Sun visor connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11014433-B2
Application number	US-201916527297-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2019
Priority date	Aug 2, 2018
Publication date	May 25, 2021
Grant date	May 25, 2021

Abstract

A sun visor connector includes: a bracket; an arm portion 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 pair of connector terminals accommodated in the housing and connected to counterpart terminals; a pair of arm connection parts provided in an elastically deformable manner on the pair of connector terminals and connected by sandwiching the end of the arm portion by a biasing force; and a preliminary displacement portion provided in the housing, abutting on the pair of arm connection parts, and causing the pair of arm connection parts to be arranged in a separated manner by keeping a biasing force against the end of the arm portion.

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 other 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 pair of connector terminals accommodated in the housing and connected to counterpart terminals arranged on the other surface of the attachment member;
a pair of arm connection parts provided in an elastically deformable manner on the pair of connector terminals and connected by sandwiching the end of the arm portion by a biasing force; and
a preliminary displacement portion provided in the housing, abutting on the pair of arm connection parts, and causing the pair of arm connection parts to be arranged in a separated manner by keeping a biasing force against the end of the arm portion.

2. The sun visor connector of claim 1 , wherein
the preliminary displacement portion includes a pair of ribs extending in an accommodating direction when the pair of connector terminals is accommodated in the housing, and
a taper is provided on a front side of the accommodating direction of each of the pair of ribs and inclined in a direction in which the pair of arm connection parts is separated.

3. The sun visor connector of claim 1 , wherein
the housing is provided with a pair of excessive displacement preventing portions that abuts on the pair of arm connection parts before the pair of arm connection parts is excessively displaced in a direction of being separated.

4. The sun visor connector of claim 1 , wherein
the housing is provided with a deformation preventing portion that abuts on the pair of arm connection parts in a detaching direction when the housing is detached from the bracket.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Shimizu Tomohiko
• Hatano Kaname

Classifications

• H01R13/20

  Pins, blades, or sockets shaped, or provided with separate member, to retain co-operating parts together · CPC title

• B60Q3/252

  Sun visors · CPC title

• B60J3/02 Primary

  adjustable in position {(B60J3/002, B60J3/005 take precedence)} · CPC title

• H01R13/502

  composed of different pieces (H01R13/514 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60J3/0217 Primary

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