JPH0596953A - Sunvisor holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a sunvisor holder which can hold a shaft with no play. CONSTITUTION:A sunvisor holder 22 is formed of a base 32 and a curved part 34, and a shaft 24 is inserted between the base 38 and the curved part 40 by elastically deforming the curved part between the distal end part of the curved part and a projected part 38 of the base 32. The connecting part between the curved part and the base is formed therein with a resilient cut-out 40 so that the curved part is split into two parts. An elastic hold part 42 is extended through this cut-out from the base, and a projecting intermediate part 44 projecting inward of the curved part is formed on the elastic hold part 42.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sun visor holder for holding a sun visor which is provided on a peripheral portion of a ceiling portion of a vehicle and protects an occupant's eyes from direct light from the sun.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A sun visor is provided near the front upper part of a driver's seat of a vehicle in order to protect the eyes of an occupant from the sun and to secure a safe field of view while the vehicle is traveling. In some sun visors, an end portion outside the vehicle width is rotatably attached to a ceiling, and an end portion inside the vehicle width is rotatably supported by a sun visor holder.

As a result, the sun visor is adapted to pivot and hang down to block light from the sun as required by the occupant (see, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 64-40719).

FIG. 4 shows an example of the sun visor holder. The sun visor holder 80 includes a curved portion 82 that is partially opened, and the inner diameter of the curved portion 82 and the outer diameter of the shaft 84 are substantially equal to each other. It is rotatably supported.

The bending portion 82 is designed so that the shaft 84 can be inserted and withdrawn by expanding the opening by elastic deformation, and the shaft 8 can be attached to the inner peripheral surface of the bending portion 82.
The outer peripheral surface of No. 4 comes into contact with the shaft 84 and the shaft 84
It is designed to be held at 0.

[0006]

However, in such a sun visor holder, since the outer peripheral surface of the shaft is brought into contact with and supported by the inner surface of the curved portion, the inner surface of the curved portion and the outer peripheral surface of the shaft. If there is a gap between the shaft and the shaft, the shaft will rattle, which may cause abnormal noise while the vehicle is running.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above facts, an object of the present invention is to provide a sun visor holder capable of reliably holding the sun visor shaft without rattling.

[0008]

A sun visor holder according to the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a sun visor holder which is provided on a ceiling surface in a vehicle compartment and has a shaft of the sun visor on an inner side thereof, wherein the opening of the inner side is provided. A pair of protrusions that are arranged to face each other in the vicinity of the ends and are elastically deformable in a direction in which at least one of them is separated from the other; and a shaft that has stronger elasticity than the pair of protrusions and that attaches the shaft to the opening end. And a third protrusion that urges.

[0009]

The sun visor holder having the above structure has a pair of protrusions and a third protrusion. The shaft inserted from between the pair of protrusions contacts the third protrusion to elastically deform the third protrusion, and the biasing force generated by the restoring force thereby causes the shaft to contact the pair of protrusions. It will be held in the open state.

Therefore, the shaft has a pair of protrusions and a third protrusion.
It does not fall off from the sun visor holder at the three points with the projecting part and is securely held without rattling.

[0011]

2A shows a pair of sun visors 10 mounted by a sun visor holder 22 according to the present invention.
A vehicle 12 with is shown. These sun visors 10 are located in front of the upper portions of the passenger seat 14 and the driver's seat 16 and are arranged on the peripheral edge of the ceiling 18. As shown in FIG. 2B, the sun visor 10 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape. A shaft 20 is provided at the peripheral portion on the side close to the ceiling 18.
One end of the shaft 20 is rotatably connected, and the shaft 20 has a substantially L-shape whose end is bent toward the ceiling 18. The other end of the shaft 20 has a ceiling 1
8 is rotatably attached. Also, sun visor 10
The shaft 24 is disposed at the end portion on the opposite side of the shaft 20 in the vehicle width direction. This shaft 24
A part of the sun visor 10 is cut out so as not to project from the main body of the sun visor 10.

