DE29906600U1 - Sun visor - Google Patents

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Dipl.-lng. A. Wasmeier

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18,922

15 April 1999 gr-kar

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Susanne Schlattl Osserstrasse 1 94161 Ruderting

Title:

Sun visor

Accounts: HypoVereinsbank (bank code 750 200 73) 5 839

Postgiroamt München (bank code 700 100 80) 893 69-801 Place of jurisdiction Regensburg

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Sun visor

The innovation relates to a sun visor according to the generic term of protection claims 1, 3 or 17. Furthermore, the innovation relates to a sun visor according to the generic term of protection claim 20.

Sun visors for road vehicles, especially for cars, are known in a wide variety of designs. The aim of the innovation is to present a sun visor that ensures improved ease of use as well as improved glare protection.

To solve this problem, a sun visor or a sun visor is designed according to protection claims 1, 3 or 17 or 20.

According to a first version of the innovation, the sun visor is particularly suitable for retrofitting in existing vehicles or on their sun visors.

Further developments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims. The innovation is explained in more detail below using exemplary embodiments and the figures. They show:

Fig. 1 and 2 a sun visor together with an embodiment of the sun visor according to the invention in the inserted state in plan view and in side view;

Fig. 3 and 4 are views similar to Fig. 1 and 2 with the sun visor extended;

Fig. 5 shows an enlarged detailed view of a holding and clamping piece of the sun visor of Figures 1 - 4;

Fig. 6 in a representation similar to Figure 3 a further possible embodiment of the innovation;

Fig. 7 and 8 show a further embodiment corresponding to Figures 1 and 2; Fig. 9 and 10 show the embodiment of Figures 7 and 8 in the representation corresponding to Figures 3 and 4;

Fig. 11 and 12 show a further embodiment of the sun visor according to the innovation; Fig. 13 and 14 show a top view and a side view of an interior rear-view mirror of a car with a sun visor according to the innovation, in the retracted state;

Fig. 15 and 16 the interior rear-view mirror in top view and in side view with the sun visor extended;

Figure 1 7 shows a simplified representation of a packaging for a sun visor.

In Figures 1-4, 1 designates a sun visor as is usually used in vehicles, particularly in cars. The sun visor essentially consists of the plate-like sun visor body 2, which has a rectangular shape when viewed from above and is pivotably mounted on a support rod 3 at its upper longitudinal edge 2' in the figures, which is connected to the vehicle via a ball joint, of which only the ball 3 formed on the support rod 2 is shown. The support rod 2 and thus also the sun visor 1 are attached to the inside of the vehicle roof via this ball joint so that they can rotate and pivot about the three spatial axes running perpendicular to one another. A mirror 5 is also provided on the inside, which is visible inside the vehicle when the sun visor is folded down.

In many cases, i.e. especially when the sun is low, the usual sun visor 1 is not sufficient as protection. To improve glare protection, an additional sun visor 6 is attached to the inside of the sun visor body 2, i.e. where the mirror 5 is also provided. This visor is designed as a retrofit system and essentially consists of a plate-like visor body 7, which is made of a translucent, colored or tinted material, for example a translucent plastic, for example acrylic glass. The visor body is essentially rectangular in shape,

but has on its upper long side in Figures 1 - 4 and facing the support rod 3 of the sun visor 1 when the sun visor 6 is mounted, a recess 8 which is open towards this long side. To hold and guide the visor body 7 on the inside of the sun visor body 2, two holding and guiding pieces 9 are provided, which are each made in one piece from plastic as a flat U-profile with two legs 10 and a yoke section 11 connecting these legs, as shown in Figure 5. With the legs 1, each holding and guiding piece 9 overlaps the visor body 7 on one narrow side. As Figure 5 shows, the legs 10 each have a projection 12 on their sides facing each other in the area of the free ends, which in the embodiment shown is provided approximately in the middle of the respective holding and guiding piece 9 and ensures that the legs 10 rest at a point on the two surface sides of the visor body 7. The design is such that the legs 10 rest against the visor body 7 in a resilient manner via their projections 12, so that the visor body 7 can be moved in the direction of its narrow sides or in a direction perpendicular to its long sides (double arrow A) on the two holding and guide elements 9, but the visor body 7 is held in the respective position by a clamping fit via the holding and guide elements 9. This clamping effect is reinforced by the point-like contact (projections 12) without scratching the surfaces of the visor body 9.

