Sun visor for automotive vehicles
First Claim
1. A sun visor for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a visor body having opposite surfaces and having an upper longitudinal edge;
a source of light supported at one of the visor body surfaces;
an electric current lead wire connectable with the electrical system of the vehicle and connected with the light source;
a ground wire also connected with the light source;
a swivel bearing at the upper longitudinal edge of the body toward one side thereof;
the swivel bearing comprising a bearing part of nonmetallic material;
a borehole in the bearing part for receiving a visor support shaft;
a plug opening in the bearing part for receiving a contact element;
a passage channel inside the bearing part extending between the borehole and the plug opening;
an electrically conductive sun visor support shaft supported in the bearing borehole such that the visor body can swivel around the support shaft;
one of the electric wires from the electric system of the vehicle being connected to the support shaft;
a contact element in the plug opening;
a spring-loaded contact projection on the contact element, and the projection protruding slightly into the bearing borehole through the passage channel, whereby the contact projection is protected inside the bearing part as it projects into the bearing borehole;
the support shaft including a recess defined in it where the support shaft passes over the passage opening;
the recess being deep enough that the contact projection does not contact the support shaft when the recess is over the contact projection.
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Abstract
A sun visor for an automotive vehicle having a swivel bearing at one upper longitudinal edge region. The swivel bearing includes a non-metallic, plastic bearing part having a bearing borehole for the metallic sun-visor shaft and a parallel plug opening for an electric contact element. The electric contact element in the plug opening is connected to one of the wires from the light source which illuminates the mirror on the sun-visor body. A passage channel between the bearing borehole and the plug opening has a contact projection on the contact element biased through it to project into the bearing borehole and contact the shaft therein. The shaft has a recess extending partially around it at a region along it such that the contact projection will or will not make electric contact with the visor shaft depending upon the swivel position of the visor body. Shaped away from the bearing part on the upper longitudinal region of the visor body is an outer-support shaft which electrically connects with a housing part fastenable to the vehicle body. An electric wire to the light source connects to the outer-support shaft.
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14 Claims
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1. A sun visor for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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a visor body having opposite surfaces and having an upper longitudinal edge; a source of light supported at one of the visor body surfaces;
an electric current lead wire connectable with the electrical system of the vehicle and connected with the light source;
a ground wire also connected with the light source;a swivel bearing at the upper longitudinal edge of the body toward one side thereof;
the swivel bearing comprising a bearing part of nonmetallic material;a borehole in the bearing part for receiving a visor support shaft;
a plug opening in the bearing part for receiving a contact element;
a passage channel inside the bearing part extending between the borehole and the plug opening;an electrically conductive sun visor support shaft supported in the bearing borehole such that the visor body can swivel around the support shaft;
one of the electric wires from the electric system of the vehicle being connected to the support shaft;a contact element in the plug opening;
a spring-loaded contact projection on the contact element, and the projection protruding slightly into the bearing borehole through the passage channel, whereby the contact projection is protected inside the bearing part as it projects into the bearing borehole;the support shaft including a recess defined in it where the support shaft passes over the passage opening;
the recess being deep enough that the contact projection does not contact the support shaft when the recess is over the contact projection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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