Sun visor shaft

US6059348A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Becker Group Europe GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Lothar Viertel · Wuppertal, DE
• Patrick Welter · Lachambre, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 9, 1998
• Grant date: May 9, 2000
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J3/0252
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A shaft (1) for vehicle sun visors which is predominantly plastic and includes a short shaft leg (2) as well as a long shaft leg (3). The short shaft leg (2) engages a pillow block attached to the vehicle body, and the long shaft leg (3) engages a bearing housing (13), which is supported by the sun body. The bearing housing carries a detent spring (14) which exerts a clamping force on a partial axial region of the long shaft leg (3). The long shaft leg (3) includes a plastic material with self-lubricating properties along an axial partial region which is in contact with the detent spring (14).