Abstract: A sun visor includes a main body, a television module, a display and a solar panel. The television module is located in the main body to receive television signals and reproduce audio and video. The display is positioned on a first side of the main body to display video based on the video signals. The solar panel is positioned on a second side of the sun visor boy to receive and convert sun light into electric energy to supply power to the television module and the display.

Abstract: A vehicle glare reducing system comprising automatically optically detecting when an oncoming vehicle with lit headlights is approaching the driver and automatically operating a glare reducing means attached to the driver's side of a vehicle's windshield to block the glare, and automatically optically detecting when no oncoming vehicle with lit headlights is approaching the driver and automatically operating the glare reducing means to allow the driver to see through the glare reducing means, with part of an inside edge of the glare reducing means substantially vertically aligned with substantially the horizontal center of the vehicle's steering wheel.

Abstract: A visor is mounted to a vehicle such that it pivots from a pocket in a vehicle headliner adjacent the windshield downwardly away from the windshield from the stored position to a use position. A mounting bracket coupled to the visor and mounting clip coupled to the vehicle cooperate to hold the visor in a stored position and allow its pivoting to a lowered use position and movement in connection with a pivot rod assembly on the opposite end of the visor to a side window position. The pivot rod assembly includes a cam mechanism for lowering the visor as it pivots from the front window position to the side window position. A push-push spring-loaded pivoted extender panel can be deployed from an edge of the visor to increase sun blocking.

Abstract: A motor controller includes a signal-generating unit that is operable so as to control rotational direction and rotational speed of a motor of a sunshade assembly, and a processing unit that operates the signal-generating unit to rotate the motor in a reverse direction to thereby retract a flexible screen body of the sunshade assembly, and to generate a decelerating signal for progressively reducing the rotational speed of the motor during a final stage of retraction of the flexible screen body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a See Thru Sun Visor, designed to replace any existing sun visor in order to provide sun blocking protection without obstructing the driver's view of the road comprising primarily heavy duty plastic, the See Thru Sun Visor is a see-through unit which features a smoky tinted plexiglass or shatterproof optical glass material, which filters the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays. Rectangular in shape, the See Thru Sun Visor measures the approximate length of standard visors and several inches in width. The device can be packaged in a kit and comes pre-assembled with the See Thru Sun Visor attached to the arm for easy installation. Simply remove the existing sun visor arm and install the See Thru Sun Visor. Both the driver and passenger side See Thru Sun Visor can be packaged and sold as a set, to be installed by the vehicle owner.

Abstract: A first covering part of the present invention covers a portion from the front part to the upper part of a door window and expands to the outside in the vehicle width direction, and the lower surface thereof is open. A second covering part covers a portion lower than the first covering part of the upper part of the door window, is provided so as to be on the outside of a window glass and be located on the inside in the vehicle width direction of the lower edge of the first covering part, and is formed so as to gradually approach the window glass from the rear end toward the front end, the lower edge thereof being provided close to the outer surface of the window glass.

Abstract: In a rear-window roller blind for motor vehicles in which a rear half of a back-seat shelf, which is located between the rear window and the pull-out slot for the rear-window roller blind, is used as a support element for the roller blind. The back-seat shelf half is made either from a wood material or is a plastic molded part. Through alternative arrangements, it is ensured that the temperature expansion and contraction of the components of the roller blind and its support are accommodated.

Abstract: An adaptable visor assembly includes a generally planar body portion having a lateral end. An ear segment is removably attachable to the body portion at the lateral end via an interface. The interface includes a projection configured to engage a receptacle when the ear segment is attached to the body portion.

Abstract: A mirror module for a vehicle component, for example a sun visor, includes a module frame, a mirror connected to the module frame and a having a mirrored surface and a mirror cover supported at the mirrored surface of the mirror. The mirror cover includes a guide that allows the mirror cover to be selectively displaced along a track that is separate from the mirror module between a first position in which the mirrored surface is substantially covered by the mirror cover and a second position in which the mirrored surface is at least partially not covered by the mirror.

Abstract: A sun visor for a vehicle is made by inserting a coverstock material into a mold and molding a core behind at least part of the coverstock material. The coverstock material is thus integrally connected to the core and will follow the contour of the core.

Abstract: A visor for a vehicle includes a core portion configured to interface with a pivot rod to allow the visor to be moved between a storage position and a use position. A single core portion includes structure configured to receive a slideable spring assembly for mounting the visor core to the pivot rod in an extendable and retractable manner. The visor core structure is also configured to receive a fixed spring assembly to mount the visor core to the pivot rod in a non-extendable and non-retractable manner.

