Sun visor assembly
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1. A sun visor assembly for a motor vehicle having a headliner and a windshield, comprising:
- a sun visor having a periphery, said periphery having a top periphery and an opposite bottom periphery;
a pivot rod connected to said sun visor substantially adjacent said top periphery, said pivot rod being oriented in parallel relation to said top periphery, wherein said sun visor is pivotal about said pivot rod between a deployed location whereat the sun visor selectively occludes the windshield and a storage location whereat the sun visor is adjacent the headliner; and
a source of reading light located at said bottom periphery of said sun visor, wherein said source of reading light comprises at least one reading light which provides only generally focused light which is absent abroad pattern of illumination;
wherein said source of reading light comprises;
a pair of mutually spaced apart reading lights; and
a micro-switch located between said pair of reading lights, wherein said micro-switch is selectively operable to regulate illumination of said pair of reading lights;
wherein the reading lights are pointed in a direction parallel to a plane defined by said top and bottom peripheries and directly away from said top periphery.
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Abstract
A sun visor assembly, wherein the sun visor thereof includes a vanity mirror and vanity lighting, wherein the functionally thereof is characterized by the sun visor being pivotal, rotatable and axially slidable relative to its mounting, wherein a slide mechanism supplies electrical power to the vanity lighting at all slide positions, and wherein power delivery is mechanically dependable and electrically reliable via an electrical slide component of the slide mechanism. Additionally the sun visor assembly according to the present invention optionally includes selectively illuminable, integrated reading lights at a bottom periphery thereof.
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1. A sun visor assembly for a motor vehicle having a headliner and a windshield, comprising:
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a sun visor having a periphery, said periphery having a top periphery and an opposite bottom periphery; a pivot rod connected to said sun visor substantially adjacent said top periphery, said pivot rod being oriented in parallel relation to said top periphery, wherein said sun visor is pivotal about said pivot rod between a deployed location whereat the sun visor selectively occludes the windshield and a storage location whereat the sun visor is adjacent the headliner; and a source of reading light located at said bottom periphery of said sun visor, wherein said source of reading light comprises at least one reading light which provides only generally focused light which is absent abroad pattern of illumination; wherein said source of reading light comprises; a pair of mutually spaced apart reading lights; and a micro-switch located between said pair of reading lights, wherein said micro-switch is selectively operable to regulate illumination of said pair of reading lights; wherein the reading lights are pointed in a direction parallel to a plane defined by said top and bottom peripheries and directly away from said top periphery. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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Current AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
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Original AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation (General Motors Company)
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InventorsWang, Jianhua, Vargo, Gregory J., Lambert, George F.
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Primary Examiner(s)PAPE, JOSEPH
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Application NumberUS11/360,821Publication NumberTime in Patent Office411 DaysField of Search296/97.1, 296/97.5, 362/492US Class Current296/97.5CPC Class CodesB60J 3/0239 and pivoting on a support a...B60J 3/0278 structure of the body B60J3...
