Vehicle sun visor device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11072226-B2
Application number	US-201916596806-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2019
Priority date	Oct 22, 2018
Publication date	Jul 27, 2021
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021

Abstract

A vehicle sun visor device includes a base (a support), a sliding base (a sliding body), a visor body, and a torque hinge (a hinge) configured to connect the visor body to the sliding base in a rotatable manner in the up-down direction. The torque hinge includes a connecting member to which the visor body is connected. The connecting member includes a hole portion and a first fastening member (a first connecting portion). The visor body includes a projecting portion. The projecting portion is set to have a strength with which the projecting portion does not break even when an operation load to rotate the visor body around a hinge shaft is applied to the visor body, but the projecting portion breaks when a deployment load of an airbag is applied to the visor body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle sun visor device comprising:
a support disposed in a housing space between a vehicle constituent component of a vehicle and a vehicle interior material disposed inside a vehicle cabin;
a sliding body supported reciprocatably relative to the support in a front-rear direction;
a visor body connected to the sliding body; and
a hinge configured to connect the visor body to the sliding body in a rotatable manner in an up-down direction, wherein:
the hinge includes a connecting member to which the visor body is connected, the hinge extending outwardly in a radial direction from a hinge shaft as a rotating center;
the connecting member includes a first connecting portion configured to rotatably connect the visor body at a position placed outwardly in the radial direction from the hinge shaft;
the visor body includes a projecting portion configured to maintain a rotation prevention state where the visor body does not rotate around the first connecting portion when a projecting shape projecting toward the connecting member engages with the connecting member; and
the projecting portion is set to have a strength with which the projecting portion does not break even when an operation load to rotate the visor body around the hinge shaft is applied to the visor body, but the projecting portion breaks when a deployment load of an airbag is applied to the visor body.

2. The vehicle sun visor device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the connecting member includes a notch groove provided at a position placed further outwardly from the first connecting portion in the radial direction from the hinge shaft, the notch groove being cut in a direction where the connecting member rotates around the hinge shaft; and
the connecting member includes a second connecting portion in which the visor body is connected to the connecting member via the notch groove.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Suzuki Takahiro
• Takei Yusuke
• Kariya Yuji

Classifications

• B60J3/0213 Primary

  characterised by the mounting means (B60J3/0208 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60J3/0239 Primary

  and pivoting on a support arm (bearing members regulating the rotational friction on the support arm B60J3/0265) · CPC title

• B60J3/0243 Primary

  sliding out from ceiling · CPC title