Abstract: A device is provided for the treatment and prophylaxis of healthy eyes, pseudoaphakic eyes and/or eyes suffering macular and retinal degeneration that comprises a yellow filter applied to a conventional illumination system to protect them from short wavelengths of the visible spectrum under 500 nm and preferably in the range of 350 nm to 500 nm. This device the difficulties and risks of existing ways of protecting eyes undergoing cataract surgery and prevents or improves the degeneration of healthy eyes and those suffering neurodegeneration by the simple application of a protective filter to any lighting system. Embodiments of the invention comprise combining a conventional light source with a conventional yellow filter that absorbs wavelengths of light shorter than 500 nm so that the filter completely covers the illumination source.

Abstract: An anti-dazzle sun visor for use in the upper part of a windshield of a motor vehicle. The anti-dazzle sun visor is characterized by a screen which is hinged to a suspension, mounted so as to be movable to be displaced along the windshield, and a curtain which is extensible below a part of the windshield considered to be shadable, the curtain extending between the mobile suspension and the upper edge of the windshield.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique which contributes to stabilized movement of a sliding structure in a slide-type sun visor for vehicles. Representative sun visor for vehicles includes a sun visor body, a support shaft, a sliding member, a clip member and a clamping device. The clamping device accommodates a clearance in a circumferential direction between the support shaft and the sliding member and prevents relative rotation of the support shaft and the sliding member. The clamping device is mounted to the sliding member and rotates together with the sliding member.

Abstract: Light transmission in a vehicle may be controlled using a system that includes a linear polarizing means and an ellipticity increaser associated with a display in the vehicle. The ellipticity increaser is configured and oriented with respect to the linear polarizing means for increasing the ellipticity of light passing from the linear polarizing means through the ellipticity increaser. The system also includes an ellipticity adjuster and a linear polarizer associated with a window of the vehicle. The ellipticity adjuster is oriented with respect to the linear polarizer for increasing the ellipticity of light passing from the linear polarizer through the ellipticity adjuster. The ellipticity increaser and adjuster are disposed between the linear polarizing means and the linear polarizer, and are configured and oriented with respect to each other for reducing ellipticity of light passing from the linear polarizing means through the ellipticity increaser and adjuster to the linear polarizer.

Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly including at least a component of the seat assembled made of closed-cell foam and having an integral exterior surface. The component may include a backrest, headrest, seat cushion or a component thereof such as an armrest. A method of forming a seat assembly including a first seat component and a second seat component wherein at least one of the first and the second components are made of closed-cell foam.

Abstract: A component, in particular a sun visor that is designed for use in a vehicle, is described having a structural part and a cover part, the cover part being connected to the structural part by a removable connection. In order to produce the connection, the cover element performs a connection displacement in relation to the structural part in a tangential direction to at least one main extension direction of the cover element.

Abstract: A hybrid visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor includes an expanded polypropylene body and a partial clamshell engaging the body along a single longitudinal length of the body and along a single transverse length of the body. The visor also comprises a pivot rod arranged within the clamshell and a cover material arranged over the body and the clamshell. The hybrid visor provides a light weight, low cost recyclable visor that is capable of being designed into any number of configurations all while providing the same robustness and stiffness of heavier and more costly visors.

Abstract: An automobile sun visor with an electromechanical sun shade device preferably comprising an elongated housing with a generally tear-shaped profile that is adapted for pivotally-adjustable installation at essentially any location proximate the interior roof of a vehicle and that attractively accommodates all necessary elements of the device therewithin, a scissor-type extension mechanism with interdependent, multi-stage frame support layers that evenly and supportively extend and adjust to a plurality of lengths, a two-layer screening system that surrounds the extension mechanism on all sides via a releasable connector, and that is adapted for preferential variation of interior versus exterior display during deployment, and a motorized control system with guide elements.

Abstract: A method of reducing glare from oncoming vehicle headlights is provided comprising providing an attachment for a vehicle having a front windshield, a driver's side and a passenger side, the attachment comprising a slatted blind having a plurality of horizontally-oriented slats extending between a headrail and a bottom rail, a flexible cord ladder connected between the headrail and bottom rail and supporting the slats, and a rotating means for rotation of the slats from opened to closed. Securing the slatted blind with mounting means connected to the headrail to an upper portion of the inside of the vehicle's front windshield on the driver's side such that the attachment has a width less than 30 percent of the horizontal width of the vehicle's front windshield and the passenger side is uncovered. Driving the vehicle on a surface that can have oncoming traffic.

