Patent ID: 8424950

Claim:
A vehicle sun visor comprising: a sun visor body; a non-conductive support shaft that supports the sun visor body; a mounting bracket that attaches the support shaft to a vehicle; a first conductive element and a second conductive element that are provided at a shaft end of the support shaft adjacent to the mounting bracket and inside the support shaft, wherein the first conductive element and the second conductive element extend along the support shaft, wherein a first end of the first conductive element protrudes from the shaft end of the support shaft, a first end of the second conductive element protrudes from the shaft end of the support shaft, and the first ends of the first conductive element and the second conductive element are spaced apart from each other and extend in the same direction in which the support shaft extends; a non-conductive divider that is interposed between the first ends of the first conductive element and the second conductive element; and a pair of terminals that supply electric power to the first ends of the first conductive element and the second conductive element, wherein a gap is formed between the divider and at least one of the first end of the first conductive element and the first end of the second conductive element, the support shaft includes a first segment and a second segment, the first segment is rotatably mounted in the mounting bracket, and the second segment of the support shaft is rotatable around the an axis of the first segment, when the first segment of the support shaft is rotated to a first position, the first end of the first conductive element and the first end of the second conductive element each contact a corresponding terminal, and when the first segment of the support shaft is rotated to a second position, the divider contacts the terminals so as to inhibit contact between the first end of the first conductive element and one of the terminals and contact between the first end of the second conductive element and the other one of the terminals.