ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,930, issued on Oct. 20.
"Automated sunshade systems and methods" was invented by Sergio Martinez-Armendariz (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated sunshade system and method comprise a sunshade, a guide assembly comprising a set of guiding gear motors or guide rails that are integrated with pillars of a vehicle, a belt, motors comprising gears that are configured to move the belt, a shaft coupled to the sunshade, a winding assembly that rotates the shaft that winds the sunshade from an extended position to a retracted position, a circuit comprising a controller that controls the motors, and a user interface comprising...