Patent ID: 9156334
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B60J,B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle body structure comprising: a side wall having a window opening; a vehicle impact sensor; a window covering assembly coupled to the side wall and having a plurality of window covering members extending along the window opening from a first side of the window opening to a second side of the window opening opposite the first side, each of the plurality of window covering members being configured to pivot between a window exposing orientation and a window covering orientation, each of the plurality of window covering members pivoting about a corresponding pivot axis, each of the pivot axes being parallel to one another and located at fixed spaced apart intervals, each of the pivot axes being located along a first edge of the corresponding one of the plurality of window covering members; and a control mechanism connected to the vehicle impact sensor and to the plurality of window covering members to rapidly move the plurality of window covering members to the window covering orientation in response to detection of a vehicle impact event by the vehicle impact sensor.