JP5553450B2 - Sun visor with mirror - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a sun visor with a mirror for automobiles, and in particular, prevents the contamination of the mirror that occurs at the manufacturing stage, specifically, the step of attaching the mirror unit to the concave portion of the sun visor body by vibration welding. The generation of non-defective products can be effectively reduced.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventional sun visors mounted on automobiles as awnings include ones provided with a cosmetic mirror. This type of sun visor with a mirror is disclosed in, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 3.

  2 is an external plan view of a sun visor with a mirror, FIG. 3A is a plan view of a mirror unit that is a component of the sun visor with a mirror in FIG. 2, FIG. 2B is a back view of the mirror unit, and FIG. c) is a side view of the mirror unit. 4A is a cross-sectional view of a conventional sun visor with a mirror taken along line AA shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4B is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a part thereof.

  The sun visor SV with a mirror in FIG. 4A includes a sun visor body 3 formed by laminating pad materials 1A, 1B and skin materials 2A, 2B on both surfaces of a core material C and joining the outer periphery thereof, and a sun visor body. 3 and a mirror unit 5 attached by vibration welding to a recess 4 provided with an opening in the surface of the pad material 1A and the skin material 2A.

  As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the mirror unit 5 includes a mirror base frame 6, a mirror 7, and a mirror lid 8. The mirror base frame 6 is a mirror protruding toward the inside of the frame. It comprises a flange 61 (see FIG. 4B) in front of the base frame 6 and a plurality of locking claws 62 (see FIG. 3B) opposite to the flange 61. The mirror 7 is positioned and held by sandwiching the outer edge of the mirror 7. The mirror lid 8 is a lid of the mirror 7 that can be opened and closed. When the mirror lid 8 is closed, the mirror surface of the mirror 7 is covered and protected.

  The mirror unit 5 is attached to the recess 4 by vibration welding by causing a plurality of ribs 9 (see FIG. 3B) protruding on the back surface of the mirror base frame 6 to bite into the bottom surface of the recess 4 (FIG. 4B). In this state, the rib 9 is melted and welded to the bottom surface of the recess 4 by frictional heat generated when the entire mirror unit 5 is vibrated in a direction intersecting the biting direction of the rib 9 (see FIG. 4B). I try to fix it.

  However, the mirror unit 5 constituting the conventional sun visor SV with a mirror shown in FIG. 4 includes the entire mirror base frame 6 (the flange 61 on the front surface of the mirror base frame 6 and a plurality of locking claws 62 opposed thereto. ) Is formed of resin, and the outer edge portion of the mirror 7 is sandwiched and held between the resin flange portion 61 and the plurality of locking claws 62. For this reason, according to the conventional sun visor SV with a mirror shown in FIG. 4, the front surface of the mirror base frame 6 is caused by vibration during the manufacturing stage, specifically, vibration welding when the mirror unit 5 is attached to the recess 4 of the sun visor body 3. The outer edge portion of the mirror 7 is rubbed with the outer edge portion of the mirror 7, and the resin component of the flange portion 61 adheres to the periphery of the outer edge portion of the mirror 7. b)), there is a problem in that defective products are likely to occur due to dirt on the mirror.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-225418

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-156520

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 64-55118

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its object is to produce a mirror at the stage of manufacturing a sun visor with a mirror, specifically, at the stage of attaching a mirror unit to a recess of a sun visor body by vibration welding. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sun visor with a mirror which is suitable for preventing the contamination of the mirror and effectively reducing the occurrence of defective products due to the contamination of the mirror.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a sun visor body formed by laminating a pad material and a skin material on both surfaces of a core material and bonding the outer periphery thereof, and a pad material and a skin on one side of the sun visor body. A mirror-attached sun visor, wherein the mirror unit includes a mirror base frame and a mirror, and the mirror base frame is arranged inside the frame. The mirror base frame has a collar portion protruding toward the front and a locking claw opposite to the collar, and the mirror is held by sandwiching the outer edge of the mirror between the collar and the locking claw. The end of the flange as a means for preventing the edge of the flange from rubbing against the outer edge of the mirror due to vibration during vibration welding And between the outer edge of the mirror, characterized in that the vibration relief gap is formed.

