JP2001277847A - Sun visor for vehicle and method for manufacturing thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sun visor for a vehicle and a method for manufacturing thereof capable of easily inserting a terminal insertion part of an armor skin into between first and second half shells, and enhancing the productivity of the sun visor. SOLUTION: This sun visor for a vehicle has a sun visor main body 10 formed in a hollow shape by closing first and second half shells 11, 21; and an armor skin 60 covering the sun visor main body 10. Temporary locking means 13, 24 for locking the first and second half shells 11, 21 in temporary locking positions at a distance of a gap for skin insertion into which the terminal insertion part 61 of the armor skin 60 can be inserted, and closing means 14, 26 for locking the first and second half shells 11, 21 in a position closing by interposing the terminal insertion part 61 of the armor skin 60 between the half shells 11, 21 are installed between the first and second half shells 11, 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a sun visor for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the sun visor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a sun visor for a vehicle has a structure in which a sun visor body is formed in a hollow shape by a first half-shell and a second half-shell, and the sun visor body is covered with an outer skin. Are known. In such a vehicle sun visor, for example, after the first and second half shells of the sun visor main body are formed in such a manner that one side edge thereof is openably and closably connected by a thin hinge,
In some cases, the first and second half shells are locked in a closed state by a closing means and connected. On the other hand, the outer skin is formed in a bag shape with one side opened. Then, the sun visor body joined in the closed state by the closing means as described above is inserted into the bag of the bag-shaped outer skin. After that, the terminal insertion portion at the opening of the bag-shaped outer skin is the first and second terminals.
By being forcibly inserted between the two half-shells of
It is known that a sun visor body is covered with an outer skin to constitute a sun visor for a vehicle.

[0003]

By the way, when the terminal insertion portion of the outer skin is inserted between the first and second half shells of the sun visor body locked in the closed state by the closing means, In order to provide a gap between the two half shells in which the terminal insertion portion of the outer skin can be inserted, the first and second half shells are forcibly deformed elastically. Must open. Further, as described above, the first and second half-shells are forcibly opened, and the terminal insertion portion of the outer skin is held in a state where the terminal insertion portion of the outer skin holds a gap into which the terminal can be inserted. Must be plugged in. For this reason, there has been a problem that much labor and time are required for the operation of inserting the terminal insertion portion of the outer skin between the first and second half shells.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, it is an object of the present invention to easily insert a terminal insertion portion of an outer skin between first and second half shells, thereby producing a sun visor for a vehicle. An object of the present invention is to provide a sun visor for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the sun visor, which can improve the performance.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, a vehicle sun visor according to a first aspect of the invention has a gist as defined in claim 1. Therefore, the first and second half shells are locked in the temporary fixing position by the temporary fixing means, so that the terminal insertion portion of the outer skin is inserted between the first and second half shells. Is formed. For this reason, the terminal insertion portion of the outer skin is easily inserted between the first and second half shells from the gap. Thereafter, the first and second half shells were closed with the terminal insertion portion of the outer skin interposed therebetween, and were closed and joined by closing means at the closed position, thereby being covered with the outer skin. The sun visor body is configured.

Further, a vehicle sun visor according to a second invention has a gist as described in claim 2. Therefore, a temporary fixing claw and a closing claw are respectively formed on the coupling projection provided on one of the first and second half shells, and the temporary fixing claw and the closing claw of the coupling projection are formed. By providing the other half shell body with the engaging portions that engage with the claws, the temporary fixing means and the closing means can be easily configured. For this reason, the structure becomes extremely simple, the production of the molding die becomes easy, and the cost reduction is highly effective.

A gist of a third aspect of the invention is a vehicle sun visor. Therefore, of the first and second half-shells, a temporary-fixing means is provided by a temporary-fixing projection provided on one of the half-shells and a temporary-fixing engaging portion provided on the other half-shell. Is configured. Further, of the first and second half-shells, a closing projection is provided on one half-shell, and a closing engagement portion provided on the other half-shell constitutes a closing means. You. For this reason, it is possible to easily set the temporary fixing means and the closing means to the desired locking forces. As a result, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a problem caused by a shortage of the temporary fixing force and the closing force.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a sun visor for a vehicle.
Therefore, the step of forming the first half-shell and the second half-shell, and the outer skin in a state where the first and second half-shells are locked in the temporary fixing position by the temporary fixing means. A terminal insertion step of inserting a terminal insertion part of the first and second half shells,
A sun visor for a vehicle can be easily manufactured by a closing connection step of closing the terminal insertion portion of the outer skin with the terminal insertion portion interposed therebetween, and locking and connecting the terminal insertion portion to the closed position by the closing means.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 3 which is a perspective view of the vehicle sun visor partially cut away and FIG. 4 which is a front view, the vehicle sun visor 1 includes a support shaft 3 and a sun visor body 10. The support shaft 3 has a vertical axis portion 4 and a horizontal axis portion 5 and is formed in a substantially L-shape. Further, the entire surface of the sun visor body 10 is covered with an outer skin 60, and the horizontal shaft portion 5 of the support shaft 3 is rotatably fitted therein. The sun visor main body 10 is rotated around the horizontal shaft portion 5 of the support shaft 3 so as to be switched between the storage position along the ceiling surface of the vehicle compartment and the light shielding position along the windshield. Has become.