A sun visor holder 22 corresponding to the shaft 24 is arranged on the ceiling 18, and the sun visor holder 2 is provided.
2 supports the shaft 24 in a removable manner.

Therefore, the sun visor 10 has the shaft 2
It is supported by 0, 24 in the upper front direction and is rotatable around the vehicle width direction (direction of arrow A shown in FIG. 2B), and by removing the shaft 24 from the sun visor holder 22, the shaft 20 Is rotatable about the end of the vehicle in the vertical direction of the vehicle (direction of arrow B shown in FIG. 2B). Note that the state shown in FIG. 2A is a state in which the sun visor 10 is rotated around the vehicle width direction and is used to block the irradiation light from the sun passing through the windshield 26, and It can be used so as to block the irradiation light of the sun passing through the window glass 28 by rotating the vehicle around the end portion in the vertical direction of the vehicle toward the window glass 24.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 3, a shaft 24 has a shaft 24 on the sun visor holder 2 as shown in FIG.
From the state in which the sun visor 10 is supported, the ceiling 18 is rotated around the vehicle width direction (around the arrow A direction shown in FIG. 3).
By rotating the sun visor 10 toward, the recess 30 is formed so that the sun visor 10 is substantially flush with the ceiling 18.
Normally, the sun visor 10 is in a state of being housed in the recess 30.

Next, the sun visor holder 22 for holding the shaft 24 of the sun visor 10 will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to (A) and FIG.

The sun visor holder 22 is formed with a base portion 32 and a curved portion 34 protruding from one end portion of the base portion 32 in a substantially arc shape toward the other end portion. Further, the base portion 32 facing the tip portion 36 of the bending portion 34 is formed with a protrusion portion 38 as the other one of the pair of protrusion portions toward the tip portion 36 as one of the pair of protrusion portions. .. The bending portion 34 is elastically deformable, and the elastic deformation causes the tip portion 36 to be deformed.
And the protrusion 38 are separated from each other. The gap between the tip 36 and the protrusion 38 is slightly narrower than the outer diameter of the shaft 24, and the shaft 24 is deformed from the tip 36 and the protrusion 38 by the elastic deformation of the curved portion 34. It is designed to be inserted into the section.

At the connecting portion of the curved portion 34 with the base portion 32,
The cutout 40 is formed, and the cutout 40 forms a slit hole 40A in the curved portion 34. An elastic holding portion 42 as a third protruding portion is provided to project from the base portion 32 in the notch portion 40, and an intermediate protruding portion 44 has a slit hole 40A.
Is projected inward from the curved portion 34, and the distance between the protruding intermediate portion 44, the tip end portion 36, and the protruding portion 38 is slightly narrower than the outer diameter dimension of the shaft 24.

The elastic holding portion 42 is elastically deformable in a direction in which the protruding intermediate portion 44 is separated from the tip end portion 36 and the protruding portion 38, whereby the shaft inserted between the base portion 32 and the bending portion 34. 24 abuts on the protruding intermediate portion 44 and presses the elastic holding portion 42. Therefore, the projecting intermediate portion 44 presses the shaft 24 toward the tip portion 36 and the projecting portion 38 by the restoring force of the elastic holding portion 42, whereby the shaft 24 causes the shaft 24 to project toward the tip portion 36, the projecting portion 38, and the projecting intermediate portion 44. It is supposed to be supported by. The shaft 24 is supported by the tip portion 36, the protruding portion 38, and the protruding intermediate portion 44, and is rotatable against the frictional force thereof.

