Lighted sun visor for vehicles

US4174864A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Gebr. Happich GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Lothar Viertel · Wuppertal, DE
• Manfred Nowak · Solingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 5, 1978
• Grant date: Nov 20, 1979
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/20462
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle sun visor is supportable on a vehicle body by a main bearing and by a counterbearing; the vehicle electrical system is connected to contacts in the counterbearing housing; leads to a lamp on the sun visor are connected to contact means on the visor body and the contact means on the visor body are engageable with the contact means in the counterbearing housing; a cover over the lamp includes contacts which are opened and closed by movement of the cover.