Patents Examined by Debbie D. Short
  • Patent number: 6021986
    Abstract: A sun visor includes a visor body attached to a pivot rod. The sun visor is pivotally mounted to a vehicle roof and/or headliner by using a visor mount assembly. The visor mount assembly includes a mounting bracket, attached to the pivot rod, and a mount for securing the rod to the roof. The mount includes a base that attaches to the mounting bracket, and a plurality of spring members that extend outwardly from the base. The base is substantially triangular in shape and further includes base legs that extend outwardly from the base at an angle. Each spring member includes a cross piece, at least one first leg connecting the cross piece to the base, and at least one second leg extending outwardly from the cross piece in a cantilevered manner. When the sun visor mounted onto the vehicle roof by using the mount, the roof is located between the base and the second leg of each of the spring members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay A. Murdock
  • Patent number: 6015126
    Abstract: A sun visor includes a visor body attached to a pivot rod. The sun visor is pivotally mounted to a vehicle roof and/or headliner by using a visor mount assembly. The visor mount assembly includes a mounting bracket, attached to the pivot rod, and a mount for securing the rod and the mounting bracket to the roof or other mounting surface. The mount includes a multi-sided base that is spaced above the mounting surface. The base is substantially triangular in shape with three sides. Each side has a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg attached to the base in a cantilevered fashion. The first and second legs flex inwardly as the mount is inserted through a mounting hole in the roof. The third legs include a flat tab extension which forms a mounting point for attachment of the mount to the headliner and mounting bracket. Ultimately, the roof is gripped between the first and second legs of the mount when the sun visor mounted onto the vehicle roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay A. Murdock
  • Patent number: 6000670
    Abstract: A foot structure for an apparatus including a bolt member, a slide cup, and a flange member in one embodiment. The bolt member has a first end and a second end. The first end of the bolt member is fixed to the apparatus. The slide cup has at its upper portion a recess for slidably supporting the second end of the bolt member and has at its lower portion a substantially flat lower surface and a rodlike projection projecting downward from a substantially central portion of the lower surface. The flange member has a slide surface with which the lower surface of the slide cup is in slidable contact and a wall surface projecting downward from the slide surface to define an opening area for accommodating the rodlike projection with play. The flange member is mounted on a substantially horizontal floor surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Shinichiro Okamoto