The sun visor main body 10 has a first half-shell 11 and a second half-shell 21 which are substantially divided in the thickness direction thereof.
And is formed in a hollow shape. Each of the first half-shell 11 and the second half-shell 21 is formed in a half-shell shape with a flat portion and a peripheral wall portion rising from the peripheral edge of the flat plate portion in a curved shape. I have. In this embodiment, the first half-shell 11 and the second half-shell 2
1 is a thin hinge 2 at one side edge of the mutual peripheral wall.
0 so that they can be opened and closed and are integrally connected. Furthermore, a bearing hole into which the horizontal shaft portion 5 of the support shaft 3 is relatively rotatably fitted is formed on the inner surface of one corner of the first and second half shells 11 and 21. The bearing body 30 is divided in half and formed integrally. Further, the bearing body 3
A locking spring 31 for locking and holding the sun visor body 10 at a storage position along the ceiling surface of the vehicle compartment is attached to 0 (see FIG. 4).

On the inner surfaces of the first and second half shells 11, 21 near the free ends (opposite to the thin hinge 20), a plurality of connecting projections for respectively forming temporary fixing means and closing means are provided. 12 and engagement recesses 22 corresponding to the plurality of coupling projections 12, respectively. In this embodiment, a plurality of connecting projections 12 are integrally provided on the inner surface of the first half-shell 11, respectively, and the inner surface of the second half-shell 21 corresponds to the plurality of connecting protrusions 12. Engaging recesses 22 are formed. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the plurality of connecting projections 12 of the first half-shell 11 have an inclined insertion guide surface and a locking surface at one end of one side thereof. An approximately triangular temporary fixing claw 13 protrudes. The other side surface of the plurality of connecting protrusions 12 is located at a root side of the temporary fixing claw 13 by a predetermined distance (a distance corresponding to a skin insertion gap 50 described later), and has an inclined insertion. A closing claw 14 having a guide surface and a locking surface and having a substantially triangular cross section is formed.

On the other hand, the plurality of engaging recesses 22 of the second half-shell 21 have a pair of engaging pieces 23 and 25, respectively, in which a plurality of connecting projections 12 face each other with a gap inserted therebetween. I have. Of the pair of engagement pieces 23, 25, one of the engagement pieces 23
A temporary fixing engagement portion 24 that can engage with the temporary fixing claw 13 is formed at the distal end portion. Further, a closing engagement portion 26 that can engage with the closing claw 14 is formed at the tip of the other engagement piece 25. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, at the temporary fixing position immediately before the first and second half shells 11 and 21 are closed to the closed position using the thin hinge 20 as a fulcrum, the temporary fixing claw 13 and the temporary fixing engagement are performed. By the engagement with the portion 24, a skin insertion gap 50 is provided between the first and second half shells 11, 21 such that the terminal insertion portion 61 of the outer skin 60 can be inserted. It has become. The gap 50 for inserting the skin is set to be substantially the same as or slightly larger than the thickness of the two outer skins 60.
The terminal insertion portion 61 of the “0” can be easily and quickly inserted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first and second half shells 11 and 21 are closed from the temporarily fixed position to the closed position with the terminal insertion portion 61 of the outer skin 60 interposed therebetween. Sometimes, the closing claw 14 and the closing engagement portion 26 are engaged,
The engagement position between the temporary fixing claw 13 and the closing engagement portion 26 is appropriately set. Further, the first and second half shells 11,
The closed position of 21 is set to a position where the terminal insertion portion 61 of the outer skin 60 can be clamped in a compressed state so as not to come out.