In the middle, both legs 10 of each holding and guiding element 9 are each provided with a stop 13 protruding over the free edge of this leg. Counter stops 14 are assigned to the stops 13 on the upper longitudinal edge T of the sight body 7. The counter stops 14 each protrude a predetermined amount over both surface sides of the sight body 7, so that each counter stop 14 interacts with both stops 13 on a holding and guiding piece 9. This design has the advantage that both the holding and guiding pieces 9 and the sight body 7 are designed completely symmetrically, so that not only the holding and guiding bodies 9 can be used as left or right

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guide of the sight body 7, but also this sight body 7 can be mounted in a reversed manner.

Figures 1 and 2 show the sun visor in the retracted state. The visor body 7 is pushed upwards so far that it does not protrude beyond the lower edge 2" of the sun visor body 2.

Figures 3 and 4 show the sun visor 6 in use. In this state, the visor body 7 is pushed downwards to such an extent that it protrudes beyond the lower longitudinal side 2" of the sun visor body 2. The downward movement of the visor body 7 is limited by the counter-stops 14 resting against the stops 13. The recess 8 in the visor body 7 ensures that even in the state of use, it is still guided in the holding and guide elements 9 over a relatively large length, i.e. over approximately half the length of these, and thus the required stability for the sun visor 6 is achieved. In this state of use of the sun visor 6, the mirror 5 is not covered by the visor body 7. The holding and guide elements 9 are attached, for example, by gluing to the inside of the sun visor body 2, for example using a double-sided adhesive tape in the area of the corner formed by a narrow side and the lower longitudinal side 2" of the sun visor body 2 in such a way that the yoke sections 11 are parallel to the adjacent narrow sides of the sun visor body 2 and the holding and guide elements face each other with the free edge of their legs 10.

In Figures 1 and 2, 15 denotes a predetermined breaking line which runs parallel and at a distance from or from one narrow side of the visor body 7 and is formed by a perforation in the embodiment shown. The predetermined breaking line 15 makes it possible to shorten the width of the visor body 7 and thus of the sun visor 6 as a whole, namely by breaking along the predetermined breaking line 15, so that one and the same sun visor 6 can also be used for

different widths of sun visors 1 already provided in vehicles can be used. In accordance with this possibility of shortening the width of the visor body 7 due to the predetermined breaking line 15, the recess 8 is also not provided symmetrically in relation to the two narrow sides of the visor body 7. Furthermore, between the predetermined breaking line 15 and the recess 8 on the upper long side 7' there is an additional counter stop 14' which, when the visor body 7 is shortened, interacts with the stops 13 of one of the holding and guide elements 9. Due to the possibility of attaching the sun visor to the sun visor body 2 upside down, it is also possible to arrange the edge line (predetermined breaking line) of the visor body 7, which is not entirely smooth after shortening, towards the outside of the vehicle.

The holding and guide elements 9 hold the visor body 7 in place on both of its narrow sides by clamping. This has the advantage, among other things, that if the surfaces of the visor body 7 are damaged by clamping despite the projections 12, these are outside of the normal field of vision. The design of the visor body 7 as a transparent, but colored body provides protection against glare, while at the same time allowing the view through the visor body 7 to be seen. In order to avoid scratching the visor body 7, it may be expedient to manufacture the holding and guide elements 9 from a material that is softer than the visor body or to provide such a material on the sides of the legs 10 that face each other.

