# US 2013/0154303 A1 · Sunvisor having damper device

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- Number: US 2013/0154303 A1
- Document ID: US20130154303A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/612,304
- Filed: 2012-09-12
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-12-15
- Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Yong San Co., Ltd.; Kia Motors Corporation
- Inventors: Yong Bae Kim; Deok Rae Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130154303A1

## CPC

- B60J 3/0265: {Attachments of sun visors to mounting means including details of sun visor bearing member regulating the rotational friction on the support arm}
- B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)

## Abstract

A sunvisor apparatus may include a pivot arm fixed to a headlining, a sunvisor portion rotatably installed at an end portion of the pivot arm, and a damper device installed between the pivot arm and the sunvisor portion to reduce a rotating speed of the sunvisor portion through increasing of a frictional force while the end portion of the pivot arm may be inserted into the damper device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A sunvisor apparatus comprising:
a pivot arm fixed to a headlining;
a sunvisor portion rotatably installed at an end portion of the pivot arm; and
a damper device installed between the pivot arm and the sunvisor portion to reduce a rotating speed of the sunvisor portion through increasing of a frictional force while the end portion of the pivot arm is inserted into the damper device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The sunvisor apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the damper device includes:
a housing fixed to the sunvisor portion and filled with oil;
an oil damper rotatably provided inside the housing; and
a coupling member rotatably installed inside the housing and having an end to which the end portion of the pivot arm is fixed and the other end thereof which is fixed to the oil damper.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The sunvisor apparatus according to claim 2, wherein an elastic member elastically supporting the oil damper is provided in a receiving chamber formed inside the housing.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The sunvisor apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the elastic member elastically supports the oil damper in a longitudinal direction of the housing.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The sunvisor apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the oil damper has a frictional projection formed on an outer circumference to turn up the oil while rotating to increase a frictional force between the oil chamber and the housing.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The sunvisor apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a coupling projection is formed in a radial direction at the end portion of the pivot arm, and is inserted into a coupling groove formed in a radial direction in an insertion groove formed at the end of the coupling member to be coupled to the coupling member.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The sunvisor apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the oil damper and the coupling member are coupled to each other to interlock with each other.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The sunvisor apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pivot arm include a receiving groove formed in a circumferential direction thereof and the sunvisor portion includes a coupling protrusion in a ring shape to be rotatably coupled to the receiving groove so as to prevent the sunvisor portion from being decoupled from the pivot arm by the elastic member.