Vehicle visor assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorJeffrey T. Baxter
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a support structure. A headliner is disposed proximate the support structure and includes a substrate and a cover stock disposed over the substrate. The substrate defines an elongated recess. A visor assembly includes a visor coupled to the headliner via a shaft on a first side of the visor. The visor includes a coupling member on a second opposing side of the visor. The check assembly is coupled to the headliner within the elongated recess and selectively engages the coupling member of the visor. The check assembly includes an upper check member and a lower check member configured to at least partially separate from the upper check member and translate along the elongated recess in response to a predetermined force acting on the lower check member.
Claims20
A vehicle, comprising:
- a support structure;
- a headliner disposed proximate the support structure and including a substrate and a cover stock disposed over the substrate, wherein the substrate defines an elongated recess;
- a visor assembly including a visor coupled to the headliner via a shaft on a first side of the visor, wherein the visor includes a coupling member on a second opposing side of the visor;
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- a check assembly coupled to the headliner within the elongated recess and selectively engaging the coupling member of the visor, wherein the check assembly includes an upper check member and a lower check member configured to at least partially separate from the upper check member and translate along the elongated recess in response to a predetermined force acting on the lower check member.
A vehicle visor assembly, comprising:
- a headliner including a substrate, wherein the substrate defines an aperture;
- a visor coupled to the headliner via a shaft;
- an upper check member disposed within the aperture and engaging an edge of the headliner that defines the aperture;
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- a lower check member including a body defining a hook to selectively engage the visor and a projection extending therefrom, wherein the projection is coupled to the upper check member, and wherein the body separates from the projection in response to a predetermined force acting on the body.
A visor assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a headliner including a substrate defining an elongated recess and an aperture within the elongated recess;
- a visor coupled to the headliner;
- an upper check member disposed within the aperture;
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- a lower check member engaging the upper check member and including a body coupled to a projection having a screw boss and ribs, wherein the screw boss is coupled to the body via the ribs extending therebetween, and wherein the ribs of the projection separate from the body in response to a predetermined force acting on the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.