Figure 6 shows a further possible embodiment of a sun visor 6a, which essentially consists of the two guide strips 16, each fastened to the inside of the sun visor body 2 in the area of a narrow side thereof. A guide and holding element 17 is guided so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the strips on these guide strips 16, which are arranged parallel to the narrow sides of the sun visor body 12 and are fastened, for example, by gluing. The visor body 7 is fastened to the guide and holding elements 17, so

that it can be moved from a non-use position, in which the visor body is arranged in front of the inner surface of the sun visor body 2, into a position in which the visor body 7 protrudes beyond the underside 2" of the sun visor body 2. Furthermore, the guide pieces 17 can be pivoted about an axis parallel to the long sides of the visor body 7 in the guide strips 16, so that it is also possible to pivot the visor body 7 for optimal adjustment. The guide strips 16 are again designed, for example, in accordance with the holding and guide elements 9, namely with two legs which receive the guide pieces 17 or projections or pins provided on these guide pieces between them by means of a clamp fit, so that the visor body 7 is held in every setting and can also be pivoted at the same time. The end positions of the visor body 7 are fixed by corresponding stops on the guide strips 16. Furthermore, here too there is the possibility of shortening the width of the sun visor 6a by means of at least one corresponding predetermined breaking line.

The holding and guide pieces 17 are designed, for example, in the form of clamps similar to the holding and guide pieces 9, in such a way that the sight body 7 is held in these guide pieces 17 by clamping and overlapping in a clamp-like manner. In principle, with this design it is also possible to provide for the displacement of the sight body 7 in the axial direction parallel to its narrow sides in the guide pieces 17, whereby these guide pieces 17 are then held on the guide rails 16 in a displaceable and pivotable or only pivotable manner.

Figures 7 - 10 show a further possible embodiment of a sun visor 6b, in which the visor body 7 is slidably accommodated in a flat, closed housing or frame 18, which is attached to the outer surface of the sun visor body 2 facing the windscreen of the vehicle when the sun visor 1 is folded down, for example by gluing. The visor body 7 is guided in the frame 18 in such a way that it extends in the direction of the narrow sides of the sun visor body 2 from a section pushed into the frame 18 and thus does not extend beyond the circumference of the

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Sun visor body 2 protruding state into a use state in which the visor body 7 protrudes beyond the lower edge of the sun visor body 2. The frame 18 is designed such that the visor body 7 is in turn clamped along its two narrow sides in the frame 18.

The visor body 7 of the sun visor 6b can therefore also be moved up and down in the direction of the double arrow A.

Figures 11 and 12 show a sun visor 1a which differs from the sun visor 1 in that in addition to the sun visor body 2, a further sun visor body 2a is provided which is connected to the sun visor body 2 via a ball joint 19. The ball joint 19 is located on the sun visor body 2 in the area of a corner which is formed by the upper long side 2' and a narrow side of the sun visor body 2. Similarly, the ball joint 19 is also provided on one of the two upper corners of the sun visor body 2a. In or on the sun visor body 2, a sun visor visor is also provided, which is indicated by the visor body 7. This visor body 7 is provided so as to be displaceable, for example, on the holding and guide pieces 9 (not shown in Figures 11 and 12) or on the guide strips 16 or in associated guide pieces 17 or on a frame 18. In principle, it is also possible to arrange the visor body 7 in a displaceable manner inside the sun visor body 2, for example by using a frame corresponding to the frame 18 and provided inside the sun visor body 2. The additional sun visor body 2a is, for example, not transparent or, like the visor body 7, is made of a transparent, tinted material. The ball joint connection 19 makes it possible to fold the additional sun visor body 2a onto the sun visor body 2 when not in use or to swing it to the side in such a way that this additional sun visor body 2a also provides protection on a side window of a vehicle. The

Ball joint 19 also allows an alignment of the sun visor body 2a that is largely independent of the position of the sun visor body 2.

