Vehicle sun visors having lighting devices
AssigneesKyowa Sangyo Co., Ltd., Shinwa Seiko Co., Ltd.
InventorHirohito Ogawa
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Abstract
A vehicle sun visor includes a visor body, a mirror mounted to the visor body, and a mirror cover slidably movable relative to the visor body along a reflective surface of the mirror between a closed position substantially covering the reflective surface of the mirror and an opened position for uncovering the reflective surface. A lighting device serves to illuminate a driver or a passenger when the mirror is used. A light control device serves to turn the lighting device from off to on as the mirror cover slides from the closed position to the opened position. The light control device also serves to control the intensity of light emitted from the lighting device in response to the position of the mirror cover.
Claims16
A vehicle sun visor comprising:
- a visor body,
- a mirror mounted to the visor body,
- a mirror cover slidably movable relative to the visor body along a reflective surface of the mirror,
- wherein the mirror cover slides between a closed position substantially covering the reflective surface of the mirror and an opened position uncovering the reflective surface;
- and
- a lighting device arranged and constructed to illuminate an operator of the mirror cover,
- a light control device arranged and constructed so as to switch the lighting device from off to on at a predetermined point as the mirror cover slides from the closed position to the opened position, and
- wherein the light control device is arranged and constructed to also control an intensity of light emitted from the lighting device in response to the position of the mirror cover.
A vehicle sun visor comprising:
- a visor body;
- and
- a mirror mounted to the visor body, and
- a mirror cover mounted to the visor body and movable between a closed position covering a reflective surface of the mirror and an opened position substantially uncovering the reflective surface via an intermediate position between the closed position and the opened position;
- and
- a lighting device arranged and constructed to emit light;
- and
- a light control device arranged and constructed to control the light emitted from the lighting device so that the light intensity increases from the intermediate position as the mirror cover moves from the closed position to the opened position.
A vehicle sun visor comprising:
- a visor body;
- and
- a mirror mounted to the visor body, and
- a mirror cover mounted to the visor body and movable between a closed position for covering a reflective surface of the mirror and an opened position for substantially uncovering the reflective surface, and
- a lighting device arranged and constructed to emit light;
- and
- a light control device electrically connected to the lighting device in order to control an intensity of light emitted from the lighting device;
- wherein the light control device comprises a variable resistor arranged and constructed to vary a resistance value of a lighting circuit in response to at least a part of the movement of the mirror cover between the closed position and the opened position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.