The sun visor holder 22 includes a base 32.
A pair of leg portions 46 is formed so as to project from the curved portion 34 to the opposite side. A wedge-shaped engaging portion 46A having a gradually narrowed tip is formed at the tip of the leg portion 46. These leg portions 46 are attached to the ceiling 18 by penetrating a roof front rail inner (not shown), and are attached to the ceiling 18 by screws or the like penetrating through holes 48 provided in the base portion 32.
It is fixed to.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. Figure 2
As shown in (A) and FIG. 3, the sun visor holder 2
2 is attached to the recess 30 of the ceiling 18.

As shown in FIGS. 1 (B) and 3, the mounting of the shaft 24 on the sun visor holder 22 is carried out by the base 3
2 between the protruding portion 38 and the tip end portion 36 of the bending portion 34,
The bending portion 34 is elastically deformed and inserted. By this insertion, the shaft 24 is mounted between the base portion 32 and the bending portion 34 and abuts on the protruding intermediate portion 44 of the elastic holding portion 42 to elastically deform the elastic holding portion 42. The elastically deformed elastic holding portion 42 presses the shaft 24 toward the tip end portion 36 and the protruding portion 38 by its restoring force.

As a result, the outer peripheral surface of the shaft 24 is supported by the tip portion 36, the protruding portion 38, and the protruding intermediate portion 44 at three points. Since the shaft 24 is supported by the sun visor holder 22 at the three points, the sun visor holder 22
Even if the shaft diameter is smaller than the inner diameter, there is no rattling, and no abnormal noise is generated by the contact of the sun visor holder 22 and the shaft 24 while the vehicle 12 is traveling.

The sun visor holder 22 has a base 32.
And the curved portion 34 are integrally molded, and the notch 40 is formed in the curved portion 34.
The slit hole 40A is formed by forming the. As a result, the protruding intermediate portion 44 protruding from the base portion 32 can be projected to the inner surface of the bending portion 34. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the sun visor holder 22 is an integrally molded product, so that the number of parts is minimal and can be easily attached, and the sun visor holder 22 does not drop out during use.

The sun visor 10 can be securely held by forming the shaft 24 into a polygonal shape without forming a perfect circle or forming irregularities on the outer periphery at predetermined intervals. In addition, the present embodiment shows the sun visor holder 22 as an example of the present invention, and does not limit the shape of the sun visor holder to which the present invention is applied. For example, as the sun visor holder, the protruding intermediate portion 44 of the elastic holding portion 42 is used.
The elastic holding portion 4
The tip of 2 may contact the shaft 42. Further, the cutout portion 40 is provided at the connecting portion of the bending portion 34 with the base portion 32, but a pair of bending portions are provided along the axial direction of the shaft 24, and the elastic holding portion is arranged between these bending portions. It may be.

[0025]

As described above, the sun visor holder of the present invention holds the shaft by contacting the outer peripheral surface of the shaft of the sun visor by the three points of the pair of supporting portions and the elastic holding portion. Therefore, the sun visor holder can be reliably held regardless of the shape of the shaft, and it is possible to obtain an excellent effect that rattling does not occur between the sun visor holder and the shaft.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 (A) is a perspective view showing a sun visor holder to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 1 (B) is 1B-1B of FIG. 1 (A).
It is a principal part sectional drawing which followed the line.

FIG. 2A is a schematic perspective view showing a mounted state of a sun visor, and FIG. 2B is a plan view of a main part showing the sun visor.

FIG. 3 is a side view of essential parts of a sun visor holder to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of an essential part showing a conventional example of a sun visor holder.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Sun Visor 18 Ceiling 22 Sun Visor Holder 24 Shaft 36 Tip (A Pair of Projections) 38 Projection (A Pair of Projections) 42 Elastic Holding Part (Third Projection) 44 Projection Intermediate Section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sun visor holder which is provided on a ceiling surface in a passenger compartment and holds a shaft of a sun visor inside thereof, the sun visor holder being arranged to face the vicinity of an open end of the inner portion and at least one of which is separated from the other. A sun visor holder comprising: a pair of elastically deformable protrusions and a third protrusion that biases the shaft toward the opening end.