Visor capable of illumination when sliding

• US 7,461,886 B1
• Filed: 10/04/2006
• Issued: 12/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jianhua Wang, Jian Yin Tai
• Original Assignee: Jianhua Wang, Jian Yin Tai
• Inventors: Wang, Jianhua, Tai, Jian Yin
• Primary Examiner(s): Morrow; Jason S
• Application Number:
  US11/542,725
• Time in Patent Office: 797 Days
• Field of Search: 296/97.1, 296/97.11, 296/97.12, 296/97.13, 362/492
• US Class Current: 296/97.11
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/0239 and pivoting on a support arm bearing members regulating the rotational friction on the support arm B60J3/0265
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/0265 Attachments of sun visors to mounting means including details of sun visor bearing member regulating the rotational friction on the support arm
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/0282 specially adapted for a courtesy mirror

Abstract

A sun visor for a vehicle is shown and described. The sun visor can be slidably adjustable by the user from a first or storage position to a second position and anywhere there between. The sun visor also has an illumination system for lighted viewing in a mirror. These embodiments show and describe an illumination system that can be used with the mirror when the sun visor is located in any position.

Claims

1. A device for providing shading and illumination in a vehicle, the vehicle having a power supply, the device comprising:

a frame attached to a slider unit the slider having a housing and a first cap on one end and a second cap on a second end, the housing electrically conductive;

the slider unit slidably affixed to an arm, the arm having a first end affixed to a pivot attachment and a second end, the arm an electrically conductive and hollow tube,

a wiring connector affixed to the power supply, the wire connector connected to wiring, the wiring having a first lead and a second lead;

the first and second lead inserted into the first end of the arm, the second lead extending through the arm to the second end of the arm and attached to a connector, the connector housed within a cavity of a holder, the connector attached to a slider, the slider biased against a floor of the holder by a spring, the housing connected to a terminal, the terminal affixing the second lead to a power consumer having a light source;

one end of the first lead attached to the power consumer and the other end of the first lead attached to a connector, the connector attached to an electrically conductive spring and ball, the ball slidably biased against the arm, the arm attached at a terminal to the first lead exiting the first end of the arm and terminating at the wiring connector completing the circuit to the power supply; and

whereby, the translation of the frame and slider unit along the arm allows the circuit to be closed providing illumination of the light source or power to the lighted sliding visor from the first position to the second position and positions there between.

2. A device for providing shading and illumination in a vehicle having a power supply, the device comprising:

a pivotal attachment;

a hollow electrically conductive arm having a first end and a second end, the first end attached to the pivot attachment;

the arm slidably attached to a slider unit, the slider unit having an electrically conductive housing;

the slider unit attached to a frame;

the frame attached to a snap attachment in one position and removed from the snap

attachment in a second position, the frame housing a power consumer;

a wiring connector for attachment to the power supply;

the wiring connector attached to wiring having a first lead and a second lead;

the first lead attached to the arm near the first end, the second lead inserted into the arm and terminating in a connector, the connector exiting the second end of the arm;

the connector attached to a slider, the slider housed in a holder and engaged by a spring;

the spring biasing the slider against a floor of the housing, a terminal attaching the second lead to the housing, the second lead attached to the power consumer, the first lead providing an electrical conduit from the power consumer to a connector located near a first cap of the housing;

the connector engaging an electrically conductive spring and ball, the ball slidably contacting the arm, the arm connected at a terminal to the first lead which runs to the wiring connector completing the circuit; and

whereby, translation of the visor allows the ball to contact the arm and the slider to contact the housing thereby completing the circuit and providing power to the power consumer no matter where the visor is translated relative to the arm.

3. A device for providing shade and illumination in a vehicle, the vehicle having a power supply, the device comprising:

a frame removably affixed to a snap attachment, the frame attached to slider unit,

the slider unit having an electrically conductive housing with a floor and a non-conductive first cap on one end and a non-conductive second cap on a second end, the first and second caps slidably attached to a hollow arm, a non-conductive holder located on the arm near the second cap, the arm rotatably affixed to a pivot attachment, the arm having a first end and a second end, the arm electrically conductive, the first cap located near the pivot attachment when in a first position and the first cap located near the holder in a second position,

a wiring connector electrically attached to the power supply, the wiring connector electrically connected to wiring, the wiring having a first lead and a second lead, the first and second lead entering the arm at the pivot attachment, the first lead connected near the first end of the arm to a terminal;

the second lead entering the first end of the arm and electrically connected to a connector, the connector exiting the second end of the arm, the connector attached to a slider, the slider and connector housed in a cavity of the holder, a spring engaging the connector and slider, the spring for biasing the slider against the floor of the housing, the housing attached to the second lead at a terminal, the second lead electrically attached to a power consumer, the power consumer located within the frame; and

the power consumer electrically affixed to the first lead, the first lead connected to a connector located near the first end of the arm, the connector attached to an electrically conductive spring and a ball, the ball contacting the arm and slidable along the outer surface of the arm as the visor is moved from the first position to the second position, thereby closing the circuit and providing power to the power consumer as movement of the visor occurs from the first position to the second position.