Vehicle sun visor

• US 9,987,908 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2016
• Issued: 06/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Tamaoki, Akihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Michener, Joshua J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Walraed-Sullivan, Kyle J.
• Application Number:
  US15/053,148
• Publication Number:
  US 20160263970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 831 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/0204 Sun visors
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/0213 characterised by the mounting means B60J3/0208 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/14 rotatable, e.g. to permit easy access B60N2/10 , B60N2/2869 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/879 with additional features not related to head-rest positioning, e.g. heating or cooling devices or loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0035 Sun visors

Abstract

A sun visor includes: a first light-blocking plate having a base attached to a seat width direction inside surface of a head rest of a front seat disposed in a vehicle via a fastener whose axial direction coincides with the seat width direction and selectively assuming a stored state in which the first light-blocking plate lies along the seat up and down direction about the fastener and a use state in which the first light-blocking plate lies along the seat front and rear direction about the fastener; a second light-blocking plate having a base end portion attached to a seat width direction outside surface of the head rest of the front seat via the fastener and selectively assuming the stored state and the use state; and a third light-blocking plate that interconnects in the seat width direction the first light-blocking plate and the second light-blocking plate.

Claims

1. A combination, comprising:

a vehicle seat on a self-driving vehicle, the vehicle seat being capable of changing orientation during self-driving of the self-driving vehicle; and

a vehicle sun visor including;

a first light-blocking plate that (i) is constituted by a material having a light-blocking property, (ii) has a plate shape, (iii) has a base end portion attached to a vehicle inside surface of a head rest of the vehicle seat via a first shaft whose axial direction coincides with a width direction of the vehicle seat, and (iv) is capable of assuming a stored state, in which the first light-blocking plate is positioned so that a lengthwise direction of the first light-blocking plate lies along up and down directions of the vehicle seat about the first shaft, and a use state, in which the first light-blocking plate is positioned so that the lengthwise direction lies along front and rear directions of the vehicle seat about the first shaft;

a second light-blocking plate that (i) is constituted by a material having a light-blocking property, (ii) has a plate shape, (iii) has a base end portion attached to a vehicle outside surface of the head rest via the first shaft, and (iv) is capable of assuming the stored state and the use state; and

a third light-blocking plate that (i) is constituted by a material having a light-blocking property, (ii) has a plate shape, and (iii) is disposed directly adjacent a distal end portion of the first light-blocking plate and a distal end portion of the second light-blocking plate,

wherein when assuming the use state, orientation of the vehicle sun visor changes concomitantly with change in orientation of the vehicle seat, and

wherein the third light-blocking plate is directly attached to the first light-blocking plate and the second light-blocking plate via a second shaft whose axial direction coincides with the width direction of the vehicle seat, the third light-blocking plate being rotatable relative to the first light-blocking plate and the second light-blocking plate.

2. The combination according to claim 1, wherein the first light-blocking plate, the second light-blocking plate, and the third light-blocking plate are movable substantially in the up and down directions of the vehicle seat relative to the head rest.

3. The combination according to claim 1, wherein an information display unit capable of displaying predetermined information is disposed on or in the third light-blocking plate.