Abstract: An interior trim assembly for a vehicle includes a trim component having a first panel; a second panel opposite the first panel; and one or more side panels joining the first and second panels. The first, second and one or more side panels define a cavity; and an acoustic transducer is disposed within the cavity. The acoustic transducer is located adjacent an interior surface of one of the first, second and side panels. Also, the assembly is movable relative to a static headliner.

Abstract: A technique is disclosed for reducing a biasing force acting upon a support rod, while securing a rotating torque required to pivot a sun visor body, in a sun visor for vehicles. A sun visor for vehicles, in which a sun visor body 103 can pivot on a support rod 105, includes a biasing and holding member 121 that biases and holds the support rod 105 only by three regions in a circumferential direction of the support rod 105. The biasing and holding member 121 is formed by bending a single leaf spring and integrally includes a support rod holding region 125a, 127a, 129a and a biasing force generating region 123. The support rod holding region includes the three regions that surround an outer surface of the support rod, and the biasing force generating region is formed at a predetermined distance from the support rod holding region 125a, 127a, 129a in a direction transverse to the axial direction of the support rod 105.

Abstract: A sunshade for an inner surface of a windshield comprised of an open-weave and air permeable fabric. At least one air-moving device is also provided to circulate air into and out of the gap between the sunshade and a windshield against which the sunshade is installed.

Abstract: A visor assembly, comprises a first core piece having an aperture and a second core piece coupled to the first core piece. A reflective film is positioned in a tensioned state between the first core piece and the second core piece such that a first portion of the reflective film is visible through the aperture.

Abstract: A sun visor for an automobile having a plate-like core provided with multiple micropores each having a diameter ranging from 1 to 5 mm. Open area ratio representing the ratio of the total area of micropores to the projected area of the plate-like core ranges from 2% to 30%. Alternatively, a sun visor for an automobile has a skeletonic core having an air permeability equal to that of the plate-like core provided with multiple micropores. The plate-like core or the skeletonic core is covered with a covering member having a high air permeability.

Abstract: As of supporting the survivor to the vehicle body, the visor panel is adapted in relatively and easily be attached to and detached from the clip unit by using a push lock type clip unit. Moreover, when the support rod is detached from the clip unit, the visor panel is automatically positioned to shade the side window via a panel guide unit, thus optimizing the convenience of using the sunvisor.

Abstract: A D-ring for use with a visor in a vehicle is disclosed. The D-ring includes a body and a pin arranged between two surfaces of the body. The D-ring also includes a leg extending from the body and an arm extending from a side of the body wherein that arm is generally parallel to the leg. The D-ring also includes a locking ridge extending from an inside surface of the arm and a flange extending from the body substantially parallel to and in spaced relationship to the arm for receiving and holding a planar object between the flange and the arm.

Abstract: A guide device for a component of a motor vehicle, such as a sun visor, is used to move at least one cable to a connector in the visor. The guide device includes a cable guide having a ramp for displacing the, cable toward the connector.

Abstract: A sun visor apparatus for a vehicle includes a sun visor body, a supporting member supported on a roof panel and supporting the sun visor body so that the sun visor body moves in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle between a first position where the sun visor body is positioned in a storage space provided on an underside of the roof panel and a second position where a rear end of the sun visor body is positioned behind a mirror body of an interior rearview mirror when viewed from a driver, and a shade extending from the sun visor body to the storage space in accordance with a movement of the sun visor body.

Abstract: A visor assembly for a vehicle includes a visor, a beam, an arm, and a carrier. The beam defines a first path. The arm has a first end and a second end spaced from the first end. The arm moveably supports the visor with the visor moveable between the first end and the second end of the arm. The carrier supports the arm at the first end. The carrier also connects the beam and the arm with the second end of the arm laterally spaced from the first path defined by the beam. The carrier is moveable along the first path. The visor assembly enables the visor to be manually continuously adjustable in a substantially horizontal, vertical, and angular manner such that the visor can cover a predetermined area of a windshield or a corresponding side window of a vehicle to shade the eyes of an occupant of the vehicle.

