JPH0412804Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a sun visor for an automobile in which a pair of shielding plates are foldably connected.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, a sun visor for an automobile is known in which a pair of shielding plates are foldably connected (see, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 117313/1983). In this sun visor, a pair of shielding plates are arranged one above the other, and these pair of shielding plates are connected to each other so as to be rotatable around the horizontal axis by a connecting horizontal axis arranged on the center line in the thickness direction.

Since the above-mentioned automotive sun visor is placed near the head of the occupant inside the vehicle, the shielding plate is covered with a protective pad and has a certain thickness from the viewpoint of protecting the head. There is a tendency for the thickness of protective pads to increase to ensure sufficient protection. Therefore, even if the shielding plates are rotated in a direction in which they overlap each other, they cannot be completely overlapped due to their mutual thickness. Therefore, some proposals have been made in which a pair of shielding plates can be completely overlapped when folded (for example,
-Refer to Publication No. 2114). However, in the case of this sun visor, the configuration of each shielding plate is complicated.

(Purpose of the invention) In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention allows a pair of shielding plates to be completely overlapped when folded, which makes it possible to reduce the size when stored, and can be used with a simple configuration. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sun visor for an automobile that can sometimes broadly block sunlight.

(Structure of the invention) The present invention provides a sun visor for an automobile in which a pair of shielding plates are foldably connected by a connecting member, and the connecting member has two shaft portions parallel to each other and is formed into a substantially U-shape. , one shaft portion of the connecting member is connected to one shielding plate, and the other shaft portion of the connecting member is connected to the other shielding plate so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis, and the two shaft portions of the connecting member are connected to each other so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis. When the pair of shielding plates is folded, the shielding plates can be arranged parallel to each other, and when the pair of shielding plates are unfolded, the shielding plates can be arranged in a substantially continuous plane. The structure is such that they are provided at intervals that allow the

Further, the shaft portion of the connecting member and the shielding plate include:
The mutual rotation range of the shaft part and shielding plate is approximately 90°,
And the mutual rotation range of the above pair of shielding plates is approximately
A stopper means for regulating the angle of 180° may be provided, and the upper shielding plate may be rotatably held around a horizontal axis by a stay attached to the upper surface of the vehicle compartment.

According to the above configuration, a pair of shielding plates are connected rotatably around a horizontal axis by separate shafts, and the thickness when these shielding plates are overlapped is absorbed by the interval between the two shafts of the connecting member. Because it is done,
A pair of shielding plates can be completely overlapped.
Moreover, it can be easily configured with only a pair of shielding plates and a U-shaped connecting member. Further, by restricting the rotation range of the shaft portion of the connecting member and the shielding plate to a certain range, there is no unnecessary movement of the shielding plate, and when the shielding plate is folded, the overlapping state is constant, resulting in good operability.

(Example) Embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In FIG. 1, a pair of shielding plates 1a and 1b arranged above and below are connected by two connecting members 2 arranged on the left and right sides thereof. The above shielding plates 1a, 1b
basically consists of a plate-shaped core 3, a protective pad 4 with the core 3 sandwiched between them, and a skin 5 covering the outer surface of the protective pad 4, and an upper shielding plate 1a.
is rotatably attached to the upper surface of the vehicle interior by stays 6 inserted from both left and right sides of its upper edge so as to be rotatable around a horizontal axis. That is, the stay 6 has, for example, a staple 7 attached to the upper edge of the core 3 of the upper shielding plate 1a.
1 or the like, so that the upper shielding plate 1a can rotate around a horizontal axis with respect to the upper surface of the vehicle interior. Similarly to the upper shielding plate 1a, the lower shielding plate 1b also has a plate-shaped core 3, a protective pad 4, and an outer skin 5.
The handle 8 for operating the sun visor is provided on the lower edge.

As shown in FIG. 1, holders 7a and 7b are provided with staples 71 at the lower edge of the core 3 of the upper shielding plate 1a and the upper edge of the core 3 of the lower shielding plate 1b, respectively.
etc., and this pair of upper and lower holders 7
A and 7b are provided at two locations on the left and right. As shown in FIG. 2, the holders 7a and 7b are formed by folding a thin plate into two and having a substantially U-shaped cross section.
A cylindrical portion 72 is formed to hold the core 3 inside, and the interval between the two folded side walls is formed to correspond to the thickness of the core body 3. The holders 7a and 7b may be formed by bending thin metal plates into a predetermined shape, or may be integrally formed of plastic, for example.

Connecting member 2 held by the holders 7a and 7b
As shown in FIG. 2, a round bar is bent into a U-shape, and vertically parallel shaft portions 21a and 21b are formed. These two shaft parts 21a, 2
1b, when the upper and lower shielding plates 1a, 1b are unfolded to form the same plane as shown in FIG.
The lower shielding plate 1b can be maintained in a positional relationship such that they are adjacent and continuous, and as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 3 and the one-dot chain line in FIG. When folded to the side, the length is set so that they can be folded parallel to each other.

