Sunvisor assembly
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorJeffery Dix
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a ceiling structure for a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The ceiling structure has an opening. The vehicle further includes a sunvisor assembly that is mounted to the ceiling structure. The sunvisor assembly has a panel and a swivel rod received by the opening to attach the panel to the ceiling structure. The swivel rod is movable from a first position to a second position upon receiving a predetermined force to the panel. The second position is a position in which the swivel rod is positioned further into the opening of the ceiling structure than when in the first position.
Claims13
A vehicle comprising:
- a ceiling structure for a passenger compartment of the vehicle, the ceiling structure having an opening;
- and
- a sunvisor assembly mounted to the ceiling structure, the sunvisor assembly having a panel and a swivel rod received by the opening to attach the panel to the ceiling structure, the swivel rod being movable from a first position to a second position upon receiving a predetermined force to the panel, the second position being a position in which the swivel rod is positioned further into the opening of the ceiling structure than when in the first position, the sunvisor assembly further comprises a biasing member, the swivel rod and the panel being spring-loaded into the first position by the biasing member.
A vehicle sunvisor assembly comprising:
- a mount configured to be mounted to a ceiling structure of a vehicle passenger compartment;
- a panel;
- a swivel rod extending from the mount, the swivel rod being movable relative to the mount from a first position to a second position upon receiving a predetermined force to the panel, the second position being a position in which a length of the swivel rod that is received by the mount is greater than a length of the swivel rod that is received by the mount when in the first position;
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- a biasing member, the panel and the swivel rod being spring-loaded into the first position by the biasing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.