Abstract: A visor assembly includes a first core pad facially secured to a second core pad by a plurality of first connecting members of the first core pad engaging a plurality of second connecting members on the second core pad. A frame is secured to at least one of the first core pad and the second core pad. A cover material covers the exterior of the first core pad and the second core pad and is secured by a plurality of retention members. The retention members are located on an interior surface of at least one of the first core pad and the second core pad.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cover means for a displaceably mounted vehicle window pane (3), including a sheet-like structure (20) and an extending element (24, 124) that is in operational engagement with the sheet-like structure (20), in which the sheet-like structure (20) may be moved by means of the extending element (24, 124) from a stowage position into a use position and/or from the use position into the stowage position, the vehicle window pane (3) is at least partly covered by the sheet-like structure (20) in the use position, and the extending element (24, 124) may be coupled to the vehicle window pane (3) for a transmission of motion. The invention further relates to a device including a displaceable vehicle window pane and a cover element, and a control means for a device of this kind.

Abstract: A sunshade for an inner surface of a windshield comprised of an open-weave and air permeable fabric. At least one air-moving device is also provided to circulate air into and out of the gap between the sunshade and a windshield against which the sunshade is installed.

Abstract: A sun visor for a vehicle is shown and described. The sun visor can be slidably adjustable by the user from a first or storage position to a second position and anywhere there between. The sun visor also has an illumination system for lighted viewing in a mirror. These embodiments show and describe an illumination system that can be used with the mirror when the sun visor is located in any position.

Abstract: A visor for vehicles includes a shell made of a material such as paper, vinyl, or the like. The visor includes first and second halves joined by a hinge. The first and second halves are folded about the hinge and bonded together to define a cavity. A rigid foam core fills at least a substantial portion of the cavity, and the foam core is bonded to the shell to provide support. The visor includes a structural mounting member extending from the shell for mounting the visor to the roof of a vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an illumination device for vanity mirrors of motor vehicle sun visors. The illumination device does not use cables as conducting elements nor external mechanical elements such as switches, simplifying the assembly operations. A conducting laminar element performs all of these functions: in addition to being the conducting means it acts as a switch for the device. This device is actuated by a cover that covers the mirror and is operated at the user's will. The device is characterised in that it is only illuminated in one position, in which the cover is not covering the mirror and the visor is in a shading position.

Abstract: A vehicle sun visor comprises a support frame pivotally connected to the vehicle roof. A sun visor panel is chosen from any array of different available sun visor panels having different occupant convenience features. An attachment is provided for removably attaching the chosen sun visor panel onto the support frame and enables subsequent removal of that chosen sun visor panel from the support and then the attachment to the support frame of a different chosen sun visor panel having different convenience feature content.

Abstract: A sunblind is disclosed for use with a window of a vehicle. The sunblind comprises a rigid frame has a closed-loop configuration and a panel of flexible material secured to the rigid frame. The panel has a desired degree of opacity to sunlight and extends over the interior of the rigid frame. The sunblind further has means for fixing the rigid frame to an interior surface of the vehicle such that the panel occludes at least part of the window to sunlight.

Abstract: Assume that the position of a sun visor main body is adjusted by an occupant when incident light having the incident angle ?1 has entered a vehicle passenger compartment. Then, a straight line L1 is obtained that passes through the distal end position S1 of the moved sun visor main body and is inclined by the same angle as the incident angle ?1. At this time, the intersection between a straight line Y1, which passes through an eye position P0 of a average sized person and extends along the vertical direction of a vehicle, and the straight line L1 is estimated as an eye position P1 of the occupant. Thereafter, a light blocking control is performed in accordance with the estimated eye position P1.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved technique of joining a first body part and a second body part of a sun visor body to manufacture a sun visor for vehicles. The representative A sun visor for vehicles comprises a sun visor body, a first and a second body parts to from the sun visor body, a first weld region, a second weld region. The first weld region includes a first weld formed on the first body part and a first weld formed on the second body part. The second weld region includes a second weld formed on the first body part and a second weld formed on the second body part. The first welds formed respectively on the first and second body parts contact each other and are joined together by vibration before the second welds formed respectively on the first and second body parts contact each other.

Abstract: A laterally moveable set of sleeves are placed over an existing sun visor to more effectively block the rays of the sun through the front or side windows. A separate sleeve-set should be placed over the right sun visor. Any part of either sleeve may have an opaque, clear, tinted, shaded or mirror finish. The sleeves are preferably made of plastic, heavy paper or cardstock, folded along one long end, and sealed along the opposite long edge. In the event that dissimilar materials are used to construct the exterior-facing and interior-facing panels of a sleeve, glue, heat welding, or other techniques may be used to join the top and bottom edges. A textual or graphical logo or message may be inscribed upon any side of either the inner or outer sleeve. The message may be printed left to right on one side of the sleeve(s) for display in the side window, or reverse-reading to allow the driver ahead to read the message through their rear-view mirror.