Further, the two shaft portions 21a and 21b have a second
As shown in the figure, stoppers 22 are formed that protrude in opposite directions substantially vertically, and holes 73 of a predetermined size are provided in the side surfaces of the cylindrical portions 72 of the holders 7a and 7b. The shaft portions 21a, 21b of the connecting member 2 are connected to the cylindrical portion 72 of the holder.
When held inside the holder 7, the stopper 22 is arranged so as to face the hole 73, and the holder 7
The stopper 22 is made to penetrate into the hole 73 by rotation of a and 7b. The rotation range of the shielding plates 1a, 1b is regulated by this hole 73 and the stopper 22, and as shown in FIG.
Approximately relative to the shaft portions 21a and 21b inserted into
The size is set so that it can be rotated in 90° increments.

The hole 73 is formed so as to face the front window side (left side in FIG. 3) when the pair of upper and lower shielding plates 1a, 1b are unfolded, as shown in FIG. In the unfolded state, the stopper 22 of the connecting member 2 is in contact with the inner wall on the opposite side from the hole 73, so that each shielding plate 1a, 1b is mutually fixed against the other shielding plate 1a, 1b. It is configured so that it does not rotate toward the front window.

The mutual relationship between the regulation of the rotation range by the hole 73 and the stopper 22 and the rotation of the shielding plates 1a and 1b will be explained. When the lower shielding plate 1b is rotated approximately 90 degrees towards the front side (right side in Figure 3) of the vehicle interior as shown by the dashed line in Fig. 3, the hole in the holder 7b of the lower shielding plate 1b will open. The edge of 73 is the shaft part 2
The above-mentioned shielding plate 1b is abutted against the stopper 22 of 1b.
will no longer rotate with respect to this shaft portion 21b. When the lower shielding plate 1b is further rotated,
The connecting member 2 itself rotates approximately 90 degrees around the shaft portion 21a inserted into the upper shielding plate 1a, and as a result, the lower shielding plate 1b is connected to the upper shielding plate as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. It will be in a state where it overlaps with the plate 1a. In this way, the shielding plates 1a and 1b can each rotate within a range of approximately 90° relative to the shaft portions 21a and 21b of the connecting member 2, and the upper and lower shielding plates 1a and 1b can rotate within a range of approximately 180° relative to each other. Rotation can be adjusted.

Further, the shaft portions 21a, 21b of the connecting member 2 and the mounting stay 6 are held by the cylindrical portions 72 of the holders 7, 7a, 7b with a slight tightening force applied thereto. With this, a pair of shielding plates 1
a and 1b have rotational resistance to each other, and are temporarily fixed at a position whose rotation is adjusted according to the sunlight. Furthermore, in order to further improve the operability of the shielding plates 1a and 1b, the tightening force on the shaft portion 21b inserted into the lower shielding plate 1b is slightly smaller than that on the other shaft portions 21a and the stay 6. It is set as follows. As a result, when a force that bends the connecting portion of the pair of shielding plates 1a, 1b is applied, the connecting member 2 first rotates around the shaft portion 21b, which has the smaller tightening force, of the two shaft portions 21a, 21b. It is made to bend.

At the boundary where the upper and lower shielding plates 1a and 1b are connected, the holder 7 is placed as shown in FIG.
The recessed portion 11 faces the opening of the cylindrical portion 72 of a and 7b.
is formed, and the shaft portions 21a, 21b of the connecting member 2 are laterally inserted into the cylindrical portions 72 of the holders 7a, 7b from this recess 11, so that the bent portion of the connecting member 2 is accommodated in the recess 11. There is. In this state, the axial movement of the tips of the shaft portions 21a and 21b of the connecting member 2 is restricted by the core body 3, and the movement of the bent portion of the connecting member 2 is restricted by the end of the recess 11, respectively.

This recess 11 is formed by cutting out the protective pad 4, and when the pair of shielding plates 1a and 1b are in the unfolded state as shown in FIG. From this point on, the connecting member 2 is shielded by the wall 41 of the protective pad 4. As a result, the connecting member 2 is placed between the pair of shielding plates 1a and 1b, as shown in FIG.

The front window 92 is the upper surface 9 of the vehicle interior.
As shown by the dashed line in FIG. 4, a recess 91 is formed in the width direction of the vehicle in the vicinity of the recess 91, which is slightly larger than the thickness of the pair of shielding plates 1a and 1b when folded. There is. A damper visor is provided inside this recess 91, and the stay 6 is attached to the recess 91.
The shielding plates 1a,
1b is rotated and stored toward the front window 92 from the mounting position of the stay 6. This prevents the sun visor from narrowing the driver's field of vision when the sun visor is retracted and not in use. Note that the recess 91 does not necessarily need to be provided.

