Patent ID: 6517136
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: B60R,Y10S

Abstract:
A cargo-space cover for a motor vehicle, the cover comprising:a fitting permanently mounted in the motor vehicle and forming a seat; a housing having an end cap complementarily fittable in the seat; a shaft rotatable in the housing; a cover sheet connected to the shaft and windable there-on; drive means including a electrical load in the housing connected to the sheet for unwinding it from the shaft and paying it out over the cargo space and for winding it up on the shaft and retracting it into the housing; a pair of contacts fixed and exposed in the seat and connectable to power circuitry; a complementary pair of contacts fixed on and exposed at the end cap and positioned so as to engage the respective seat contacts when the end cap is fitted to the seat to connect the electrical load via the two pairs of contacts to the power circuitry; and latch means for retaining the end cap in the seat with the end-cap contacts in solid contact with the seat contacts.