Sun visor for vehicle and method of operating the same
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorSeung Woo Lee
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Abstract
A sun visor for a vehicle and method of operating the same which prevents glare caused by light from the sun or headlights and which promotes safe driving without obstructing the field of view of a driver. The invention also features methods for operating the sun visor.
Claims20
A sun visor for a vehicle which prevents glare caused by light from the sun or headlights, the sun visor comprising:
- a push button unit installed on an upper portion of a body of the sun visor and controlling an ON/OFF state of electric current;
- an electromagnetic field generator generating repulsive force when the current is applied and attractive force due to elastic springs when the current is not applied according to whether the push button unit is switch on or off;
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- a plastic color-coated plate drawn into or out of the body of the sun visor according to the operation of the electromagnetic field generator so as to block the light from the sun or the headlights.
A sun visor for a vehicle which prevents glare caused by light from the sun or headlights, the sun visor comprising:
- a push button unit having on button and off button;
- a gear unit having gears engaged with each other according to pushing of the push button unit and rotated along with a rotating shaft of the sun visor;
- a locking unit regulating rotation of the gear unit according to the pushing of the push button unit;
- a plastic color-coated plate drawn into or out of a body of the sun visor according to the rotation of the gear unit so as to block the light from the sun or the headlights;
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- a restoring spring drawing the plastic color-coated plate into the body of the sun visor when the engagement of the gears of the gear unit is released by the operation of the push button unit and the locking unit.
A method of operating a sun visor for a vehicle for preventing glare caused by light from the sun or headlights, the method comprising the steps of:
- casting the light from the sun or the headlights into a driver's seat in an interior of the vehicle;
- determining, by a driver, whether or not the glare is caused by the light from the sun or the headlights, and pushing a push button unit;
- pulling down the sun visor when the push button unit is pushed, and drawing the plastic color-coated plate out of the body of the sun visor so as to block the light from the sun or the headlights;
- pushing, by the driver, the push button unit again when the glare caused by the cast light from the sun or the headlights disappears;
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- drawing the plastic color-coated plate into the body of the sun visor when the push button unit is pushed.
A sun visor for a vehicle which prevents glare caused by light from the sun or headlights, the sun visor comprising:
- a push button unit controlling an ON/OFF state of electric current;
- an electromagnetic field generator generating repulsive force when the current is applied and attractive force due to elastic springs when the current is not applied according to whether the push button unit is switch on or off;
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- a plastic color-coated plate.
A sun visor for a vehicle which prevents glare caused by light from the sun or headlights, the sun visor comprising:
- a push button unit having on button and off button;
- a gear unit;
- a locking unit regulating rotation of the gear unit according to the pushing of the push button unit;
- a plastic color-coated plate;
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- a restoring spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.