JP2001121960A - Sun visor with mirror - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sun visor with a mirror having no problem in design even if it is of a facing-less type by making a portion of the sun visor having an opening of a mirror case appear on the surface of the sun visor main body, and to overcome the disadvantage of a difference in level in facing in the sun visor, the main body of which is covered with facing. SOLUTION: In this sun visor with a mirror so constructed that a mirror case 30 is assembled with a mirror 40 and a slide cover 42 in a recessed part 18 formed in a sun visor main body 12 of a hollow structure, the recessed part 18 of the sun visor main body 12 is set to such dimensions that a portion having an opening 34 in which the mirror 40 is positioned in the mirror case 30 is housed. A space for receiving the slide cover 2 at the time of sliding the slide cover 42 from the position of closing the opening 34 of the mirror case 30 to the open side is secured in a hollow part 13 of the sun visor main body.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sun visor for an automobile, and more particularly to a sun visor having a slide-type mirror.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A slide-type mirror is a type in which a portion where the mirror is located is opened and closed by sliding a slide cover. 9 is a plan view illustrating a conventional sun visor with a mirror of a slide type, FIG. 10 is an enlarged cross-sectional view in the direction of arrows CC in FIG. 9, and FIG.
9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view in the direction of the arrow DD in FIG. 9, and FIG. As shown in these drawings, the sun visor body 50 has a hollow structure formed by, for example, blow molding of a resin material.
It has. In general, the surface of the sun visor body 50 is covered with a skin 54, but prior to that, the mirror case 56 is incorporated into the concave portion 52. Thereby, the engaging claws 62 of the mirror case 56 engage with the plurality of engaging portions 53 formed in the concave portion 52 (FIG. 1).
2) The assembly of the mirror case 56 to the recess 52 is maintained.

The mirror case 56 has an opening 5 on its upper surface.
8, and a mirror 64 is incorporated in the mirror case 56 at a position corresponding to the opening 58. A slide cover 66 is incorporated on the front side of the mirror 64. The slide cover 66 is slidable from the position where the opening 58 is closed as shown in the drawing to the open side. Accordingly, a cover receiving portion 60 having a space for sliding the slide cover 66 to the open side is secured in the mirror case 56. That is, looking at the mirror case 56 in a plane,
The surface is constituted by an opening 58 and a cover receiving portion 60 having a larger area than the opening 58.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above mirror case 5
When the surface of the sun visor body 50 is not covered with the skin 54 (for example, in the case of a skin-less sun visor) in a state where the 6 is fitted into the concave portion 52 of the sun visor body 50, the mirror case 56
The cover receiving portion 60 is also exposed and its appearance is poor (FIG. 9). Therefore, the surface of the sun visor body 50 is usually covered with the skin 54 as described above. However, if this is done, a step is generated in the skin 54 at the boundary between the sun visor body 50 and the mirror case 56, and the design is impaired. Further, around the opening 58, the skin 54 and the mirror case 56 are bonded by welding or the like,
This part is not desirable in design.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mirror-type sun visor with only a portion having an opening of a mirror case only on the surface of a sun visor body. In addition, the sun visor in which the sun visor body is covered with the skin is eliminated, and problems such as occurrence of a step on the skin are eliminated.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a mirror case is provided with a mirror and a slide cover in a concave portion formed in a hollow sun visor body. In the sun visor with a mirror assembled, the concave portion of the sun visor main body is set to have a size that can accommodate a portion having an opening where the mirror is located in the mirror case. When the slide cover is slid from the position where the opening of the mirror case is closed to the opening side, a space for receiving the slide cover is secured in the hollow portion of the sun visor body.

