ACTIVE GRILL SHADE

• Main Authors: Drozdowski James Adam, Degenkolb Jay Robert, Qian Charlie
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.11.2017
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

A grille shade assembly for a vehicle includes a deployable flexible grille shade and one or more drive elements for translating the flexible grille shade between a deployed and a stowed position. A motor is operatively connected to the one or more drive elements. A carrier carrying the deployable flexible grille shade is operatively connected to the one or more drive elements. One or more trolley slides engage a portion of the flexible grille shade and the one or more drive elements to effect translation of the grille shade between the deployed and retracted position. A controller is operatively connected to the motor and to one or more sensors.