IP Library Granted Patent US 10,434,848
Granted Patent B2
US 10,434,848 · App. 16/111,498 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Vehicle sun visor

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Patent No.
US 10,434,848
App. No.
16/111,498
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle sun visor includes a sun visor body, an arm including a cylindrical end portion provided with contact parts of a pair of conductors and rotatably holding the sun visor body, a mounting bracket configured to mount the arm to a vehicle, and a connector having a pair of terminals each including a contact portion configured to contact each contact part. The mounting bracket includes an arm-supporting portion supporting the cylindrical end portion. The contact parts are a pair of arcuate-plate-shaped contact parts. The pair of arcuate-plate-shaped contact parts is provided at a predetermined interval on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical end portion. The housing of the connector further includes a lubricating oil reservoir being disposed at a position facing to at least one arcuate-plate-shaped contact part and configured to store lubricating oil to be supplied to the at least one arcuate-plate-shaped contact part.

Claims (21)

1. A vehicle sun visor comprising:

a sun visor body including an electrical component;

a non-conductive arm including a cylindrical end portion provided with contact parts of a pair of conductors and rotatably holding the sun visor body;

a mounting bracket configured to mount the non-conductive arm to a vehicle; and

a connector detachably attached to the mounting bracket and having a pair of terminals configured to supply electric power, each terminal having a contact portion configured to contact each contact part of the contact parts of the pair of conductors,

wherein the mounting bracket includes an arm-supporting portion supporting the cylindrical end portion of the non-conductive arm to be rotatable,

wherein the contact parts of the pair of conductors are a pair of arcuate-plate-shaped contact parts each formed in an arcuate plate shape,

wherein the pair of arcuate-plate-shaped contact parts is provided at a predetermined interval on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical end portion, the outer peripheral surface being exposed outside of the arm-supporting portion, and

wherein the housing of the connector further comprises a lubricating oil reservoir being disposed at a position facing to at least one arcuate-plate-shaped contact part of the pair of arcuate-plate-shaped contact parts of the housing of the connector and configured to store lubricating oil to be supplied to the at least one arcuate-plate-shaped contact part.

2. The vehicle sun visor according to claim 1 ,

wherein each terminal of the pair of terminals includes a spring portion provided with the contact portion,

wherein the housing has a protruding wall provided at a position corresponding to each spring portion and covering each spring portion, and

wherein the protruding wall includes the lubricating oil reservoir.

3. The vehicle sun visor according to claim 2 ,

wherein the cylindrical end portion exposed outside of the arm-supporting portion comprises a small-diameter cylindrical end portion arranged on an upper side of the cylindrical end portion and a large-diameter cylindrical end portion arranged on an lower side of the cylindrical end portion,

wherein cutouts are provided at alternate positions of the small-diameter cylindrical end portion and the large-diameter cylindrical end portion,

wherein a first arcuate-plate-shaped contact part of the pair of arcuate-plate-shaped contact parts is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the small-diameter cylindrical end portion, and a second arcuate-plate-shaped contact part of the pair of arcuate-plate-shaped contact parts is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the large-diameter cylindrical end portion, and

wherein the lubricating oil reservoir is provided at a position facing the second arcuate-plate-shaped contact part of the protruding wall and configured to store the lubricating oil to be supplied to the second arcuate-plate-shaped contact part.

4. The vehicle sun visor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pair of arcuate-plate-shaped contact parts is each provided via a gap at the same height in the extending direction of the non-conductive arms on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical end portion which is exposed on the outside of the arm-supporting portion, and

wherein the lubricating oil reservoir is provided at a position facing the pair of arcuate-plate-shaped contact parts of the protruding wall and configured to store the lubricating oil to be supplied to the pair of arcuate-plate-shaped contact parts.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: NISHIYAMA, NORITAKA
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046694/0853 →