for the co... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387329 | Vehicle window interior shade assembly A vehicle window interior shade assembly includes a vehicle shade support structure, a first shade, a second shade, and a trim member. The vehicle shade support structure is configured for installation adjacent to a window opening. The first shade and second shades ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7364215 | Sunshade device for rear door window of automobile In a sunshade device for the rear door window of an automobile both ends of a sunshade screen rod, to which an end of the sunshade screen wound on the winding roll biased by an elastic member in a frame is fastened, are raised and lowered by a telescopic bar and an ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360573 | Securement insert for a head rail Cellular panels may be suspended from head rails through the use of a rigid strip of material positioned with the cellular panel. In order to securely position the rigid strip and cellular panel with respect to the head rail, a securement insert is provided. The sec... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347479 | Sunvisor device for a vehicle Assume that the position of a sun visor main body is adjusted by an occupant when incident light having the incident angle θ1 has entered a vehicle passenger compartment. Then, a straight line L1 is obtained that passes through the distal end position... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347246 | Side window shade with contour part A side window shade for triangular windows contains a strip-shaped shade that is provided with a contour part on its pointed end. The contour part is arranged on a slide in a pivoted fashion and is able to align itself in accordance with the winding shaft when the s... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347480 | Electromotive sunvisor assembly of a vehicle and the method thereof Disclosed is an electromotive sunvisor assembly of a vehicle and a method thereof in which a visor body is automatically movable to the outside of an overhead storage room and can be pivoted at a moving shielding site. The electromotive sunvisor assembly of a vehicl... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328931 | Vehicle sun visor apparatus A sun visor apparatus for vehicle including a wiper apparatus that wipes a wipe area defined on an outer surface of a windshield. A light receiving sensor is arranged in the vehicle compartment facing toward the wipe area. When the windshield is stained by mud or bi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322631 | Dashboard shader A system designed to provide shade for the driver and the front passenger in an automobile. Shades can be flipped up and either pulled out or power driven out to provide shade. Any suitable shapes and materials may be employed for the shades. In an alternative embod... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322632 | Vehicle visor assembly In a vehicle including a cab, having a windshield with opposed upper and lower edges, bounding an interior, a dashboard extending into the interior proximate the lower edge of the windshield, a hood extending forwardly of the cab proximate the lower edge of the wind... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320493 | Sun visor A sun visor includes a sun-visor body, an auxiliary visor, a sub-plate and a spring. The auxiliary visor is attached to the sun-visor body slidably. The sub-plate is attached to the auxiliary visor to slide between a first position where the auxiliary visor receives... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320492 | Telescopic sun visor extension sleeve A laterally moveable set of sleeves are placed over an existing sun visor to more effectively block the rays of the sun through the front or side windows. A separate sleeve-set should be placed over the right sun visor. Any part of either sleeve may have an opaque, ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316443 | Rear window roller blind with complete split coverage by the pull-out element A rear-window roller blind assembly for motor vehicles in which the roller blind is movable out of a pull-out slit to an extended position through movement of a pull-out element on a free edge thereof. The pull-out element includes a center piece and relatively mova... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314079 | Sunshade system having blind sheet A rotatable rod includes a plurality of cylindrical center rods and a plurality of joints. Each joint connects between corresponding two of the plurality of center rods. Each of opposed ends of each center rod has at least one engaging projection, which projects fro... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7287796 | Integrated cargo net for a vehicle A cargo net assembly for a vehicle is described that includes a storage receptacle. The storage receptacle is mounted to the inside of the roof of the vehicle. Pivotable doors may be opened to allow the net to be lowered with a base plate into a use position. The ba... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284786 | Panels having active material based fold lines A panel having active material based segments, wherein the segments define a hinge location that can be selectively stiffened or folded on demand. The active material based segments include an active material such that activation of the active material by an activat... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275778 | Vehicle sun visors A vehicle sun visor includes a visor body and a support and guide device that serve to hold and direct the visor body, so that the visor body is movable along a first direction between a storage position within a storage space defined within a vehicle cabin ceiling ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7263732 | Collapsible assembly A blanket or mat assembly includes a panel having a foldable frame member that has a folded and an unfolded orientation, and a sheet material substantially covering the frame member when the frame member is in the unfolded orientation, with the sheet material assumi... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252321 | Electric car sunshade A car sunshade includes: a pair of curtain members each hung to a hanger and operatively driven by a driving device to be upwardly unwound for shielding the windshield of the car from being exposed to sun light along a pair of guiding devices respectively mounted on... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243699 | Window shade with conical winding shaft A window shade assembly for motor vehicles is provided. The window shade assembly includes a window shade element that is cut into a trapezoidal shape in order to be optimally adapted to the shape of the corresponding window. The winding shaft for this window shade ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240951 | Visor assembly with integrated storage receptacles A passenger compartment visor assembly of a vehicle is disclosed. The visor assembly (10) includes a first member (16) and a second member (18). A support member (28) is positioned between the first member (16) and the second membe... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219947 | Sun visor for vehicle A sun visor for a vehicle is provided that can prevent an extendable plate from being removed from the sun visor body. In a sun visor for a vehicle in which an extendable plate (40) is mounted within a sun visor body (20) such that the extendable plate can be drawn ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216918 | Vehicle sun visor cover A cover for a vehicle sun visor. The cover comprises a sleeve in which the sun visor is receivable through an open end thereof. The sleeve is elasticized to allow stretching of said sleeve for easily receiving and removal of the sun visor and to effect gripping of t... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216917 | Retractable sun visor and full windshield cover A multifunction, retractable sun shielding apparatus. A retractable screen, a housing configured to receive and contain the retractable screen upon retracting the screen, and a drive mechanism attached to longitudinal edges of the screen, and configured to drive the... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7188886 | Shade curtain assembly for car Disclosed herein is a sunshield assembly for use in automotive vehicles which prevents potentially damaging solar radiation from entering the interior of the vehicle through a windshield when in motion or parking of the vehicle. The sunshield assembly comprises a mo... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184074 | Tractor/trailer back up kit Two improvements of a closed circuit television system applicable to a motor-freight tractor/trailer rig, or a motor vehicle, to see to the rear when the unaided view is obstructed, comprising: 1. Sunvisor-mounted case (30), with a window (10), ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179133 | Attachment device for the sun visor of a motor vehicle The present invention relates to an attachment device (100) for the sun visor of a motor vehicle having a receiving housing (106) mounted on the motor vehicle and a sun visor foot (108) connectable with the sun visor, wherein the receiving housi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7150246 | Pet restraint system for a vehicle window The present invention provides a pet restraint system for a vehicle window that allows the pet access to outside air while being restrained from exiting the vehicle. The pet restraint system includes a plurality of spaced elongated transparent plastic strips removab... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140663 | Power-operated vehicle sun visor A visor assembly includes first and second coextensive shades formed from opaque material for reflecting sunlight outwardly and away from the vehicle. The shades are sized and shaped to become nested subjacent to a windshield and partially intercalated within a sele... | 11/28/2006 |
