US4683522A
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Sun visor for vehicles
Assignee: Johnson Controls Interiors GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1985-07-03
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Granted: 1987-07-28
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Expires: 2005-07-03
Abstract
Abstract The disclosure concerns a vehicle sun visor having a recess in one of its surfaces and a housing in the recess where the bottom of the housing is a trough having a detent in one of its side walls and carrying a light source and an operating switch for the light source. The top is a insert which includes a detent clip to clip it to the bottom part. An opening in the top part provides access to a switch for the light source in the bottom part. A mirror is in the top part. An illumination window in the top part permits light to exit from the bottom part. There may be a point radiator for light at the illumination window. A displaceable cover over the mirror is spring-biased to translate open over the surface of the mirror to expose the mirror. There may be a point radiator for light at the illumination window. A spring-loaded knob connected with the cover holds the same closed and when the knob is operated, it releases the cover to be biased open by the rubber band spring.
Inventors
- 👤 Lothar Viertel
- 👤 Klaus-Peter Kaiser
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 02:52
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60J; B60J3/00; B60J3/02; B60J3/0204; B60J3/0278; B60J3/0282
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
210 words
A sun visor for a vehicle, comprising: a flat sun-visor body with two opposite main surfaces; a recess in one of the surfaces; a housing in the recess, a mirror in the housing; an illuminating device in the housing at the mirror; the housing comprising a trough-shaped bottom part attached to the visor body, a top part detachably connected to the bottom part; a light source in the bottom part; the top part is an insert; the mirror being included in the top part; a cover over the mirror, the cover displaceable over the mirror selectively to cover the mirror and to be off the mirror to expose the mirror; an illumination window for permitting light from the light source to shine through; and a spring attached to the cover for normally urging the cover into the open condition uncovering the mirror; releasable closure means for holding the cover closed against the bias of the spring; the closure comprising an opening in the bottom part and comprising a spring-loaded pin extending from the cover into the opening in the bottom part, the pin being shaped such that pushing upon the pin against the spring loading releases the cover to move open under the bias of the spring for the cover.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
210 words
A sun visor for a vehicle, comprising: a flat sun-visor body with two opposite main surfaces; a recess in one of the surfaces; a housing in the recess, a mirror in the housing; an illuminating device in the housing at the mirror; the housing comprising a trough-shaped bottom part attached to the visor body, a top part detachably connected to the bottom part; a light source in the bottom part; the top part is an insert; the mirror being included in the top part; a cover over the mirror, the cover displaceable over the mirror selectively to cover the mirror and to be off the mirror to expose the mirror; an illumination window for permitting light from the light source to shine through; and a spring attached to the cover for normally urging the cover into the open condition uncovering the mirror; releasable closure means for holding the cover closed against the bias of the spring; the closure comprising an opening in the bottom part and comprising a spring-loaded pin extending from the cover into the opening in the bottom part, the pin being shaped such that pushing upon the pin against the spring loading releases the cover to move open under the bias of the spring for the cover.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The sun visor of claim 1, wherein the spring for the cover is connected for being increasingly tensioned as the cover is closed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The sun visor of claim 1, further comprising a knob in the cover for being movable against the pin for actuating the pin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The sun visor of claim 1, wherein the spring for the cover is a tension spring.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The sun visor of claim 4, wherein the spring for the cover is a rubber band which is stretched as the band is tensioned.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
64 words
The sun visor of claim 4, wherein the tension spring includes one end that is fastened to that edge of the cover that is in the direction toward which the cover is closed; the tension spring included another end which is fastened at the top part of the mirror, such that the mirror is between the strands of the spring, with the spring tensioned.
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