Vehicle sun visor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10029543-B2
Application number	US-201615369160-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2016
Priority date	Dec 7, 2015
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle sun visor including: a sun visor main body that is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape that extends in a vehicle transverse direction, the sun visor main body having one long-side edge portion that is pivotably supported at a front portion of a ceiling inside a vehicle cabin, and the sun visor main body being set in a storage position along the ceiling as a result of another long-side edge portion being pivoted towards a vehicle body rear side; and a protruding portion that is formed on a bottom surface of the sun visor main body in a case in which the sun visor main body has been set in the storage position, and that protrudes towards a vehicle bottom side when seen in a side view from the vehicle transverse direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle sun visor comprising:
a sun visor main body that is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape that extends in a vehicle transverse direction, the sun visor main body having one long-side edge portion that is pivotably supported by a supporting rod, which is provided extending towards an inner side in the vehicle transverse direction and which is formed in a cylindrical shape at a front portion of a ceiling inside a vehicle cabin, the sun visor main body being set in a storage position along the ceiling as a result of another long-side edge portion being pivoted towards a vehicle body rear side, and the sun visor main body being formed at substantially the same thickness as a diameter of the supporting rod;
a vanity mirror that is pivotally provided, on the ceiling, independent from the sun visor main body; and
a protruding portion that is formed on a bottom surface of the sun visor main body in a case in which the sun visor main body has been set in the storage position, the protruding portion protrudes from a design surface of the ceiling formed by a roof headlining towards a vehicle bottom side when seen in a side view from the vehicle transverse direction in a case in which the sun visor main body has been set in the storage position, the protruding portion is made of resin, and the protruding portion is formed as a result of the sun visor main body being bent in a substantially V-shape when seen in the side view from the vehicle transverse direction;
the supporting rod pivotably supports the one long-side edge portion of the sun visor main body, a top end portion of the supporting rod that is bent towards the vehicle body top side is rotatably attached to an end portion on the vehicle rear side of a roof header that extends in the vehicle transverse direction.

2. A vehicle sun visor comprising:
a sun visor main body that is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape that extends in a vehicle transverse direction, the sun visor main body having one long-side edge portion that is pivotably supported by a supporting rod, which is provided extending towards an inner side in the vehicle transverse direction and which is formed in a cylindrical shape at a front portion of a ceiling inside a vehicle cabin, and the sun visor main body being set in a storage position along the ceiling as a result of another long-side edge portion being pivoted towards a vehicle body rear side, and the sun visor main body being formed at substantially the same thickness as a diameter of the supporting rod;
a vanity mirror that is pivotably provided, on the ceiling, independently from the sun visor main body;
a protruding portion that is formed on a bottom surface of the sun visor main body in a case in which the sun visor main body has been set in the storage position, the protruding portion protrudes from a design surface of the ceiling formed by a roof headlining towards a vehicle bottom side when seen in a side view from the vehicle transverse direction, the protruding portion is made of resin, and the protruding portion is formed as a result of the sun visor main body being bent in a substantially V-shape when seen in the side view from the vehicle transverse direction; and
the supporting rod pivotably supports the one long-side edge portion of the sun visor main body, a top end portion of the supporting rod that is bent towards the vehicle body top side is rotatably attached to an end portion on the vehicle body rear side of the roof header that extends in the vehicle transverse direction, the roof header is formed having a closed cross sectional configuration when seen in the side view from the vehicle traverse direction.

3. The vehicle sun visor according to claim 2 , wherein the roof header includes an upper header that is formed substantially in a hat shape and a lower header that is formed substantially in a hat shape.

4. The vehicle sun visor according to claim 3 , wherein the upper header includes upper header flanges that form a portion of the hat shape of the upper header, and wherein the lower header includes lower header flanges that form a portion of the hat shape of the lower header.

5. The vehicle sun visor according to claim 4 , wherein the upper header flanges and the lower header flanges are joined together to form the closed cross sectional configuration of the roof header when seen in the side view from the vehicle traverse direction.

6. The vehicle sun visor according to claim 5 , wherein the top end portion of the supporting rod is attached to the lower header.

7. The vehicle sun visor according to claim 1 , wherein the storage position is a position in which the sun visor main body is housed inside a storage recessed portion of the roof headlining, and that in the storage position the protruding portion protrudes from the design surface of the ceiling towards a vehicle body bottom side.

8. The vehicle sun visor according to claim 7 , wherein the vanity mirror is pivotably provided on the roof headlining on the vehicle top side of the sun visor main body in the storage position.

9. The vehicle sun visor according to claim 2 , wherein the storage position is a position in which the sun visor main body is housed inside a storage recessed portion of the roof headlining, and that in the storage position the protruding portion protrudes from the design surface of the ceiling towards a vehicle body bottom side.

10. The vehicle sun visor according to claim 9 , wherein the vanity mirror is pivotably provided on the roof headlining on the vehicle top side of the sun visor main body in the storage position.

11. The vehicle sun visor according to claim 1 , wherein the sun visor main body is pivotal between the storage position and a usage position, in the storage position the sun visor main body covers the vanity mirror.

12. The vehicle sun visor according to claim 2 , wherein the sun visor main body is pivotal between the storage position and a usage position, in the storage position the sun visor main body covers the vanity mirror.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Egusa Shinobu

Classifications

• B60R21/055

  Padded {or energy-absorbing} fittings {, e.g. seat belt anchors (sun visors B60J3/00; head rests B60N2/80)} · CPC title

• B60J3/0278 Primary

  structure of the body (B60J3/0208, B60J3/0213 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60J3/026

  articulated, e.g. comprising pivot joints or lazy-tong structure · CPC title

• B60R2021/0004

  Frontal collision · CPC title

• B60J3/0282

  specially adapted for a courtesy mirror · CPC title