Vehicle sun visor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10384518-B2
Application number	US-201816002586-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2018
Priority date	Jun 20, 2017
Publication date	Aug 20, 2019
Grant date	Aug 20, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle sun visor has a sun visor body including an electrical component, an arm including a cylindrical-end portion on which contact parts of a pair of conductors are arranged and rotatably holding the sun visor body, a mounting bracket for mounting the arm to a vehicle, and a connector attached to the mounting bracket and including a pair of terminals each having a contact portion to contact with a corresponding contact part of the pair of conductors. The mounting bracket includes an arm-supporting portion rotatably supporting a cylindrical-end portion of the arm. The connector is provided with an engaging protrusion. The arm is provided with an annular projection formed on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical-end portion exposed outside the arm-supporting portion and configured to engage with the engaging protrusion of the connector. The annular projection has a cutout to guide the engaging protrusion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle sun visor comprising:
a sun visor body including an electrical component;
a non-conductive arm comprising a cylindrical-end portion on which contact parts of a pair of conductors are arranged and rotatably holding the sun visor body;
a mounting bracket configured to mount the non-conductive arm to a vehicle; and
a connector detachably attached to the mounting bracket and including a pair of terminals each having a contact portion to contact with a corresponding contact part of the pair of conductors and configured to supply electric power, wherein
the mounting bracket comprises an arm-supporting portion rotatably supporting a cylindrical-end-portion side of the non-conductive arm,
the connector is provided with an engaging protrusion at a position facing the arm-supporting portion of the connector, and
the non-conductive arm is provided with an annular projection formed on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical-end portion exposed outside the arm-supporting portion of the non-conductive arm and configured to engage with the engaging protrusion of the connector, and
the annular projection is provided with a cutout to guide the engaging protrusion of the connector.

2. The vehicle sun visor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the contact parts of the pair of conductors are formed in an arcuate plate shape, and the pair of arcuate plate shape contact parts is arranged via a gap on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical-end portion exposed outside the arm-supporting portion of the non-conductive arm,
a recess for attaching the connector is provided in the gap between the pair of arcuate plate shape contact parts on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical-end portion of the non-conductive arm,
a spring-portion-displacing protrusion configured to lift the contact portion provided on a spring portion of the terminal wherein the spring portion elastically deforms is provided on a lower position of the recess for attaching the connector wherein the recess is provided on the cylindrical-end portion of the non-conductive arm, and
the annular projection is provided at a lower position of the spring-portion-displacing protrusion of the cylindrical-end portion of the arm.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Nishiyama Noritaka

Classifications

• B60R16/027

  between relatively movable parts of the vehicle, e.g. between steering wheel and column {(devices for measuring, signalling or controlling tyre pressure or temperature specially adapted for mounting on vehicles B60C23/00)} · CPC title

• B60J3/0217 Primary

  Brackets for mounting the sun visor support arm to the vehicle · CPC title

• B60J3/0221

  self mounting, i.e. no tools or screws required · CPC title

• B60Q3/252

  Sun visors · CPC title

• B60R16/03

  for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems {or for (circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00)} · CPC title