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US 4,178,035 AGranted
Sun visor for motor vehicles
AssigneeGebr. Happich GmbH
InventorKurt Cziptschirsch
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Abstract
A sun visor for a motor vehicle including a visor body, a bearing axle which is u-shaped in cross-section so that its arms exert a radial, twist resisting force and a bearing housing into which the axle is fitted and which, in turn, snap attaches to a receiving opening for it in the vehicle.
Claims18
A sun visor for use in a motor vehicle, or the like, comprising:
- a visor body shaped to serve as a visor;
- a bearing housing adapted for mounting to the body of the vehicle, or the like;
- said bearing housing comprising a rotationally symmetric plug body having a plug opening extending into it;
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- a bearing axle comprising:
- a first leg having bearing means thereon for enabling connection of said axle with said visor body and for enabling pivoting of said visor body around said axle first leg;
- said bearing axle also being pluggable into said bearing housing plug opening;
- said plug body being generally in the form of a rosette including a forwardly extending plug pin and a flange at the rear of said plug pin;
- said plug pin tapering conically narrower to the end thereof away from said flange;
- a transition between said plug pin and said flange, said transition being annular and narrowed in diameter as compared with said plug pin at said transition, thereby to define a groove type undercut at said transition,
- said plug body plug opening extending through said flange and said transition into said plug pin.
8 more elements
A sun visor for use in a motor vehicle, or the like, comprising:
- a visor body shaped to serve as a visor;
- a bearing housing adapted for mounting to the body of the vehicle, or the like;
- said bearing housing comprising a rotationally symmetric plug body having a plug opening extending into it;
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- a bearing axle comprising:
- a first leg having bearing means thereon for enabling connection of said axle with said visor body and for enabling pivoting of said visor body around said axle first leg;
- said bearing axle also being pluggable into said bearing housing plug opening;
- said visor includes a second plug opening;
- said bearing axle being approximately L-shaped, and having its said first leg bearing means pluggable into said visor body second plug opening;
- said bearing axle having a second leg that is pluggable into said bearing housing plug opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.