Patent ID: 6135610
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A sun visor for motor vehicles comprisinga substantially flat sun visor body, the body having a corner region;a mounting housing at the corner region of the visor body;a bore defined in the mounting housing; a plug-in opening intersecting the bore;a sun visor shaft having a first end region which is received in the bore of the mounting housing, and the shaft having a second end region for supporting the shaft and therefore the sun visor body in a vehicle;electric wires extending along the sun visor shaft, the wires including a first end electrically connectible into the vehicle electric system first contact elements connected to the electric wires and located on the shaft in the bore generally at the plug-in opening;a plug supported in the visor body at the plug-in opening; second electric contact elements supported by the plug and shaped and positioned to define contact springs which are contactable with the first contact elements for supplying electric current to the second contact elements; the second contact elements having electrically contactable regions;an electric switch supported on the sun visor body, the switch having contact pins which engage the contactable regions of the second contact elements plug, the switch being connectible with an electrically operated device in the vehicle, such that operation of the switch brings electric current to the electrically operable device from the second contact elements.