Sun visor assembly

• US 20060138799A1
• Filed: 02/23/2006
• Published: 06/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Wang, Jianhua, Vargo, Gregory J., Lambert, George F.
• Granted Patent: US 7,201,427 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/97.110
• 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 3/0278 structure of the body B60J3/0208, B60J3/0213 take precedence

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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21. A sun visor assembly for a motor vehicle, 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; and

a source of reading light located at said bottom periphery of said sun visor.

22. The sun visor assembly of claim 21, 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.

23. The sun visor of claim 22, wherein said pair of reading lights comprise light emitting diodes.