Patent ID: 7857035

Claim:
A sun shade apparatus comprising: a motor; a cable configured so as to be capable of being forced out or drawn in by operation of said motor, such that when said cable is forced out, said cable moves in a first direction, and when said cable is drawn in, said cable moves in a second direction; a curtain capable of shielding a window portion by being stretched between a shielding state and an open state on the window portion by a forcing out or drawing in operation of said cable; a connector having a cable side, a curtain side, and a male engaging portion disposed on the cable side or on the curtain side and having a projection and a female engaging portion disposed on the curtain side or on the cable side and having a recess formed by a plate spring, said connector configured to connect said cable and said curtain to each other by engaging said male engaging portion with said female engaging portion; and a connection release mechanism disposed in said connector, said connection release mechanism configured to fit the projection and the recess to each other during normal operation to form a fitted state, and configured to release the projection and the recess from the fitted state by elastic deformation of said female engaging portion to enable release of said cable and said curtain from a state of being connected by said connector regardless of whether the cable moves in the first direction or the second direction when a load equal to or higher than a predetermined value is applied against the forcing out or drawing in operation of said cable, wherein said female engaging portion has said recess disposed between at least two projections formed along the first direction or the second direction.