Figures 13-16 show a further possible embodiment of an interior rearview mirror 20 for a vehicle, in particular for a passenger car. This interior rearview mirror is fastened in a known manner to the inner surface of the slanted windshield with a holder 21. In the body or housing 22 of the rearview mirror, a visor body 7a corresponding to the visor body 7 is guided so as to be displaceable in the direction of the double arrow, in such a way that this visor body 7a can be brought from a position in which it is completely or almost completely accommodated in the mirror housing into positions in which the visor body 7a protrudes over the top of the mirror housing 22 and/or over a vertical narrow side of this mirror housing. The visor body 7a is, again, continuously adjustable. Furthermore, in the embodiment shown, the guide is designed such that the visor body 7a can be pivoted about an axis parallel to the top of the mirror housing 22, at least when it protrudes over the top of the mirror housing 22.

The innovation has been described above using exemplary embodiments. It is understood that numerous changes and modifications are possible without thereby departing from the idea underlying the innovation.

The sun visors 6, 6a and 6b are particularly suitable for retrofitting to sun visors of existing vehicles. The sun visor 1a with the additional sun visor body 2a is also particularly suitable for initial equipment, as is the rear-view mirror 20 with the visor body 7a.

Figure 17 shows a simplified representation of a packaging 23 for the sun visor. This envelope-like packaging has congruent openings 24 on the front and back through which the visor body 7 of the packaged sun visor 6, 6a or 6b is visible.

List of reference symbols Sun visor 1, 1a Sun visor body 2.2a Long side 2', 2" Support bar 3 Ball for ball joint 4 Mirror 5 Sun visor 6, 6a, 6b Visor body 7, 7a Long side 7' Recess 8th Holding and guiding element 9 leg 10 yoke section 11 Projections 12 attack 13 Counter stop 14, 14' Predetermined breaking line 15 Guide rail 16 Holding and guiding element 17 Frame 18 Ball joint 19 Interior rearview mirror 20 holder 21 Mirror housing 22 adjustment A, B, C Packaging 23 opening 24

Claims (29)

