US 4,582,356 AGranted

Pivot bearing for sun visor for automotive vehicles

AssigneesGebr. Happich GmbH, Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft

InventorsKlaus-Peter Kaiser, Lothar Viertel, Gerhard Zweigart

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Abstract

The disclosure concerns a sun visor including a visor body which is adapted to slide axially along a pivot-bearing housing defined along one longitudinal edge of the sun visor body, whereby the sun visor can be swiveled around that pivot-bearing housing and the sun-visor body can move along the pivot bearing housing. Inside the pivot-bearing housing is disposed one arm of the support shaft for the visor. A sleeve that is around the shaft and inside the pivot-bearing housing is slidable along the shaft and is fixed to the pivot-bearing housing by a spring which acts upon the sleeve through a window in the pivot-bearing housing. A second slide member is positioned toward the free end of the shaft. The end of the pivot-bearing housing supports a fastened on clip, which closes that end of the pivot-bearing housing. The reinforcing insert for the sun-visor body is also supported between flanges formed on the pivot-bearing housing.

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Dependent claims

A sun visor for automotive vehicles, comprising:

a sun-visor body having a first longitudinal edge and including a hollow pivot-bearing housing at the first edge, an opening defined in and along the pivot-bearing housing;
a generally L-shaped bearing support shaft having one arm for being received at the body of a vehicle;
the support shaft having a second arm for being received in the pivot-bearing housing;
a slide bearing for the visor body and being disposed on the second arm of the support shaft and being movable therealong;
fixing means for fixing the slide bearing against displacement with respect to the pivot-bearing housing;
the pivot-bearing housing having a window opening in it providing access to the slide bearing within the pivot-bearing housing, and the fixing means comprising a spring on the pivot-bearing housing, extending through the window opening and bearing against the slide bearing for fixing the slide bearing against shifting along the second arm with respect to the pivot-bearing housing.

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