Next, the operation of the automotive sun visor with the above configuration will be explained.

This sun visor is normally stored in a folded state inside a recess 91 in the upper surface 9 of the vehicle interior, as shown by the dashed line in FIG. In this case, for example, in the case of a driver's seat, the handle 8 of the sun visor is located on the driver's side, and the connecting member by the connecting member 2 is located on the front window 92 side. To use this sun visor, grasp the handle 8 and rotate it downward.The shaft 2 inserted into the lower shielding plate 1b
1b has a slightly smaller tightening force, first the lower shielding plate 1b rotates downward as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. At this time, since the lower shielding plate 1b is restricted from rotating with respect to the shaft portion of the connecting member 2, it stops after rotating approximately 90 degrees. When the handle 8 is further pulled down, the upper shielding plate 1a rotates around the mounting stay 6, and the pair of shielding plates 1a and 1b go through the state shown by the three-dot chain line in FIG. It becomes a state of development. When this unfolded state is reached, the upper and lower shielding plates 1a, 1b are stopped by the stoppers 22 provided on the two shafts 21a, 21b of the connecting member 2.
The rotation of each of the shielding plates is restricted, and the shielding plates no longer rotate between each other, so that they no longer bend in the opposite direction.

By grasping the handle 8 of the unfolded sun visor and pushing it toward the front window 92, the sun visor can be moved from the position shown by the dashed line in FIG. 5 to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. The sun visor rotates around its horizontal axis, allowing the sun visor to be positioned at different angles depending on the sun's rays. Furthermore, depending on the sunlight, the lower shielding plate 1b may be rotated downward as shown by the two-dot chain line in Figure 5, and only the lower shielding plate 1b may be rotated toward the front. As shown by the two-dot chain line, only the lower shielding plate 1b may be used from the stored state.

When storing the sun visor, the operation described above can be reversed. At this time, since the rotation range between the shielding plates 1a, 1b and the shaft parts 21a, 21b is limited to approximately 90°, the lower shielding 11b
By simply grasping and operating the handle 8, the pair of shielding plates can be reliably restored to the original positional relationship shown by the dashed line in FIG. 4 when stored.

In the above embodiments, a plate-shaped core body 3 is used, but a wire frame or the like may also be used, for example. Alternatively, as a sun visor in a stored state, the sun visor mounting stay 6 may be attached to the front window 92 side of the upper surface 9 of the vehicle interior, and the connected portion may be arranged so as to face the driver's vehicle side when folded. . In this case, the shielding plate 1b, which is located on the lower side in the unfolded state, may be located on the upper side in the folded state when stored. Further, in the above embodiment, the shaft portions 21a, 21b of the connecting member 2
A pair of shielding plates may be connected by a pair of holders and a connecting member by changing the length of the shielding plates 1a, 1b depending on the length of the shielding plates 1a, 1b.

(Effect of the invention) According to the automotive sun visor of the invention, a pair of shielding plates are connected rotatably around a horizontal axis by separate shafts, and when these shielding plates are overlapped, the thickness of the connecting member is Since it is absorbed by the distance between the two shaft parts, the pair of shielding plates can be completely overlapped. Moreover, it can be easily configured with only a pair of shielding plates and a U-shaped connecting member.

Therefore, when in use, the size of the shielding surface can be adjusted according to the sunlight, so that the sun's rays can be reliably shielded, and when stored, it can be reliably made small so that it does not take up much space.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a holder and a connecting member, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional explanatory view showing the rotation restriction range of a pair of shielding plates, and FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the movement of the sun visor from the stored state to the used state in the cross section taken along the line - in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the adjustment operation of the installation position during use. 1a, 1b... Shielding plate, 2... Connecting member, 21
a, 21b...Shaft portion.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] 1. In an automobile sun visor in which a pair of shielding plates are foldably connected by a connecting member, the connecting member has two shaft portions parallel to each other and is formed into a substantially U-shape. , one shaft portion of the connecting member is connected to one shielding plate, and the other shaft portion of the connecting member is connected to the other shielding plate so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis, and the two shaft portions of the connecting member are connected to each other so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis. When the pair of shielding plates is folded, the shielding plates can be arranged parallel to each other, and when the pair of shielding plates are unfolded, the shielding plates can be arranged in a substantially continuous plane. A sun visor for an automobile, characterized in that the sun visors are provided at intervals that allow the sun visor to move. 2 The shaft portion of the connecting member and the shielding plate have a mutual rotation range of approximately 90°;
And the mutual rotation range of the above pair of shielding plates is approximately
Claims for registration of a utility model, characterized in that a stopper means for regulating the angle to 180° is provided, and the upper shielding plate is rotatably held around a horizontal axis by a stay attached to the upper surface of the passenger compartment. The automotive sun visor according to item 1.