1. Sun visor for vehicles, in particular for road vehicles, with a sun visor ( 6 , 6a , 6b ) provided on at least one sun visor body ( 2 , 2a ) with a flat visor body ( 7 ) made of a transparent material, which is provided on the sun visor body ( 2 , 2a ) so as to be continuously adjustable by means of holding and guide elements ( 9 , 17 ), characterized in that the holding and guide elements ( 9 ) are made of U-profiles, each with two legs ( 10 ) and with a yoke section ( 11 ) connecting these legs, that the holding and guide elements ( 9 , 17 ) overlap the visor body ( 7 ) on two opposite circumferential sides in a clamp-like manner and rest with their legs ( 10 ) resiliently against the surface sides of the visor body ( 7 ), and that means for fastening the holding and Guide elements ( 9 , 17 ) are provided on the at least one sun visor body ( 2 ). 2. Sun visor according to claim 1, characterized in that a further sun visor body ( 2a ) is provided on the sun visor body ( 2 ) via an articulated connection ( 19 ), and that the articulated connection ( 19 ) enables a pivoting or rotating movement of the further sun visor body ( 2a ) relative to the first sun visor body ( 2 ) in all three spatial axes running perpendicular to one another. 3. Sun visor for vehicles, in particular for road vehicles, with at least one sun visor body ( 2 , 2a ) which can be adjustably fastened to the vehicle with a holder, characterized in that a further sun visor body ( 2a ) is provided on the sun visor body ( 2 ) via an articulated connection ( 19 ), and that the articulated connection ( 19 ) enables a pivoting or rotating movement of the further sun visor body ( 2a ) relative to the first sun visor body ( 2 ) in all three spatial axes running perpendicular to one another. 4. Sun visor according to claim 3, characterized in that the joint ( 19 ) is a ball joint. 5. Sun visor according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the second sun visor body ( 2a ) consists at least partially of a transparent, tinted material. 6. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a plate-shaped visor body made of a light-permeable material is adjustable on the first or second sun visor body ( 2 , 2a ). 7. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a plate-shaped visor body made of a light-permeable material is adjustable on the first or second sun visor body ( 2 , 2a ). 8. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding and guide elements ( 9 ) are designed symmetrically to a central plane running between their legs ( 10 ). 9. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding and guide elements ( 9 ) are designed symmetrically to a central plane running perpendicular to their legs ( 10 ). 10. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one stop ( 13 ) is provided on the holding and guide elements ( 9 ) or their legs ( 10 ) for a counter-stop ( 14 , 14 ') which limits the movement of the visor body ( 7 ) and is provided on the visor body ( 7 ). 11. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the counter stops ( 14 , 14 ') each protrude beyond both surface sides of the visor body ( 7 ). 12. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the legs ( 10 ) form point-shaped contact surfaces ( 12 ) for contact against the surface sides of the visor body ( 7 ). 13. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding and guide elements are formed by guide strips ( 16 ) which can be fastened to the at least one sun visor body ( 2 ) and by at least one holding and/or guide piece ( 17 ) which is displaceably and/or pivotably attached to each guide strip ( 16 ). 14. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a frame ( 18 ) which can be fastened to the at least one sun visor body ( 2 ) and in which the visor body ( 7 ) is guided. 15. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the visor body ( 7 ) is provided with at least one predetermined breaking line ( 15 ) for adjusting the width of the visor body or the sun visor visor. 16. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that counter stops ( 14 , 14 ') are provided on both sides of the predetermined breaking line on the visor body ( 7 ). 17. Sun visor for vehicles, in particular for road vehicles, with at least one flat visor body ( 7a ) made of a transparent material, which is adjustably provided on a holder, characterized in that the holder is a mirror housing ( 22 ) of a vehicle rear-view mirror, on which the plate-shaped visor body ( 7a ) is adjustably provided. 18. Sun visor according to claim 18, characterized in that the visor body ( 7a ) is continuously movable from a position inside the mirror housing ( 22 ) to positions outside the mirror housing. 19. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the visor body is tinted. 20. Sun visor for use on a sun visor body ( 2 , 2a ) of a sun visor of a vehicle, in particular a road vehicle, with a flat or plate-shaped visor body ( 7 ) made of a transparent material, which is continuously adjustable by means of holding and guide elements ( 9 , 17 ) on the sun visor body ( 2 , 2a ), characterized in that the holding and guide elements ( 9 ) are made of U-profiles, each with two legs ( 10 ) and with a yoke section ( 11 ) connecting these legs, that the holding and guide elements ( 9 , 17 ) overlap the visor body ( 7 ) on two opposite circumferential sides in a clamp-like manner and rest with their legs ( 10 ) resiliently against the surface sides of the visor body ( 7 ), and that means for fastening the holding and guide elements ( 9 , 17 ) to which at least one sun visor body ( 2 ) are provided. 21. Sun visor according to claim 20, characterized in that the holding and guide elements ( 9 ) are designed symmetrically to a central plane running between their legs ( 10 ). 22. Sun visor according to claim 20 or 21, characterized in that the holding and guide elements ( 9 ) are designed symmetrically to a central plane running perpendicular to their legs ( 10 ). 23. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one stop ( 13 ) is provided on the holding and guide elements ( 9 ) or their legs ( 10 ) for a counter-stop ( 14 , 14 ') which limits the movement of the visor body ( 7 ) and is provided on the visor body ( 7 ). 24. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the counter stops ( 14 , 14 ') each protrude beyond both surface sides of the visor body ( 7 ). 25. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the legs ( 10 ) form point-shaped contact surfaces ( 12 ) for contact against the surface sides of the visor body ( 7 ). 26. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding and guiding elements are formed by guide strips ( 16 ) which can be fastened to the at least one sun visor body ( 2 ) and by at least one holding and/or guiding piece ( 17 ) which is displaceably and/or pivotably attached to each guide strip ( 16 ). 27. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a frame ( 18 ) which can be fastened to the at least one sun visor body ( 2 ) and in which the visor body ( 7 ) is guided. 28. Sun visor visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the visor body ( 7 ) is provided with at least one predetermined breaking line ( 15 ) for adjusting the width of the visor body or the sun visor visor. 29. Sun visor according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that counter stops ( 14 , 14 ') are provided on both sides of the predetermined breaking line on the visor body ( 7 ).