Sun visor assembly
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorsLothar Viertel, Patrick Welter
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Abstract
A sun visor for vehicles with a flat, long body has been described. A bearing device makes it possible to fold the body from an unused position into a first use position and to swivel it into a second use position. The bearing device includes an axle journal projecting from a corner of the sun visor body, a bearing housing receiving the axle journal with a swiveling journal aligned at an angle to the axle journal, a drag-bearing housing receiving the swiveling journal which can be fasted to the vehicle body, and means to axially fasten the bearing housing to the axle journal and the drag-bearing housing to the swiveling journal.
Claims16
A sun visor assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a sun visor body;
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- a bearing device including an axle journal having a catching surface, the axle journal fastened to and projecting from a corner of said sun visor body, means in said bearing device for engaging the catching surface on the journal to maintain said visor body in an unused position and prevent unintentional folding of said visor body to a first use position, a bearing housing having a swiveling journal, a drag-bearing housing adapted to be mountable to the vehicle, a first fastening mechanism operable to axially fasten said bearing housing to said axle journal, and a second fastening mechanism operable to axially fasten said drag-bearing housing to said swiveling journal, wherein said bearing device enables said sun visor body to fold from said unused position to said first use position and to swivel said sun visor body into a second use position.
The sun visor assembly of claim I wherein said bearing device is injection molded with plastic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.