Next, a method of manufacturing the vehicle sun visor 1 according to this embodiment configured as described above will be described in the order of steps. First, the first half-shell 11 and the second half-shell 21 are separated from each other by injection molding of a synthetic resin.
And are integrally formed in a connected state. At the time of this injection molding, a bearing hole in which the longitudinal axis portion 4 of the support shaft 3 is relatively rotatably fitted into the inner surface of one side corner of the first and second half shells 11 and 21. Are formed in half and are simultaneously molded. On the other hand, the outer skin 60 for covering the sun visor main body 10 is formed of a sheet material such as a woven cloth or a synthetic resin sheet, and is formed in a bag shape corresponding to the sun visor main body 10 and one side opened by sewing or welding. ing. When the bag-shaped outer skin 60 is formed by sewing, the seam allowance is reversed so as to be located in the bag.

Next, the first and second half shells 11 and 21 are closed to the temporary fixing position immediately before the closing position with the thin hinge 20 as a fulcrum. Then, the temporary fixing claw 13 of the coupling projection 12 is inserted between the pair of engaging pieces 23 and 25, and elastically engages with the temporary fixing engaging part 24 of one of the engaging pieces 23. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 1, the first and second half shells 11,
21 is locked in the temporary fixing position, and the first and second half shells 1
There is no problem in which the hinges 1 and 21 are opened by the elastic force of the thin hinge 20. And the first and second half-shells 11,
A skin insertion gap 50 is provided between 21. Also,
In this embodiment, in the state where the temporary fixing claw 13 of the coupling protrusion 12 is elastically engaged with the temporary fixing engaging portion 24 of the one engaging piece 23, the inclined shape of the closing claw 14 of the coupling projection 12 is Of the first and second half-shells 1 by contacting the insertion guide surface of the second contact piece with the upper inclined surface of the closing engagement portion 26 of the other engagement piece 25.
Unexpected closing of the first and the second 21 toward the closing position is prevented.

In a state where the first and second half shells 11 and 21 are locked at the temporary fixing position, the first and second half shells 11 and 21 are attached to the bag-like outer skin 60. Insert into the bag through the opening. After that, both terminal insertion portions 61 at the opening of the bag-shaped outer skin 60 are inserted into the skin insertion gap 50 in a fitting manner. Here, the first and second half shells 1
1 and 21 sandwich the two terminal insertion portions 61 of the outer skin 60 between them, and resist the engaging force between the inclined insertion guide surface of the closing claw 14 and the upper inclined surface of the closing engagement portion 26. Close to the closed position. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the closing claw 14 and the closing engaging portion 26 are engaged, and the first and second half shells 11, 21 are locked at the closed position and joined. Thus, the hollow sun visor body 10 covered with the outer skin 60 is configured. Finally, the horizontal shaft portion 5 of the support shaft 3 is fitted into the bearing body 30 of the sun visor body 10 to complete the entire manufacturing process of the vehicle sun visor 1.

As described above, in this embodiment, the first and second half-shells 11 and 21 are locked in the temporary fixing positions, and the first and second half-shells 11 and 21 are locked. By forming the skin insertion gap 50 between the outer skin 6
0 can be easily, quickly and reliably inserted. For this reason, unlike the prior art, the first and second
Both the half-shells can be forcibly opened and the troublesome work of inserting the terminal insertion portion of the outer skin can be eliminated, and the productivity of the vehicle sun visor 1 can be improved.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the first and second half shells 11, 21 of the sun visor body 10 are integrally formed by the thin hinge 20 has been illustrated. However, as shown in FIGS. First and second half shells 11, 2
1 may be formed separately. However, in this case, a plurality of connecting projections 12 for forming temporary fixing means and closing means are provided around the inner surfaces of the first and second half shells 11 and 21 respectively. Engaging recesses 22 corresponding to the plurality of coupling projections 12 are formed respectively. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the first and second half shells 11,
21 is locked in the temporary fixing position, these first and second
A skin insertion gap 50 is formed in the peripheral portion between the two half shells 11 and 21. For this reason, not only can the bag-shaped outer skin 60 be used, but also two sheet materials 60 can be used.
a as it is and use these two sheet materials 60a
The terminal insertion portion 61a at the peripheral edge of the
Into the outer skin 60.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a temporary fixing claw 13 is provided at one end of one side of the coupling projection 12 of the first half-shell 11 so as to protrude therefrom. Although the case where the closing claw 14 is formed at the root side by a distance corresponding to the skin insertion gap 50 with respect to the claw 13 has been exemplified, as shown in FIGS. 2 half shells 11, 2
Among them, for example, the first half shell 11 may be provided with a temporary fixing projection 70 dedicated to temporary fixing and a closing projection 72 dedicated to closing. In this case, a temporary fixing claw 71 may be formed on one side of the tip of the temporary fixing projection 70, and the temporary fixing claw 7 may be formed on both sides.
1 may be formed to increase the temporary fixing force. Further, also in the closing projection 72, a closing claw 73 may be formed on one side of the distal end, or a closing claw 73 may be formed on both sides to increase the closing force. However, on the inner surface of the second half-shell 21, a temporary fixing engagement portion 80 corresponding to the temporary fixing projection 70 and a closing engagement portion 8 corresponding to the closing projection 72 are provided.
2 are formed respectively. Further, the first and second half shells 11 and 21 are provided with a temporary fixing projection 70 and a closing projection 7.
2 may be formed alternately. For example, a projection 70 for temporary fixing may be formed on the inner surface of the first half-shell 11, and a projection 72 for closing may be formed on the inner surface of the second half-shell 21.
Of the plurality of temporary fixing projections 70 and the plurality of closing projections 72, some of the temporary fixing projections 70 and the closing projections 72
May be formed on the second half-shell 21, and the remaining temporary fixing projection 70 and the closing projection 72 may be formed on the second half-shell 21.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The first and second half shells are locked in the temporary fixing position, and a gap for inserting the skin is formed between the first and second half shells, so that the terminal of the outer skin can be inserted. The part can be easily inserted, and the productivity of the sun visor for a vehicle can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a state in which first and second half shells of a sun visor body according to an embodiment of the present invention are locked at a temporary fixing position.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which first and second half shells of the sun visor body are locked at a closed position and joined together.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a sun visor body and an outer skin of the vehicle sun visor are partially broken;

