Vehicle visor bracket and visor assembly employing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9738139-B2
Application number	US-201615161380-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2016
Priority date	Jul 20, 2015
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

A visor bracket is provided to be mounted over a bracket aperture of an interior trim, where the visor bracket includes a bracket housing including a base and a side wall, the base defining a shaft aperture to receive there-through a support shaft of a visor panel, the side wall extending from the base and to be received through the bracket aperture along a mounting direction, and the visor bracket further includes an electrically-conducting material contacting the side wall.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A visor bracket to be mounted over a bracket aperture of an interior trim, comprising:
a bracket housing including a base and a side wall, the base defining a shaft aperture to receive there-through a support shaft of a visor panel, the side wall extending from the base and to be received through the bracket aperture along a mounting direction; and
an electrically-conducting material contacting the side wall and the interior trim.

2. The visor bracket of claim 1 , wherein the side wall includes two opposing wall parts, the electrically-conducting material contacting both the two opposing wall parts.

3. The visor bracket of claim 1 , wherein the electrically-conducting material includes an electrically-conducting spring tab.

4. The visor bracket of claim 1 , wherein the electrically-conducting material includes an electrically-conducting coating.

5. The visor bracket of claim 1 , wherein the bracket housing further includes a pair of clamping walls to receive there-between a portion of the support shaft, and the electrically-conducting material is further in electrical communication with at least one of the pair of clamping walls.

6. A visor assembly to be mounted over a bracket aperture of an interior trim, comprising:
a visor panel;
a support shaft contacting the visor panel;
a bracket housing including a base and a side wall, the base defining a shaft aperture to receive there-through the support shaft, the side wall extending from the base and to be received through the bracket aperture along a mounting direction; and
an electrically-conducting material contacting the side wall and the interior trim.

7. The visor assembly of claim 6 , wherein the support shaft includes an electrically-conducting layer in electrical communication with the electrically-conducting material.

8. The visor assembly of claim 7 , wherein the electrically-conducting material includes a lead contacting the electrically-conducting layer.

9. A visor system of a vehicle, comprising:
an interior trim defining a bracket aperture with a first side wall;
a first electrically-conducting material contacting the first side wall;
a bracket housing including a base and a second side wall, the base defining a shaft aperture to receive there-through a support shaft supporting a visor panel, the second side wall extending from the base and received through the bracket aperture along a mounting direction; and
a second electrically-conducting material contacting the second side wall, wherein the first electrically-conducting material is in electrical communication with the second electrically-conducting material when the first and second side walls contact each other at a mounted position.

10. The visor system of claim 9 , further comprising a circuit board positioned next to the interior trim, wherein the circuit board is in electrical communication with the first electrically-conducting material.

11. The visor system of claim 9 , wherein the first electrically-conducting material includes an electrically-conducting spring tab.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Jin Xuezhi
• Xu tom
• Chen Leo

Classifications

• B60J3/0221 Primary

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