  The mounting of the mirror unit by vibration welding to the concave portion includes a plurality of ribs protruding on the back surface of the mirror base frame that bite into the bottom surface of the concave portion, and in this state, the entire mirror unit in a direction crossing the biting direction of the ribs. The rib may be melted and fixed to the bottom surface of the recess by frictional heat when the vibration is vibrated, and in this case, the depth of the vibration clearance gap is determined by the amplitude of vibration during vibration welding. The same dimension or a larger dimension may be set.

  In the present invention, as a specific configuration of the sun visor with a mirror, as described above, the mirror unit frame front surface is affected by vibration (vibration during vibration welding) when the mirror unit is attached to the concave portion of the sun visor body by vibration welding. As a means to prevent the edge of the mirror and the outer edge of the mirror from rubbing together and contaminating the periphery of the outer edge of the mirror, a vibration escape gap is formed between the edge of the flange and the outer edge of the mirror. Adopted configuration. For this reason, even if the entire mirror unit is vibrated at the stage of mounting the mirror unit by vibration welding, the edge of the heel portion on the front surface of the mirror base frame and the outer edge of the mirror rub against each other. The periphery of the part is not contaminated, and the generation of defective products due to the contamination of the mirror can be effectively reduced.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a sun visor with a mirror according to the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is a cross-sectional view when the sun visor with a mirror according to the present invention is cut along the line AA shown in FIG. b) An enlarged cross-sectional view of a part thereof. External plan view of sun visor with mirror (A) is a top view of the mirror unit which is a component of the sun visor with a mirror of FIG. 2, (b) is a back view of the mirror unit, and (c) is a side view of the mirror unit. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a conventional sun visor with a mirror. FIG. 4 (a) is a cross-sectional view of the conventional sun visor with a mirror taken along the line AA shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. FIG.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a sun visor with a mirror according to the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is a cross-sectional view when the sun visor with a mirror according to the present invention is cut along the line AA shown in FIG. b) is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view thereof.

  The sun visor SV with a mirror in FIG. 1A includes a sun visor body 3 formed by laminating pad materials 1A, 1B and skin materials 2A, 2B on both surfaces of a core material C, and joining the outer periphery thereof, and a sun visor body. 3 and a mirror unit 5 attached by vibration welding to a recess 4 provided with an opening in the surface of the pad material 1A and the skin material 2A.

  The core material C is made of a wire frame bent in a loop shape, and forms the product shape of the sun visor SV with a mirror. The pad materials 1A and 1B are formed of PP beads and the like, and the skin materials 2A and 2B are formed of a PVC sheet and the like.

  The mirror unit 5 includes a mirror base frame 6, a mirror 7, and a mirror lid 8. The mirror base frame 6 includes a flange 61 on the front surface of the mirror base frame that protrudes toward the inside of the frame and a plurality of engagements facing the flange 61. The mirror 7 is positioned and held by sandwiching the outer edge portion of the mirror 7 with the collar 61 and the plurality of locking claws 62. . The mirror lid 8 is a lid of the mirror 7 that can be opened and closed. When the mirror lid 8 is closed, the mirror surface of the mirror 7 is covered and protected. However, if there is no need for the protection, the mirror lid 8 may be omitted.

  The entire mirror base frame 6 including the flange 61 and the locking claw 62 and the mirror lid 8 are made of resin. Similarly, a later-described rib 9 provided on the mirror base frame 6 is also formed of resin.

  In the sun visor SV with a mirror in FIG. 1A, as a means for attaching the mirror unit 5 to the concave portion 4 of the sun visor body 3 by vibration welding, a rib 9 sharp on the back surface of the mirror base frame 6 (see FIG. 3B). ) Are formed. Then, the mirror unit 5 is attached to the concave portion 4 by vibration welding by causing the plurality of ribs 9 to bite into the bottom surface of the concave portion 4 (see FIG. 1B), and in this state, the direction intersecting the biting direction of the ribs 9 ( The rib 9 is melted and fixed to the bottom surface of the recess 4 by frictional heat when the entire mirror unit 5 is vibrated in FIG.

  Further, in the sun visor SV with a mirror shown in FIG. 1A, the periphery of the outer edge of the mirror 7 is soiled by the friction between the end of the flange 61 and the outer edge of the mirror 7 due to the vibration during the vibration welding. As a means for preventing this, a gap (hereinafter referred to as “vibration escape gap G”) is formed between the end of the collar 61 and the outer edge of the mirror 7 as shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 1B, the configuration in which the vibration escape gap G as described above is formed by forming the end portion of the flange portion 61 to be lifted from the outer edge portion of the mirror 7 is employed. The vibration escape gap G can also be formed by providing a step on the outer edge of the mirror 7, for example.