Therefore, in the mirror case assembled in the concave portion set to the above size, the portion having the opening only appears on the surface of the sun visor body. For this reason, even if the sun visor is a skinless type, an unnecessary portion of the mirror case is not exposed on the surface of the sun visor main body, and the design is well maintained. Also, when the sun visor body is covered with the skin, the mirror case has no portion to be covered by the skin. As a result, a step formed on the skin at the boundary between the sun visor body and the mirror case, or an adhesive portion between the skin and the mirror case due to welding or the like disappears from the surface of the sun visor, and the design is enhanced. Note that the present invention also includes a configuration in which a part of the mirror case (for example, a part for guiding the slide of the slide cover) protrudes into a shape that enters the hollow part of the sun visor body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the sun visor with the mirror according to the first aspect, wherein the mirror case is set to be large enough to fit in the concave portion of the sun visor body. In this case, the mirror case itself becomes compact.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the sun visor with the mirror according to the first aspect, wherein the mirror and the slide cover are incorporated in the mirror case as a collective part. According to this configuration, the mirror components up to being assembled to the sun visor body can be handled as a set, which is convenient.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. First Embodiment First, a first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a slide type sun visor with a mirror, FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view in the direction of arrows AA in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view in the direction of arrows BB in FIG. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a mirror component. As is clear from these drawings, the sun visor 10 has a structure in which a surface of a sun visor body 12 formed in a hollow shape by blow molding of a resin material or the like is covered with a skin 14. Although the sun visor body 12 needs to have the hollow portion 13 inside, the molding means can be injection molding instead of blow molding. In the case of injection molding, the two elements of the half-shape thus formed are joined so that a hollow portion is formed inside. It is well known that the sun visor 10 is attached to a roof (not shown) in an automobile by the arm 16 shown in FIG.

The sun visor body 12 has a concave portion 18 for mounting a mirror component. The central portion of the inner bottom surface of the recess 18 is a mirror receiver 20 which is slightly higher than the others (FIGS. 2 and 3).
At the lower part of both opposing walls, two engaging portions 22 having a concave shape are provided (FIGS. 3 and 4). One of the two walls in the concave portion 18 is provided with the concave portion 18 and the sun visor body 1.
One communication port 24 for communicating with the two hollow portions 13 is formed (FIGS. 2 and 4). The mirror receiver 20 and the respective engaging portions 22 are formed simultaneously with the formation of the sun visor body 12, but the communication port 24 is formed by post-processing described later.

The skin 14 continuously covers the sun visor body 12 from the surface thereof to the inner bottom surface of the recess 18 excluding the mirror receiver 20 (FIGS. 2 and 3). In the outer skin 14, openings are formed in advance in portions of the concave portion 18 corresponding to the mirror receiver 20, the engaging portion 22, and the communication port 24, respectively. Means for forming these openings include a method of completely cutting the skin 14 of the portion or a method of forming at least two intersecting cuts in the skin 14 of the portion and pushing the cut back later. There is.

The mirror case 30 assembled in the recess 18 is divided into an upper frame 31 and a lower guide 32. The frame body 31 and the guide body 32 are individually formed integrally with each other by a synthetic resin.
The opening 34 is formed in a rectangular frame shape. A regulating surface 35 is formed on the inner peripheral portion of the frame body 31 for suppressing the lifting of the slide cover 42 described later. In addition, the frame body 31 is provided with engagement claws 36 protruding downward at four locations. These engaging claws 36 are arranged so as to be able to engage with the respective engaging portions 22 of the sun visor body 12 (FIG. 3). On the other hand, the guide body 32
A guide surface 38 for guiding the slide of the slide cover 42 is formed on an inner peripheral portion of the guide member 32. One side of the guide body 32 is an open portion 32a having the guide surface 38 extended.
It has. Note that cutouts 39 are formed at four positions on the outer peripheral portion of the guide body 32 for positioning the respective engagement claws 36 of the frame body 31 (FIGS. 3 and 4).

Next, a procedure for assembling mirror components to the sun visor body 12 will be described. First, the recess 1
After placing the mirror 40 on the mirror receiver 20 of No. 8, the guide body 32 is incorporated into the recess 18. At this time, the guide body 3
The orientation of the guide body 32 is considered so that the second open portion 32a is located on the side of the communication port 24 of the concave portion 18. Further, each cutout portion 39 of the guide body 32 individually opposes each engagement portion 22 of the concave portion 18. Next, the slide cover 42 is mounted on the guide surface 38 of the guide body 32, and the frame body 31 is mounted on the recess 18 in a manner of being mounted on the upper surface of the slide cover 42. As a result, each engaging claw 36 of the frame body 31 is positioned at each cutout 39 of the guide body 32 as shown in FIG.
Are engaged with the respective engaging portions 22.