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the vehicle sun visor with the outer skin partly broken.

FIG. 5 shows a modified example in which the first and second half-shells of the sun visor body are formed separately from each other, and the first and second half-shells are locked at a temporary fixing position. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the first and second half shells of the sun visor main body are locked and locked at a closed position.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a modified example of the temporary fixing means and the closing means, and showing a state in which the first and second half shells of the sun visor body are locked at the temporary fixing position.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the first and second half-shells of the sun visor body are locked and locked at a closed position.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sun visor for vehicles 11 1st half shell 12 Connecting projection 13 Temporary fixing claw (temporary fixing means) 14 Closing claw (closing means) 20 Thin hinge 21 Second half shell 22 Engaging recess 23 Engaging piece 24 Temporarily engaging part (temporary fastening means) 25 Engagement piece 26 Closing engagement part (closing means) 40 Outer skin 41 Terminal insertion part 50 Skin insertion gap

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A sun visor body formed in a hollow shape by locking first and second half shells in a closed state, and an outer skin covering the sun visor body, wherein the first and second shells are provided. Between the two half-shells, the first and second
Temporary fixing means for locking the two half-shells at a temporary fixing position separating a gap into which the terminal insertion portion of the outer skin can be inserted, and connecting the first and second half-shells to the terminals of the outer skin. A vehicle sun visor provided with a closing means for locking at a closing position where the insertion portion is interposed therebetween. 2. The sun visor for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the temporary fixing means and the closing means are provided with connecting projections provided on one of the first and second half shells. And an engaging portion provided on the other half-shell body facing the connecting protrusion, and the first and second half-shells are temporarily fixed at the connecting protrusion. A temporary fixing claw that removably engages with the engaging portion when disposed, and engages with the engaging portion when the first and second half-shells are disposed in a closed position; A sun visor for a vehicle provided with a closing claw. 3. The sun visor for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the temporary fixing means is a temporary fixing projection provided on one of the first and second half shells. And the first half, which is provided on the other half-shell and is detachable from the temporary fixing projection.
A temporary fixing engagement portion for locking the second half shells at the temporary fixing position, wherein the closing means is provided on one of the first and second half shells. A closing projection provided on the other half-shell, and a closing engagement portion engaged with the closing projection to lock the first and second half-shells in a closed position. And a sun visor for a vehicle. 4. A method of manufacturing a vehicle sun visor in which a sun visor body is covered with an outer skin, the method comprising: forming first and second half shells for forming a hollow sun visor body. Placing the first and second half-shells at a temporary fixing position separating a gap into which a terminal insertion portion of the outer skin can be inserted;
And a terminal insertion step of inserting a terminal insertion portion of the exterior skin into the gap in a state where the terminal insertion portion is locked in the temporary fixing position by the temporary fixing means, and the first and second half shells are A method of manufacturing a sun visor for a vehicle, comprising: a closing connection step of closing the terminal insertion portion of the outer skin with the terminal insertion portion interposed therebetween and locking and connecting the terminal insertion portion to a closed position by a closing means.