US 12,134,306 B2
Automatic window shade assembly
Taiya Wilder, Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed by Taiya Wilder, Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/553,322.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191882 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 1/20 (2006.01); B60J 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01)
CPC B60J 1/2088 (2013.01) [B60J 1/002 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic window shade assembly for automatically shading windows in a vehicle, said assembly comprising:
a plurality of shade units, each of said shade units being integrated into a vehicle, each of said shade units being aligned with a respective one of a plurality of windows in the vehicle, each of said shade units being actuatable into a deployed position having each of said shade units covering the respective window wherein each of said shade units is configured to inhibit sunlight from passing into the vehicle, each of said shade units being actuatable into a stored position such that each of the windows is exposed, each of said shade units being in wireless communication a personal electronic device thereby facilitating the personal electronic device to remotely control each of said shade units, said plurality of shade units including a windshield shade unit;
a heating unit being integrated into said windshield shade unit, said heating unit being in thermal communication with said windshield shade unit such that said heating unit heats said windshield shade unit when said heating unit is turned on wherein said windshield shade unit is configured to defrost the windshield;
a control being integrated into the vehicle, said control being positioned within a cabin of the vehicle wherein said control is configured to be accessible to a driver of the vehicle, said control being in communication with said heating unit and each of said shade units for controlling operational parameters of said heating unit and said shade units; and
wherein each of said plurality of shade units comprises a track having a central member extending between a pair of sidelong members, said sidelong members being spaced apart from each other such that said track is substantially U-shaped, said track being positioned in a window opening in the vehicle such that each of said sidelong members and said central member extends around a bounding edge of the window opening.