Supplemental sun visor system for automotive vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorDanil V. Prokhorov
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Abstract
A sun visor system for a vision unit of an automotive vehicle includes a sliding carrier visor having a stowed position within a headliner of a vehicle and a deployed position running laterally along a portion of the vision unit between a rearview mirror mounted to the vision unit and the headliner. Laterally extending insert visors may be independently deployed from the carrier visor so as to increase the area of a vision unit, such as a windshield, being protected from glare by the present visor system.
Claims18
A sun visor system for a vision unit of an automotive vehicle, with said sun visor system comprising:
- a sliding carrier visor having a stowed position within a pocket formed as a portion of a headliner, and a deployed position running laterally substantially parallel to a portion of a vision unit between a rear view mirror and the headliner;
- and
- a plurality of laterally extending insert visors, with each insert visor having a stowed position within said carrier visor and a deployed position extending laterally from said carrier visor.
A method for deploying a supplemental sun visor system for a vision unit of an automotive vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- slidably moving a carrier visor from a stowed position within a headliner to a deployed position in which the carrier visor extends laterally substantially parallel to a portion of the vision unit;
- and
- slidably moving at least one insert visor from a stowed position within said carrier visor to a deployed position in which said insert visor extends along the vision unit laterally from said carrier visor.
A method for deploying a sun visor system for a vision unit of an automotive vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- slidably moving a carrier visor from a stowed position within a headliner to a deployed position in which the carrier visor extends laterally substantially parallel to a portion of the vision unit;
- slidably moving a plurality of insert visors from stowed positions within said carrier visor to deployed positions in which said insert visors extend along the vision unit laterally from said carrier visor;
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- rotatably moving at least one primary sun visor from a stowed position in which the primary sun visor abuts the headliner to a deployed position in which the primary sun visor abuts the vision unit.
A sun visor system for a vision unit of an automotive vehicle, with said sun visor system comprising:
- a sliding carrier visor having a stowed position within a pocket formed as a portion of a headliner, and a deployed position running laterally substantially parallel to a central upper portion of a vision unit between a rear view mirror mounted to the vision unit, and the headliner;
- a plurality of laterally extending insert visors, with each insert visor having a stowed position within said carrier visor and a deployed position extending laterally from said carrier visor;
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- at least one primary sun visor mounted to the headliner for rotation about an axis extending transversely of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.