Abstract: A removable sun shade insert for a vehicle that is a substantially planar sun block with an insertion slot for holding the sun block in place in which the sun block and the insertion slot are sized so that the sun block is held in place against a windshield by a rear view mirror when the insertion slot is engaged with the rear view mirror. The insert can be detachably connected to a bound magazine and contain customizable advertisements. The insert can provide shade for either the driver's or a passenger's side of the vehicle, or even a side window.

Abstract: A stroller includes a playing tool main body coupled on a guard bar, a playing tool coupled on a plurality of rotational shaft installed in the main body, a cover formed to be transparent and protecting the playing tool, a driving motor installed in the main body and driven by power from a solar cell, and a transmission unit for transmitting driving force generated from the driving motor to the rotational shafts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sun visor with a variety of office apparatuses that is capable of handling a user's work in a car. The sun visor with the variety of apparatuses with a keyboard that are mounted in an attachable and detachable manner, such that when the apparatuses are attached on the sun visor, the sun visor functions to prevent the driver's eyes from bright sunshine, and when they are detached therefrom, they can be available on a steering wheel in a car, the sun visor includes a holding frame to which the office work apparatus detachably mounted, and a frame fixing member which installed to a ceiling of a vehicle, the frame fixing member detachably engaging with the holding frame.

Abstract: The all vision visor is an extendable retractable polarized sun visor that utilizing a prism and light source that is rotative relative to a housing slot whereby the user can vary the color wavelength projected into the sun visor that refracts incoming sun rays, while allowing full vision through the windshield from the interior of the automobile.

Abstract: A sun visor for a vehicle is provided that can prevent an extendable plate from being removed from the sun visor body. In a sun visor for a vehicle in which an extendable plate (40) is mounted within a sun visor body (20) such that the extendable plate can be drawn out, a removal-preventing member (55) protruding in an inclined configuration is formed on one side surface of the extendable plate. Conversely, a removal preventing recess (52) is formed within the sun visor body (22) for engaging with a tip end portion of the removal-preventing member and for preventing the extendable plate from being removed. A recess wall surface on one side of the removal-preventing recess is formed as an inclined surface (53) for guiding the tip end portion of the removal-preventing member in a wedging direction into the removal-preventing recess.

Abstract: A vanity is disclosed having a mirror and a light source adjacent the mirror to illuminate an object to be viewed in the mirror. A cover panel is coupled adjacent to the light source for movement to an open position to reveal the mirror and a closed position to conceal the mirror. The vanity includes a switch device to activate and deactivate the light source and a positioning device to maintain the cover panel in the open or closed position. The switch device and the positioning device cooperate to activate the light source when the cover panel is in the open position and to deactivate the light source when the cover panel is not in the open position. The cover panel is configured for rotational movement between the open and closed position in a plane generally parallel to a plane of the mirror.

Abstract: A blow molded vehicle sun visor (1) has a visor body (2) formed by a blow molding process. The visor body (2) has a hollow plate-shaped configuration defining an inner space. A bearing member (3) is positioned within the inner space of the visor body (2) during the blow molding process. A support rod (4) is inserted into the bearing me (3) in order to pivotally support the visor body (2). The bearing member (3) has at least one through hole (33, 34) formed therein and extending in a direction of thickness. The visor body (2) has at least one column (25) corresponding to the at least one through hole (33, 34) and formed integrally with the visor body (2). The at least one column (25) extends though the corresponding at least one through hole (33, 34) of the bearing member (3) in order to prevent the movement of the bearing Ryder (3) and to reinforce the visor body (2) with respect to the direction of thickness.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sun visor for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the sun visor. The structure of the sun visor is complicated and the cost thereof is increased when an elastically compressive elastic body is installed between both first and second core split bodies of a core body to prevent the wrinkles from occurring in the vicinity of the corner fused parts of the skins. In view of the above problem, an object of the present invention is to prevent wrinkles from occurring near the corner fused parts of skins with a relatively simple structure. In the present invention, a corner tension part, for preventing the displacement of the corner fused part toward the corner part of the core body, is disposed between the corner part of the core body and the core fused part of the skins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an attachment device (100) for the sun visor of a motor vehicle having a receiving housing (106) mounted on the motor vehicle and a sun visor foot (108) connectable with the sun visor, wherein the receiving housing (106) and the sun visor foot (108) each comprise contacts for producing an electrical connection. The electrical contact of the receiving housing (106) has a first contact point (158) and the electrical contact of the sun visor foot (108) has a second contact point (144) whereby the first contact point (158) and the second contact point (144) are in electrical contact with when the sun visor foot (108) is mounted in the receiving housing (106).