Sun-visor of a vehicle equipping an occupant restraint system
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Aoki, Hidetoshi Utsumi, Fumiharu Ochiai, Naohiko Saita, Yuichi Saito
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Abstract
A sun-visor provided in a vehicle includes a sun-visor body, a shaft, and low strength region. The sun-visor body is used for blocking off the outside light. One end of the shaft is inserted into the sun-visor body and another end of the shaft is rotatably supported at the roof of the vehicle through a base. The low strength region of the shaft permits the sun-visor to be readily deformed by a side air bag deployed into the vehicle cabin, thereby achieving a certain inflation of the air bag irrespective of the position of the sun-visor.
Claims11
A sun-visor provided in a vehicle having an occupant restraint system for protecting an occupant from side-impact, said sun-visor comprising;
- a sun-visor body disposed in a cabin of said vehicle for blocking off outside light;
- a shaft, one end of said shaft being rotatably supported at a base fixed to a roof of said vehicle, another end of said shaft being inserted into said sun-visor body, and said shaft having a curved part on a region exposed from said sun-visor body and said base;
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- said shaft also having a low strength region provided on or about said curved part;
- whereby said shaft is situated so as to be deformed when said occupant restraint system is operated.
A sun-visor provided in a vehicle having an occupant restraint system for protecting an occupant from side-impact, said sun-visor comprising;
- a sun-visor body disposed in a cabin of said vehicle for blocking off outside light;
- a shaft, one end of said shaft being rotatably supported at a base fixed to a roof of said vehicle, and another end of said shaft being inserted into said sun-visor body;
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- a low strength part provided on said shaft;
- whereby when said shaft is situated adjacent the occupant restraint system and the occupant restraint system is operated, the shaft is deformed in said low strength part.
A sun-visor for use in a vehicle having an occupant restraint system for protecting an occupant from side-impact, said sun-visor comprising;
- a sun-visor body for being disposed in a cabin of said vehicle for blocking off outside light;
- a shaft having one end inserted into said sun-visor body to pivotally support the sun-visor body;
- a base rotatably supporting another end of the shaft and adapted to be fixed to a roof of said vehicle;
- said shaft having a low strength part;
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- whereby when said shaft is situated so as to be deformed in said low strength part when said occupant restraint system is operated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.