Vehicle sun visor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9987908-B2
Application number	US-201615053148-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2016
Priority date	Mar 12, 2015
Publication date	Jun 5, 2018
Grant date	Jun 5, 2018

Abstract

A sun visor includes: a first light-blocking plate having a base attached to a seat width direction inside surface of a head rest of a front seat disposed in a vehicle via a fastener whose axial direction coincides with the seat width direction and selectively assuming a stored state in which the first light-blocking plate lies along the seat up and down direction about the fastener and a use state in which the first light-blocking plate lies along the seat front and rear direction about the fastener; a second light-blocking plate having a base end portion attached to a seat width direction outside surface of the head rest of the front seat via the fastener and selectively assuming the stored state and the use state; and a third light-blocking plate that interconnects in the seat width direction the first light-blocking plate and the second light-blocking plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A combination, comprising:
a vehicle seat on a self-driving vehicle, the vehicle seat being capable of changing orientation during self-driving of the self-driving vehicle; and
a vehicle sun visor including:
a first light-blocking plate that (i) is constituted by a material having a light-blocking property, (ii) has a plate shape, (iii) has a base end portion attached to a vehicle inside surface of a head rest of the vehicle seat via a first shaft whose axial direction coincides with a width direction of the vehicle seat, and (iv) is capable of assuming a stored state, in which the first light-blocking plate is positioned so that a lengthwise direction of the first light-blocking plate lies along up and down directions of the vehicle seat about the first shaft, and a use state, in which the first light-blocking plate is positioned so that the lengthwise direction lies along front and rear directions of the vehicle seat about the first shaft;
a second light-blocking plate that (i) is constituted by a material having a light-blocking property, (ii) has a plate shape, (iii) has a base end portion attached to a vehicle outside surface of the head rest via the first shaft, and (iv) is capable of assuming the stored state and the use state; and
a third light-blocking plate that (i) is constituted by a material having a light-blocking property, (ii) has a plate shape, and (iii) is disposed directly adjacent a distal end portion of the first light-blocking plate and a distal end portion of the second light-blocking plate,

wherein when assuming the use state, orientation of the vehicle sun visor changes concomitantly with change in orientation of the vehicle seat, and
wherein the third light-blocking plate is directly attached to the first light-blocking plate and the second light-blocking plate via a second shaft whose axial direction coincides with the width direction of the vehicle seat, the third light-blocking plate being rotatable relative to the first light-blocking plate and the second light-blocking plate.

2. The combination according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-blocking plate, the second light-blocking plate, and the third light-blocking plate are movable substantially in the up and down directions of the vehicle seat relative to the head rest.

3. The combination according to claim 1 , wherein an information display unit capable of displaying predetermined information is disposed on or in the third light-blocking plate.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tamaoki Akihiro

Classifications

• B60J3/0213 Primary

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

• B60J3/0204

  Sun visors · CPC title

• B60N2/879

  with additional features not related to head-rest positioning, e.g. heating or cooling devices or loudspeakers · CPC title

• B60R2011/0035

  Sun visors · CPC title

• B60N2/14

  rotatable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/10 {, B60N2/2869} take precedence) · CPC title