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US 9,931,912 B2Granted
Collar, and vehicle sun visor provided with said collar
AssigneesPiolax, Inc., Kasai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorsMoto Nakagawa, Ryou Aoki, Tomoya Shiraishi
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Abstract
A collar for a vehicle sun visor includes a pair of collar halves attached on a shaft body. The collar halves each include a receiving groove, a first locking hole and a second locking hole, and a first flexible claw and a second flexible claw. When the pair of collar halves is assembled, the flexible claw of one of the collar halves is inserted into and engages with the locking hole in the other of the collar halves, and the locking holes and the flexible claws are provided pair-wise and arranged opposite one another with the receiving groove therebetween.
Claims14
A collar mounted on a shaft body that supports a shielding body of a sun visor for a vehicle, the collar including:
- a pair of half-split bodies that is mounted on the shaft body by sandwiching an outer circumference of the shaft body,
- wherein each of the half-split bodies includes:
- an accommodation groove formed on an inner face of each of the half-split bodies so as to accommodate a part of the shaft body;
- engagement hole portions formed on the inner face of each of the half-split bodies by being cut out;
- bendable pawl portions formed to stand from the inner face of each of the half-split bodies and to have flexibility;
- and
- mating faces formed on inner faces of the half-split bodies,
- wherein, when the pair of half-split bodies is combined, the bendable pawl portions of one of the half-split bodies are inserted into and engaged with the engagement hole portions of an other one of the half-split bodies such that the bendable pawl portions fixedly attach the pair of half-split bodies to each other via being engaged with the engagement hole portions, and
- wherein each of the engagement hole portions and a corresponding one of the bendable pawl portions are paired on both end portion sides such that the accommodation groove is interposed between the pairs of engagement hole portions and the bendable pawl portions,
- wherein each of the half-split bodies further includes a connecting portion and a connected portion that are opposed across the accommodation groove from each other and disposed between the pairs of the engagement hole portions and the bendable pawl portions on the both end portion sides,
- wherein the connecting portion extends out from the inner face of each of the half-split bodies along a direction of inserting the bendable pawl portions into the engagement hole portions, and includes a concave portion arranged to fit into the connected portion,
- wherein the connected portion includes a convex portion arranged to fit into the concave portion,
- wherein, when the pair of half-split bodies is combined, the concave portion of one of the half-split bodies is connected with the convex portion of an other one of the half-split bodies, so that a positional displacement of the pair of half-split bodies in an opposing direction and in an axial direction are limited,
- wherein the mating faces are brought into contact with each other when the half-split bodies are combined,
- wherein the connecting portions extend out from mating faces along the direction of inserting the bendable pawl portions into the engagement hole portions, and
- wherein the concave portion is formed in a portion of the connecting portion that extends out over the mating face, and at a position away from both side faces of the connecting portion in the axial direction of the shaft body.
13 more elements
A sun visor for a vehicle, the sun visor including:
- a shielding body configured to shield light;
- a shaft body configured to support the shielding body;
- and
- a collar including a pair of half-split bodies that is mounted on the shaft body by sandwiching an outer circumference of the shaft body, so as to be locked on a locking portion provided on the vehicle,
- wherein each of the half-split bodies includes:
- an accommodation groove formed on an inner face of each of the half-split bodies so as to accommodate a part of the shaft body;
- engagement hole portions formed on the inner face of each of the half-split bodies, so as to penetrate through each of the half-split bodies up to an outer face thereof;
- and
- bendable pawl portions formed to stand from the inner face of each of the half-split bodies and to have flexibility,
- wherein, when the pair of half-split bodies is combined, the bendable pawl portions of one of the half-split bodies are inserted into and engaged with the engagement hole portions of an other one of the half-split bodies such that the bendable pawl portions fixedly attach the pair of half-split bodies to each other via being engaged with the engagement hole portions, so as not to protrude beyond the outside surfaces of the half-split bodies,
- wherein each of the engagement hole portions and a corresponding one of the bendable pawl portions are paired such that the accommodation groove is interposed between the pairs of engagement hole portions and the bendable pawl portions, and
- wherein, when the pair of half-split bodies are combined, the bendable pawl portions are exposed through the engagement hole portions to the outside.
9 more elements
A collar mounted on a shaft body that supports a shielding body of a sun visor for a vehicle, so as to be locked on a locking portion provided on the vehicle, the collar including:
- a pair of half-split bodies that is mounted on the shaft body by sandwiching an outer circumference of the shaft body,
- wherein each of the half-split bodies includes:
- an accommodation groove formed on an inner face of each of the half-split bodies so as to accommodate a part of the shaft body;
- engagement hole portions formed on the inner face of each of the half-split bodies by being cut out, so as to penetrate through each of the half-split bodies up to an outer face thereof;
- and
- bendable pawl portions formed to stand from the inner face of each of the half-split bodies and to have flexibility,
- wherein, when the pair of half-split bodies is combined, the bendable pawl portions of one of the half-split bodies are inserted into and engaged with the engagement hole portions of an other one of the half-split bodies such that the bendable pawl portions fixedly attach the pair of half-split bodies to each other via being engaged with the engagement hole portions, so as not to protrude beyond the outside surfaces of the half-split bodies,
- wherein each of the engagement hole portions and a corresponding one of the bendable pawl portions are paired such that the accommodation groove is interposed between the pairs of engagement hole portions and the bendable pawl portions, and
- wherein, when the pair of half-split bodies are combined, the bendable pawl portions are exposed through the engagement hole portions to the outside.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.