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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7909383 | Mirror module for vehicle component and method of assembling a mirror module 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 th... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7802836 | Anti-dazzle sun visor for motor vehicles 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 ex... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7717491 | Sun visor for use in a vehicle and method for producing a sun visor 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 eleme... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7566088 | Sun visor for automobiles 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%... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7540552 | Apparatus for arranging cables in a vehicle 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. ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7416239 | Foam core visor 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... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416319 | Illumination device for vanity mirrors of motor vehicles sun visors 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 condu... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7401838 | Reconfigurable sun visor 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 attachin... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7393041 | Sunblind 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 i... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7347479 | Sunvisor device for a vehicle Assume that the position of a sun visor main body is adjusted by an occupant when incident light having the incident angle θ1 has entered a vehicle passenger compartment. Then, a straight line L1 is obtained that passes through the distal end position... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338108 | Sun visor for vehicles 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... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322632 | Vehicle visor assembly In a vehicle including a cab, having a windshield with opposed upper and lower edges, bounding an interior, a dashboard extending into the interior proximate the lower edge of the windshield, a hood extending forwardly of the cab proximate the lower edge of the wind... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320492 | Telescopic sun visor extension sleeve 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, ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7310930 | Grass catcher reinforcement A reinforced grass catcher may be positioned adjacent a cutting unit of a grass mower, the reinforced grass catcher having a pair of sides, an upper panel and a lower panel, an opening between the upper panel and lower panel facing the cutting unit, and at least one... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311349 | Removable sunshade insert 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 rea... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7287796 | Integrated cargo net for a vehicle A cargo net assembly for a vehicle is described that includes a storage receptacle. The storage receptacle is mounted to the inside of the roof of the vehicle. Pivotable doors may be opened to allow the net to be lowered with a base plate into a use position. The ba... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275778 | Vehicle sun visors A vehicle sun visor includes a visor body and a support and guide device that serve to hold and direct the visor body, so that the visor body is movable along a first direction between a storage position within a storage space defined within a vehicle cabin ceiling ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7237821 | Stroller with playing tool 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 an... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236355 | Sun visor having office work apparatus 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 whe... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234752 | Molded visor with integral vanity frame A visor molded with an integral vanity frame. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the visor body is formed with a Class A grained surface and requires no additional finishing such as upholstery. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232176 | All vision 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, whi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222914 | Surface covering materials of vehicle sun visors and vehicle sun visors having the surface covering materials A surface covering material for use with a vehicle sun visor includes a non-woven fabric layer and a synthetic resin layer overlaid onto a back surface of the non-woven fabric layer. The density of the non-woven fabric layer is between 120 g/m and 250 g/m. The non-w... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219947 | Sun visor for vehicle 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 ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217017 | Vanity for a vehicle 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 conc... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216917 | Retractable sun visor and full windshield cover A multifunction, retractable sun shielding apparatus. A retractable screen, a housing configured to receive and contain the retractable screen upon retracting the screen, and a drive mechanism attached to longitudinal edges of the screen, and configured to drive the... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213865 | Blow molded vehicle sun visors and methods of manufacturing such sun visors 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 th... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204539 | Visor nail The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a sun visor for a motor vehicle. The method includes the steps of positioning a nail substantially parallel a longitudinal edge of a clamshell visor half and driving the nail though a clip rod positioned in a ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192075 | Sun visor for vehicle and method of manufacturing the same 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 s... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7179133 | Attachment device for the sun visor of a motor vehicle 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 housi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172233 | Motorized extensible wind shield visor The visor joins to the roof of a motor vehicle to deflect heavy precipitation, such as a downpour, from a windshield. The visor is a permanent motorized device with a hollow planar cover. The cover contains a means to extend and retract the visor from the cover and ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156444 | Windshield covering system A windshield covering system includes a pair of tracks. Each of the tracks is attached to a roof of a vehicle. The tracks are each positioned adjacent to one of a pair of lateral sides of the roof and each extends along one of a pair of lateral edge of a windshield ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152901 | Vehicle visor construction and method A visor for vehicles and the like includes a core made of a meltable material. The core includes first and second halves that are interconnected by a connecting arrangement that includes posts that are frictionally received in openings. The posts may form an interfe... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144062 | Vehicle sun visors A vehicle sun visor includes a visor body, a horizontal rod mounted to the visor body, and a support arm. The support arm has a vertical rod and is rotatably mounted to a vehicle cabin ceiling. A bearing is mounted to one end of the vertical rod and rotatably receiv... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131682 | Vehicle sun visors having mirrors A vehicle sun visor has a bearing disposed at an upper corner portion of a visor body. A sight-through portion is defined in a lower region of the visor body in order to enable observation through the sight-through portion. The sight-through portion extends at least... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131683 | Shade assembly for automobile window A shade assembly includes a plurality of fastening blocks and a shade with a flexible frame. Each of the plurality of the fastening blocks is adhered onto a top edge or a bottom edge of a window frame of an automobile and has a lengthwise groove with a narrower open... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121610 | Combination shade and handle device A combination window shade and handle device includes a frame adapted to be secured above a window of a motor vehicle window; a handle centrally positioned on the frame; a winding core coupled to the frame; a shade wound onto the winding core, the shade having one f... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111890 | Sun visor for the interior of a motor vehicle A sun visor can be opened from a non-used position to an anti-glare position. The visor can be pivoted from a first anti-glare position in front of the windscreen to a second anti-glare position in front of a lateral window of the vehicle. The visor body is guided b... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108308 | Safety mirror support for sun visors A safety mirror support comprises a housing which presents the edges of the mirror area with an abutment to prevent the contact of the occupant's head to the mirror. In case contact occurs, elastic elements are placed behind the mirror for absorbing the energy of th... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108309 | Sun visor with conducting arm for vehicles The sun visor comprises a plate (1) for fastening to the bodywork of the vehicle and an arm (2) mounted in a hinged manner on the base (1), which in turn constitutes the means of assembly for the eyeshade of the sun visor. The arm (2) has... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097227 | Upholstered visor with map strap A visor assembly having a slip-on upholstered sleeve and a mating snap-in stretchable accessory band for holding maps and the like. ... | 08/29/2006 |
