Patent ID: 7581775

Claim:
A motor vehicle comprising: a side window surrounded by a window frame ( 3 ), said window frame ( 3 ) having a top edge ( 7 ) and a side edge ( 6 ) which together border an inner corner ( 8 ) of the side window; a winding shaft ( 25 ) arranged adjacent said window frame side edge ( 6 ) with one end adjacent said top edge ( 7 ); a blind sheet having at one edge secured to said winding shaft ( 25 ); a spring drive including a helical spring ( 39 ) for tensioning the winding shaft ( 25 ) in the direction of winding up of the blind sheet ( 21 ) onto the winding shaft ( 25 ), said helical spring ( 39 ) being arranged entirely outside the winding shaft ( 25 ) in outwardly extending relation to an end of the winding shaft ( 25 ); said helical spring ( 39 ) having a fixed end ( 41 ) and a take-off end ( 42 ) adjacent to the winding shaft ( 25 ); said helical spring ( 39 ) having an axis that forms an angle other than 180° with the axis of said winding shaft; and a coupling mechanism ( 27 ) connecting the take-off end ( 42 ) to the winding shaft ( 25 ) for enabling the helical spring ( 39 ) to drive the winding shaft while selectively mounted with their axes at an angle other than 180° to each other.