Magnetic splittable sun visor
AssigneeTesla, Inc.
InventorsDevan Maximo Wiitala, Yiqing Wang, Viorel Bagdan Grosu
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Abstract
An automotive sun visor includes a first panel having a first height and a first length, a second panel having a second height and a second length, a panel coupling mechanism including at least one magnet or ferromagnetic element at a inboard edge of the first panel and at least one magnet or ferromagnetic element at a inboard edge of the second panel, the mechanism configured to detachably couple the first panel to the second panel at the inboard edges, via the magnets, to form the automotive sun visor, the sun visor configured to extend along a length of a front windshield, and the first panel configured to extend along at least a portion of a length of a side window when detached from the second panel.
Claims20
A magnetic splittable sun visor comprising:
- a first panel having a first height and a first length;
- a second panel having a second height and a second length;
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- a panel coupling mechanism including magnets at a first edge of the first panel and at a first edge of the second panel, the mechanism configured to detachably couple the first panel to the second panel at the edges, via the correlated magnets, to operatively form a unified sun visor;
- wherein the first panel and the second panel are configured to detach from each other to operatively form separable left and right side visors.
A system, comprising:
- a sensor housing;
- a sensor mounted within the sensor housing and configured to face an operator;
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- a sun visor including:
- a first panel having a first height and a first length;
- a second panel having a second height and a second length;
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- a panel coupling mechanism including magnets at a first edge of the first panel and at a first edge of the second panel, the mechanism configured to detachably couple the first panel to the second panel at the edges, via the correlated magnets, to operatively form a unified sun visor;
- wherein the first panel and the second panel are configured to detach from each other to operatively form separable left and right side visors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.