Sun visor arm connection assembly and arrangement

• US 6,676,129 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2001
• Issued: 01/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Automotive Components Group North America (Lear Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lear Corporation
• Inventors: Wilson, Douglas J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pape, Joseph D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GUTMAN, HILARY L
• Application Number:
  US09/833,997
• Publication Number:
  US 20020149224A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,006 Days
• Field of Search: 296/97.5, 296/97.9, 296/97.12, 439/34, 439/537, 248/27.3
• US Class Current: 296/97.9
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/0217 Brackets for mounting the sun visor support arm to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/0252 Structure of the support arm

Abstract

A vehicle sun arm connection assembly and arrangement has a wire harness to which the assembly attaches. The assembly comprises a visor male connector and a visor female connector. The visor male connector has male conductive terminals separately attached to a first insulating body. The male conductive terminals and the first insulating body extend through a base. The visor female connector has a plurality of spaced female conductive terminals, each female terminal having an open port configured to engage a male conductive terminal. The female connector has a second insulating body disposed about the female terminals. The second insulating body has an open receiving end cooperable with the male connector.

Claims

1. A sun visor arm connection assembly of a vehicle having a wire harness to which the assembly attaches, the assembly comprising:

a visor male connector having a plurality of male conductive terminals separably attached to a first insulating body, the male conductive terminals and the first insulating body extending through a base having a ring retainer slot formed thereon; and

a visor female connector having a plurality of spaced female conductive terminals, each said female terminal having an open port configured to engage one of the male conductive terminals, the female connector having a second insulating body disposed about the female terminals, the second insulating body having an open receiving end cooperable with the male connector, the open receiving end having a ring formed thereon, the ring received in the ring retainer slot to retain the ring in the slot to connect the male connector to the female connector;

wherein the plurality of the male conductive terminals includes a first male conductive terminal having a portion about which a second male conductive terminal is co-axially disposed and wherein the first insulating body is disposed between the first and second male conductive terminals to separate the second male conductive terminal from the portion of the first male conductive terminal.

2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the plurality of female conductive terminals includes first and second female conductive terminals having respective first and second open ports that are each configured to conductively engage one of the male conductive terminals.

3. The assembly of claim 2 wherein the first open port is configured to engage the first male terminal and the second open port is configured to engage the second male terminal.

4. The assembly of claim 2 wherein the first port is configured to receive the first male terminal and the second open port is configured to receive the second male terminal.

5. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the portion of the first male conductive terminal extends a calibrated distance from the second male conductive terminal.

6. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the ring retainer slot is formed circumferentially about the base and the ring is formed circumferentially on the open receiving end.

7. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the male and female conductive terminals are rigid.

8. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the male conductive terminals are integral to the first insulating body.

9. A sun visor arm connection assembly comprising:

a visor male connector having multiple male conductive terminals attached to a first insulating body, the male conductive terminals and the first insulating body extending through a base having a ring retainer slot formed thereon; and

a visor female connector having multiple spaced female conductive terminals, each of the female conductive terminals having an open port configured to engage one of the male conductive terminals, the female connector having a second insulating body disposed about the female conductive terminals, the second insulating body having an open receiving end cooperable with the male connector, the open receiving end having a ring formed thereon, the ring being receivable in the ring retainer slot to retain slot to retain the ring in the slot to connect the male connector to the female connector;

wherein the male conductive terminals and the first insulating body extend beyond the base such that the male conductive terminals are visible when the visor male connector is viewed from a side.