Sun visor connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10946728-B2
Application number	US-201916527430-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2019
Priority date	Aug 2, 2018
Publication date	Mar 16, 2021
Grant date	Mar 16, 2021

Abstract

A sun visor connector includes: a bracket attached to an attachment member; an arm portion rotatably supporting a sun visor main body and having an end inserted through the bracket to be rotatably arranged; a housing fixed to the bracket and arranged in a vicinity of the end of the arm portion inserted through the bracket; a connector terminal accommodated in the housing and connected to a counterpart terminal; an arm connection part provided in an elastically deformable manner on the connector terminal and connected to the end of the arm portion by a biasing force; an engaging portion including a projecting portion provided in the housing and a recessed portion provided in the bracket and engaged with the projecting portion; and a first restricting portion provided in the projecting portion and pressed against and abuts on the recessed portion in a deformation direction of the arm connection part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sun visor connector, comprising:
a bracket attached to an attachment member;
an arm portion arranged on a side of one surface of the attachment member of the bracket, configured to rotatably support a sun visor main body, and having an end inserted through the bracket to be rotatably arranged;
a housing fixed to a side of another surface of the attachment member of the bracket and arranged in a vicinity of the end of the arm portion inserted through the bracket;
a connector terminal accommodated in the housing and connected to a counterpart terminal arranged on the other surface of the attachment member;
an arm connection part provided in an elastically deformable manner on the connector terminal and connected to the end of the arm portion by a biasing force;
an engaging portion including a projecting portion provided in either one of the bracket and the housing, and a recessed portion provided in the other one of the bracket and the housing and engaged with the projecting portion; and
a first restricting portion provided in either one of the projecting portion and the recessed portion, and pressed against and abuts on the other one of the projecting portion and the recessed portion in a deformation direction of the arm connection part.

2. The sun visor connector of claim 1 , wherein
the first restricting portion presses the housing in a biasing direction of the arm connection part.

3. The sun visor connector of claim 1 , wherein
a fulcrum portion serving as a fulcrum when the housing is rotated and assembled to the bracket is provided between the bracket and the housing, and
the projecting portion is provided with an insertion guide portion which is inclined along a rotation track of the housing and guides insertion of the projecting portion into the recessed portion.

4. The sun visor connector of claim 1 , wherein
either one of the projecting portion and the recessed portion is provided with a second restricting portion that is pressed against and abuts on the other one of the projecting portion and the recessed portion in a direction orthogonal to a deformation direction of the arm connection part.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Shimizu Tomohiko
• Hatano Kaname

Classifications

• B60J3/0217 Primary

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

• B60R16/02

  electric {constitutive elements} · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• H01R13/02

  Contact members · CPC title

• H01R13/73

  Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall · CPC title