Patent ID: 6860546

Claim:
A jointed two-piece visor arm structure of a sun visor assembly disposed in a passenger compartment, the visor arm structure transferring energy of impact of the sun visor assembly comprising: a first visor arm piece having a rod-like geometry and two ends with an elbow bend located along the length thereof in a desired location, a retaining section around the periphery of and near one end of said first visor arm piece for connecting the visor arm structure to a sun visor assembly mounting bracket, and a pivot joint fitting having pivot pin bore therein at the opposite end of said first visor arm piece; a second arm piece having a substantially straight rod-like geometry and two ends having located at one end a pivot joint fitting having pivot pin bore engagingly complimentary to the pivot joint fitting of said first visor arm piece; a pivot pin joining said complimentary joint fittings together through said bores of said first and said second arm pieces providing a moveable connection around the pivot pin; thereby allowing the visor arm structure to bend the sun visor assembly out of the way of the deploying side air curtain.