Sun visor with an incorporated impact point
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAdam Weyrauch, Rohit Telukunta, Steven Frank, Michael J. Gardynik
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Abstract
A sun visor assembly for a vehicle that includes a mount configured to be connected to the vehicle. A guide rod having a first portion that includes a head and a second portion with a terminal end is operably coupled to the mount via the head. An impact point is at the terminal end of the second portion. The guide rod and the impact point are configured for use as a window breaker tool in a disassembled position. A visor is operably coupled to the guide rod in an assembled position and is rotatable about the guide rod from a first position to a second position. The visor includes a channel defined within the visor that is configured to receive the guide rod.
Claims20
A sun visor assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a mount configured to be connected to the vehicle;
- a guide rod having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion includes a head operably coupled to the mount, and wherein the second portion includes a terminal end;
- an impact point at the terminal end of the second portion, the impact point being comprised of a hardened material, wherein the impact point is configured for use as a window breaker tool in a disassembled position;
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- a visor operably coupled to the guide rod in an assembled position and rotatable about the guide rod from a first position to a second position, the visor comprising a channel defined within the visor, wherein the channel is configured to receive the guide rod.
A sun visor assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a mount having a vehicle-downward section and an aperture defined on the vehicle-downward section;
- a guide rod having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion includes a head operably coupled to the mount, and wherein the second portion includes a center axis and a terminal end that defines a receiver;
- an impact member coupled to the receiver, wherein the impact member is coaxial with the center axis of the second portion, and wherein the impact member includes an impact point that is laterally displaced from the terminal end and is coaxial with the center axis of the second portion, and wherein the impact member includes a hardened material with a hardness sufficient to break a window with force;
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- a visor operably coupled to the second portion and rotatable about the second portion from a first position to a second position, the visor comprising:
- a channel defined within a top section of the visor and extending along a width of the visor, wherein the channel is configured to receive the guide rod;
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- a retaining feature defined on the visor and operably coupled to an interior ceiling of the vehicle and configured to limit a vertical movement and a lateral movement of the visor.
A method of operating a sun visor assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- positioning a visor on a supporting guide rod;
- decoupling a chamfered head of the guide rod from a mount coupled to an interior support of the vehicle;
- translating the guide rod out from a channel that is defined within a top section of the visor and extends along a width of the visor;
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- forcibly moving the guide rod toward a window of the vehicle such that an impact point that is comprises of a hardened material and a at a terminal end of the guide rod contacts the window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.