Visor for an automobile
View Patent ↗A visor for an automobile is provide, which does not impair the design of the automobile when mounted on a window frame of the automobile. A side visor includes a brim portion made of stainless steel formed along a window frame of an automobile, and a visor portion made of acrylic resin formed so as to expand from the brim portion when mounted on the brim portion. The brim portion is provided at its lower edge with a connecting portion. The visor portion has an inner side of an upper edge that is provided with a bonding portion having a width approximately equal to the width of the connecting portion and expanding inwardly. By bonding the connecting portion of the brim portion and the bonding portion of the visor portion together by an adhesive tape, the brim portion and the visor portion are connected together.
1. A visor for an automobile comprising a brim portion mountable on a window frame of the automobile and a visor portion formed in a long strip shape along the brim portion, wherein the brim portion and the visor portion are formed individually, and the brim portion is made of metal.
2. The visor for an automobile according to claim 1 , wherein
the brim portion is provided with a covering portion to be fixed to the window frame of the automobile and a connecting portion to be connected to an upper edge of the visor portion, and the covering portion is formed so as to have a width in a vertical direction approximately equal to a width of the window frame or an ornamental moulding of the vehicle in a vertical direction.
3. The visor for an automobile according to claim 2 , wherein
the connecting portion is provided to be formed so as to protrude downward from a lower end of the covering portion and to be concave with respect to an outer surface of the covering portion and, when the visor portion is connected to the connecting portion, an outer surface of the visor portion and the outer surface of the covering portion are approximately on a same plane.
4. The visor for an automobile according to claim 2 , wherein
a section of the visor portion connected to the connecting portion is formed in a convex shape.
5. The visor for an automobile according to claim 2 , wherein
the connecting portion is formed with a protrusion protruding outwardly along a lower end.
6. The visor for an automobile according to claim 2 , wherein
the upper edge of the visor portion is provided with a fitting protrusion, and the connecting portion is provided with a fitting hole, and
the connecting portion and the upper edge of the visor portion are welded together in a state where the fitting protrusion fits in the fitting hole.
7. The visor for an automobile according to claim 2 , wherein
the connecting portion is provided with a fitting protrusion and the upper edge of the visor portion is provided with a fitting concave portion, and
the connecting portion and the upper edge of the visor portion are bonded together in a state where the fitting protrusion fits in the fitting concave portion.
8. The visor for an automobile according to claim 2 , wherein
the upper edge of the visor portion is provided with a fitting protrusion and the connecting portion is provided with an insert hole, and
the connecting portion and the upper edge of the visor portion are bonded together in a state where a tip of the fitting protrusion inserted in the insert hole is engaged with an engaging plate.
9. The visor for an automobile according to claim 2 , wherein
the connecting portion and the upper edge of the visor portion are welded together by insert molding.
10. The visor for an automobile according to claim 1 , wherein
the brim portion is formed of a metal thin plate not thinner than 0.2 mm and not thicker than 4.0 mm.
11. The visor for an automobile according to claim 1 , wherein
the brim portion is provided at an upper end with an engaging portion engageable with the window frame of the automobile.
12. The visor for an automobile according to claim 11 , wherein
the brim portion has a length extending from a front end to a rear end of the window frame of the automobile, and is provided with the engaging portion over an entire upper edge of the brim portion.
13. The visor for an automobile according to claim 11 , wherein
the engaging portion is provided at an outer edge with a clinch engageable with the window frame of the automobile.
14. The visor for an automobile according to claim 1 , wherein
the brim portion has a side end on which an end cap is mounted.
15. The visor for an automobile according to claim 1 , wherein
the brim portion is formed by bending a side end near a center side of the automobile when mounted on the automobile.
16. The visor for an automobile according to claim 1 , wherein
the brim portion is formed by coating, with synthetic resin, a side end near a center side of the automobile when mounted on the automobile.
17. The visor for an automobile according to claim 1 , wherein
the visor portion has a flat outer surface on a side end near a center side of the automobile when mounted on the automobile.