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US 9,434,241 B2Granted
Vehicle sun visor
AssigneeKyowa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Asai, Kosuke Yamazaki
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Abstract
A vehicle sun visor includes: a sun visor body; a support shaft; and a damper configured to apply braking force at the time when the sun visor body turns. The damper includes: a rotor and a rotor case that supports the rotor such that the rotor is rotatable around its axis. The rotor includes a cylindrical portion in which the support shaft is inserted, the cylindrical portion being held so as to be non-rotatable with respect to the support shaft. The rotor case is held by the sun visor body in a state where the rotor case is non-rotatable with respect to the sun visor body.
Claims17
A vehicle sun visor comprising:
- a sun visor body;
- a support shaft mounted on a ceiling surface of a vehicle cabin and configured to support the sun visor body at a turning center position of the sun visor body such that the sun visor body is turnable between a storage position, at which the sun visor body is oriented along the ceiling surface of the vehicle cabin, and a use position, at which the sun visor body is able to block light;
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- a damper configured to apply braking force at the time when the sun visor body turns, wherein
- the damper includes:
- a rotor, the rotor being formed to have a larger diameter than the support shaft, and the rotor including a portion in which the support shaft is inserted, the portion being held so as to be non-rotatable with respect to the support shaft;
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- a rotor case that supports the rotor such that the rotor is rotatable around its axis, the rotor case being held by the sun visor body in a state where the rotor case is non-rotatable with respect to the sun visor body.
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