As a result, the concave portion 18 of the sun visor body 12
Is held in a state where the mirror case 30 is assembled. The peripheral edge of the mirror 40 is pressed against the mirror receiver 20 on the back surface (lower surface) of the guide surface 38, and is stably incorporated in the recess 18. The slide cover 42 is slidable with respect to the guide surface 38, and is regulated by the regulating surface 35 of the frame 31 so as not to float. When the slide cover 42 is slid from the position where the opening 34 is closed to the open side, the slide cover 42 passes through the opening 32a and the communication port 24 as shown by a virtual line in FIG. The hollow part 13 enters. That is, the slide cover 4 when sliding to the open side
The receiving space of 2 is not the recess 18 but the hollow 13
Is secured.

Therefore, the mirror case 30 assembled in the concave portion 18 has the opening 3 on the surface of the sun visor 10.
4 and the upper surface of the frame 31 constituting the periphery thereof only appear. Therefore, even if the sun visor is a skinless type, the mirror case 30 can be assembled without impairing the design. Also in the sun visor 10 having the skin 14 as in the present embodiment, the mirror case 30 does not have a portion to be covered and hidden by the skin 14, so the surface of the sun visor main body 12 is also recessed 18 before the mirror case 30 is assembled. Epidermis 1 including
4 can be adopted. As a result, for example, it is possible to prevent the adhesive portion between the skin 14 and the mirror case 30 from being seen around the opening 34.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a processing state of the communication port 24. As described above, the communication port 24 is processed after the formation of the sun visor body 12. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the wall 1 of the concave portion 18 in which the communication port 24 is formed.
The upper portion of the wall 18a and both sides are cut at the same time by operating the cutter 46 from the solid line position as shown by the imaginary line, with the inclined surface 8a. According to this technique, the communication port 24 can be opened by a simple processing without using a special die-cutting structure for a molding die of the sun visor body 12.

If the concave portion 18 is set to be large enough to accommodate the portion of the mirror case 30 having the opening 34, the mirror case 30 may have a portion that protrudes from the concave portion 18 into the hollow portion 13. . For example, even if the guide surface 38 of the guide body 32 is extended into the hollow portion 13 in order to stabilize the posture of the slide cover 42 when slid to the open side, that portion does not appear on the surface of the sun visor body 12. No problem arises. However, the extension dimension of the guide surface 38 needs to be set to such an extent that the assemblability of the mirror case 30 to the recess 18 is not impaired.

Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 2, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. In the second embodiment, the mirror case 3
0 itself is an integrally molded product made of a synthetic resin, and has a configuration in which the frame body 31 and the guide body 32 of the first embodiment are integrated. As a result, the slide cover 42 is assembled in advance on the guide surface 38 of the mirror case 30. Thereby, the mirror case 30 and the slide cover 42 can be handled as set components. In the second embodiment, the same reference numerals are given to the portions which are considered to be the same as or the same as those in the first embodiment, and the overlapping description will be omitted. Further, in the third embodiment to be described next, the same explanation will be applied in the same manner, and duplicate description will be omitted.

Third Embodiment A third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. Also in the third embodiment, similarly to the second embodiment, the mirror case 30 is an integrally molded product, and the slide cover 42 is incorporated therein. Further, an appropriate number of mirror receiving claws 30a for supporting the mirror 40 are formed on the bottom surface of the mirror case 30, and the mirror 40 is set here. Thereby, the mirror case 30, the mirror 40 and the slide cover 4
2 can be treated as a set part.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a sun visor with a mirror of a slide type.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view in the direction of arrows AA in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a mirror component.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a processing state of a communication port.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the second embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the second embodiment corresponding to FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the third embodiment corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a conventional sun visor with a mirror of a slide type.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken in the direction of arrows DD in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged sectional view taken in the direction of arrows EE in FIG. 9;

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 Sun visor body 13 Hollow part 30 Mirror case 34 Opening 40 Mirror 42 Slide cover

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A sun visor with a mirror in which a mirror case is assembled together with a mirror and a slide cover in a concave portion formed in a sun visor main body having a hollow structure, wherein the concave portion of the sun visor main body has a mirror located in the mirror case. When the slide cover is slid to the open side from the position where the opening of the mirror case is closed, the receiving space for the slide cover is secured in the hollow portion of the sun visor body when the slide cover is slid from the position where the opening of the mirror case is closed to the open side. Sun visor with mirror. 2. The sun visor with a mirror according to claim 1, wherein the mirror case is set to a size that fits in a concave portion of the sun visor body. 3. The sun visor with a mirror according to claim 1, wherein the mirror and the slide cover are incorporated into the mirror case as a unitary component.