  The depth L1 of the vibration clearance gap G is desirably set to the same dimension as the amplitude of vibration during vibration welding or a dimension larger than that. If the amplitude of vibration is 2 mm, the depth L1 of the vibration escape gap G can be set to 2 mm. The width L2 of the vibration escape gap G is preferably about 0.3 mm.

  The width L2 of the vibration escape gap G may be changed as necessary. However, if the width L2 is extremely narrow, such as 0.05 mm, vibration welding is caused by a dimensional error around the vibration escape gap G. Sometimes the end of the flange 61 and the outer edge of the mirror 7 are likely to come into contact with each other, and the contact may contaminate the periphery of the outer edge of the mirror 7. On the other hand, if the width L2 of the vibration escape gap G is extremely wide, such as 1.0 mm, the vibration escape gap G is noticeable when the mirror 7 is viewed from the front of the mirror-equipped sun visor SV, which is preferable in terms of appearance. In addition, there is a problem that dust easily collects in the vibration escape gap G.

  Note that the vibration escape gap G as described above is not provided between the end of the locking claw 62 and the outer edge of the mirror 7. This is because the outer edge portion of the mirror 7 with which the end portion of the locking claw 62 comes into contact is the back surface of the mirror 7 and may be dirty.

  In the sun visor SV with mirror according to the present embodiment described above, as a specific configuration, as described above, vibration (when vibration welding is performed) when the mirror unit 5 is attached to the concave portion 4 of the sun visor body 3 by vibration welding. As a means for preventing the edge of the flange 61 in front of the mirror base frame 6 and the outer edge of the mirror 7 from rubbing against each other due to vibration, the periphery of the outer edge of the mirror 7 is contaminated. And a configuration in which a vibration escape gap G is formed between the outer edge of the mirror 7. Therefore, even if the entire mirror unit 5 is vibrated at the stage of attaching the mirror unit 5 by vibration welding, the end of the flange 61 on the front surface of the mirror base frame 6 and the outer edge of the mirror 7 are rubbed with each other, and the rub As a result, the periphery of the outer edge of the mirror 7 is not contaminated, and the occurrence of defective products due to the contamination of the mirror 7 can be effectively reduced.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and many modifications can be made by those having ordinary knowledge in the art within the technical idea of the present invention.

SV visor with mirror C core material 1A, 1B pad material 2A, 2B skin material 3 sun visor body 4 sun visor body recess 5 mirror unit 6 mirror base frame 61 collar 62 locking claw 7 mirror 8 mirror lid 9 rib G vibration escape gap L1 Depth of vibration relief gap L2 Width of vibration relief gap

Claims (2)

A sun visor body (3) formed by laminating pad materials (1A, 1B) and skin materials (2A, 2B) on both surfaces of the core material and joining the outer periphery thereof, and one surface of the sun visor body (3) A sun visor with mirror (SV) comprising a pad unit (1A) and a mirror unit (5) attached by vibration welding to a recess (4) provided by opening a skin material (2A),
The mirror unit (5) includes a mirror base frame (6) and a mirror (7).
The mirror base frame (6) includes a flange (61) in front of the mirror base frame (6) protruding toward the inside of the frame and a locking claw (62) facing the flange (61). ) And the locking claw (62), the outer edge of the mirror (7) is sandwiched to hold the mirror (7).
As means for preventing the edge of the flange (61) from rubbing against the outer edge of the mirror (7) due to vibration during the vibration welding, the periphery of the outer edge of the mirror (7) is contaminated. A sun visor with a mirror, wherein a vibration escape gap (G) is formed between an end of the portion (61) and an outer edge of the mirror (7). The attachment of the mirror unit (5) by vibration welding to the recess (4) causes the plurality of ribs (9) protruding on the back surface of the mirror base frame (6) to bite into the bottom surface of the recess (4). Friction heat generated when the entire mirror unit (5) is vibrated in a direction crossing the biting direction of the rib (9) to melt and fix the rib (9) to the bottom surface of the recess (4) And
2. The sun visor with a mirror according to claim 1, wherein the depth of the vibration clearance gap (G) is set to a dimension equal to or larger than a vibration amplitude at the time of vibration welding.

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