Lighted sun visor for vehicles
AssigneeGebr. Happich GmbH
InventorsLothar Viertel, Manfred Nowak
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Abstract
A vehicle sun visor is supportable on a vehicle body by a main bearing and by a counterbearing; the vehicle electrical system is connected to contacts in the counterbearing housing; leads to a lamp on the sun visor are connected to contact means on the visor body and the contact means on the visor body are engageable with the contact means in the counterbearing housing; a cover over the lamp includes contacts which are opened and closed by movement of the cover.
Claims18
Illuminating means for a sun visor having a visor body and a main swivel bearing on said visor body for swivelingly supporting said visor body and also having a counterbearing shaft supported on said visor body away from said main swivel bearing and a counterbearing housing attachable to a relatively stationary support that is separate from said visor body;
- said counterbearing shaft being detachably connected to said counterbearing housing upon motion of said visor body around said main swivel bearing toward said counterbearing housing, said illuminating means comprising:
- a first contact element carried in said counterbearing housing;
- said first contact element being connectable to an electric source;
- a second contact element carried by said counterbearing shaft;
- said second contact element being engageable with said first contact element on movement of said visor to bring said counterbearing shaft into said counterbearing housing;
- a light source carried on said visor body and being electrically connected with said second contact element;
- said light source being further connected to electric ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.