Sun visor for vehicle
AssigneeFreightliner Corporation
InventorsJames Clayton Turney, Michael Ian Dawson
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Abstract
A sun visor comprises a front and a back and is desirably configured and mounted in a way to generate positive lift in a direction approximately normal to the back surface of the sun visor. A sun visor in accordance with one embodiment comprises a back, which may be of a plural section construction, designed for mounting to a front sun visor member. The front member and back may define a wiring receiving passage to receive wiring for lamps mounted to the sun visor. The sun visor back may have an upper edge portion that terminates in general at a location which is above the location of any lamps mounted to the sun visor.
Claims25
An elongated sun visor for mounting to a vehicle in a position to shield a portion of an upwardly extending windshield of the vehicle from overhead sunlight, the vehicle comprising an upright vehicle front section having a vehicle front surface section extending upwardly above the windshield, the vehicle front surface section substantially following the contour of the upwardly extending windshield, the sun visor comprising:
- an elongated sun visor front having a length and comprising top and bottom edge portions, the sun visor comprising a first major front surface and a second major back surface;
- plural lights coupled to the sun visor front so as to be visible from the front of the vehicle when the lights are operated;
- a sun visor back extending at least along a major portion of the major back surface of the sun visor front, the sun visor back comprising a lower back portion which together with a lower portion of the sun visor front defines an elongated enlarged lower sun visor section, the enlarged lower sun visor section defining at least one elongated wiring receiving passage for receiving electrical wiring for the lights, the sun visor back comprising a transition back portion extending upwardly from the lower back portion and converging toward the second major back surface of the sun visor front, the sun visor back comprising an upper edge portion with at least a major portion of the upper edge portion of the sun visor back being positioned at a location above the lights;
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- at least one sun visor support for coupling to the vehicle to support the sun visor with at least a major portion of the first major front surface being substantially parallel to the vehicle front surface section.
A vehicle comprising:
- a windshield;
- an upright vehicle front section surface extending upwardly above the windshield;
- an elongated sun visor coupled to the vehicle and extending at least across the windshield at a location at least partially above the windshield, the sun visor comprising a front surface and a back surface, the back surface being spaced from the windshield, the sun visor also comprising a top edge portion and a bottom edge portion, wherein a distance d is defined to equal the average distance between the top and bottom edge portions of that portion of sun visor extending across the windshield, the sun visor comprising an enlarged bottom portion, the sun visor back surface comprising a top portion and a transition section between the sun visor bottom portion and the top portion, the average height of the transition section extending upwardly at least to a location which is one-half of the distance d, wherein the sun visor is mounted to the vehicle such that the vehicle front section surface extends upwardly and generally along the contour of the windshield for a distance d beyond a projection of the sun visor top edge portion onto the vehicle front section surface.
A sun visor for mounting above a windshield of a vehicle comprising:
- an elongated sun visor front member comprising a major front surface and a major back surface, the back surface being opposed to the front surface and at least a major portion of the back surface being oriented toward the vehicle when the sun visor is mounted to the vehicle;
- the sun visor front member comprising upper and lower front member edge portions;
- an elongated sun visor back coupled to the sun visor front member, the sun visor back comprising first and second major surfaces, at least a major portion of the first surface being oriented to face the back surface of the front member and at least a major portion of the second surface being oriented toward the vehicle when the sun visor is mounted to the vehicle;
- the sun visor front member and sun visor back together defining at least one elongated marker light wiring receiving passage extending along at least a major portion of the length of the sun visor;
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- the sun visor back comprising at least two sun visor back sections, a first of said back sections having a first inner end portion and a second of said back sections having a second inner end portion adjacent to the first inner end portion.
A sun visor in combination with a vehicle having a vehicle front with a windshield and a roof section extending above the windshield, the sun visor comprising:
- a sun visor body comprising a front and a sun visor back, the back facing and being spaced from the vehicle roof section;
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- the back comprising rear surface defining means configured and positioned relative to the roof section for creating a positive lift acting in a direction approximately normal to the rear surface as air flows past the front and back of the sun visor when the vehicle travels forward at least at certain speeds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.