Patent ID: 8919870
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A mounting structure of vehicular sunroof visor, for use in a vehicle having an opening section formed on a roof portion and a sunroof capable of freely opening and closing said opening section, comprising: a vehicular sunroof visor disposed on a forward side of said opening section; an edge portion provided in said opening section, said edge portion extending downward and being composed of at least one vertically short edge section and at least one vertically elongated edge section; and at least one bracket for fixing said vehicular sunroof visor to said opening section, wherein said at least one bracket includes: an extended supporting portion provided with an upper extended portion that is extended forward from said opening section, said extended supporting portion being used to fix said vehicular sunroof visor; and an engagement portion engaged with said at least one vertically elongated edge section, said engagement portion formed by folding back forward and upward, wherein said at least one vertically elongated edge section includes a lower edge formed forward and away from an inner surface of said opening section, said at least one bracket further includes an intermediate portion composed of: said upper extended portion; a fitting portion formed below said extended supporting portion and substantially conforms with the inner surface of said opening section; and a lower extended portion formed between said fitting portion and said engagement portion, and wherein at least one slanted edge section is provided between said at least one vertically short edge section and said at least one vertically elongated edge section, said at least one slanted edge section slanting downward from said at least one vertically short edge section to said at least one vertically elongated edge section, while said upper extended portion slants upward and forward, and said lower extended portion slants downward and forward, wherein said engagement portion includes: a vertical lower portion provided on a lower end of a lower extended portion; a bended portion formed by curving a lower end of said lower portion outward and upward; and a folded-back portion slanting outward and upward from said bended portion, and wherein said bended portion of said at least one bracket is located in a position lower than that of a lower end of said at least one vertically elongated edge section provided on said opening section formed on said roof portion when said at least one bracket is attached onto said vehicle, an upper end of said folded-back portion of said at least one bracket is located in a position that is lower than that of a lower end of said at least one vertically short edge section provided on said opening section formed on said roof portion and is higher than that of the lower end of said at least one vertically elongated edge section when said at least one bracket is attached onto said vehicle, and thus said at least one bracket is configured to be engageable with said at least one vertically elongated edge section after being slid horizontally from said at least one vertically short edge section.