Electrical connectors – With supporting means for coupling part – Supporting means comprising face plate or closure member for...
Reexamination Certificate
2000-12-22
2001-09-11
Sircus, Brian (Department: 2839)
Electrical connectors
With supporting means for coupling part
Supporting means comprising face plate or closure member for...
C439S351000, C439S553000, C439S567000, C439S883000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06287142
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a bracket for attaching a sun visor having electric equipment to a vehicle body in which an illumination device, the electric power of which is supplied from wire harness arranged on a roof of a vehicle, is provided.
A sun visor has been recently developed which is arranged on a roof of a front seat of a vehicle and provided with a vanity mirror. Further, a sun visor has been recently developed which is provided with not only a vanity mirror but also an illumination device used for the vanity mirror.
FIG. 12
is a view showing an attaching structure of a related sun visor having an illumination device, which is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-175250U.
As shown in
FIG. 12
, the related sun visor
1
includes: a sun visor body
2
provided with a vanity mirror
3
having a lamp for illumination; and a shaft
5
pivotably attached to the sun visor body
2
, wherein this shaft
5
is an attaching section attached to a roof trim
4
a
and a roof panel
4
b
of a vehicle
An electric wire
7
for connection passes in the shaft
5
of the sun visor
1
having an illumination device, and one end of the electric wire
7
for connection is connected with the illumination lamp, and the other end of the electric wire
7
for connection is connected with an electric wire
9
for supplying electric power, which is the wire harness on the vehicle side, via connectors
7
a
,
9
a
. Further, the illumination lamp and the shaft
5
are connected with each other by an electric wire
11
for earth.
The sun visor
1
having an illumination device described above is attached onto the vehicle body side as follows. The connector
9
a
of the power supply electric wire
9
is previously drawn out from an opening
12
, which is used for harness connection, of the roof trim
4
a
and the roof panel
4
b
. After the connector
7
a
of the connection electric wire
7
has been connected with the connector
9
a
, the connectors
7
a
,
9
a
are pushed into a space in the roof section
8
of the vehicle body from the opening
12
. Then the shaft
5
is fixed to the roof trim
4
a
and the roof panel
4
b
by screws
13
. In this way, the sun visor
1
having an illumination device can be attached to a roof section
8
of the vehicle body.
However, the space in the roof section
8
of the vehicle body is small. Therefore, when the connectors
7
a
,
9
a
are pushed into the space, there is a probability that the connectors
7
a
,
9
a
are pinched in the small space.
Further, in order to connect the electric wires after the power supply electric wire
9
, which has been once arranged in the vehicle body roof section
8
, is drawn out from the opening
12
, length of the power supply electric wire
9
must be extended. Accordingly, there is a probability that a redundant portion of the power supply electric wire
9
is contacted with other portions and damaged.
Furthermore, the connection work of this connector is complicated, because the connector must be connected while the sun visor body
2
is being held by one hand of a worker or while the sun visor body
2
is kept hanging when the connector
9
a
of the power supply electric wire
9
and the connector
7
a
of the connection electric wire
7
are connected with each other.
In order to prevent the occurrence of the above problems, for example, another related structure is proposed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 64-22620A.
In this sun visor
21
having an illumination device, as shown in
FIG. 13
, a mirror
3
indicated by phantom lines and the illumination lamp used when this mirror
3
is used are attached to a sun visor body
22
. A connection electric wire.
7
, one end of which is connected with this illumination lamp, is inserted into a shaft
23
, one end of which is attached to the sun visor body
22
. An upper end of the shaft
23
is provided with a contact
26
.
The upper end of the shaft
23
provided with the contact
26
is inserted into a hole formed in a bracket
25
, and the lower end of the shaft
23
attached to the sun visor body
22
is connected with an electric wire
11
for earth of the illumination lamp.
On the other hand, a connector
24
is attached to a roof trim
4
a
arranged in a vehicle body roof section
8
, so that this connector
24
is accommodated in a roof panel
4
b
. In this connector
24
, there is provided a recess section
24
a
capable of accommodating a protruding portion of the bracket
25
. In this recess section
24
a
, a contact
9
b
, which is arranged at one end of a power supply electric wire
9
, is arranged in such a manner that the contact
9
b
is pushed by a coil spring
27
provided between the contact
9
b
and the connector
24
.
The sun visor body
22
is attached as follows. First, a protruding portion of the sun visor bracket
25
is accommodated in the recess section
24
a
of the connector
24
. Then, the contact
26
of the connection electric wire
7
comes into contact with the contact
9
b
of the power supply electric wire
9
, and these contacts
26
,
9
b
are electrically contacted with each other. At this time, the contact
9
b
is pushed by the coil spring
27
and elastically contacted with the contact
26
. Therefore, even if a small tolerance is caused in the assembling work, the contacts
26
,
9
b
can be positively contacted with each other.
When a flange
23
a
for attaching the bracket
25
is attached to the roof trim
4
a
and the roof panel
4
b
by screws
28
, the electric wire
11
for earth of the illumination lamp is connected with the roof panel
4
b
via the shaft
23
and the bracket
25
. In this way, electric power can be supplied to the illumination lamp.
Accordingly, connection of the electric wires of the sun visor
21
having an illumination device can be completed only when the shaft.
23
is inserted into the connector
24
, that is, it is substantially unnecessary to conduct a connection work. In other words, the assembling work becomes easy. Further, it is unnecessary to draw out the power supply electric wire
9
for the purpose of connection, and length of the power supply electric wire
9
can be reduced.
Even in the case of the sun visor
21
having an illumination device described above, when the sun visor bracket
25
is attached to the roof trim
4
a
and the roof panel
4
b
by screws, a worker must hold the bracket
25
by one hand while a protruding portion of the bracket
25
is being accommodated in the recess
24
a
of the connector
24
. Therefore, the worker must position and fasten the screws
28
by the other hand. Accordingly, the attaching work can not be efficiently conducted.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been accomplished to solve the above problems. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bracket for attaching a sun visor having electrical equipment to a vehicle body characterized in that: no damage is caused and no breaking of wire is caused when it is attached; and the attaching facility is excellent.
In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a modular connector for attaching an interior equipment of a vehicle onto an interior wall member covering an inner face of a vehicle body panel, comprising:
a plate-shaped base member provided with a through hole, and disposed between the vehicle body panel and the interior wall member such that the through hole is arranged on an opening formed in the interior wall member;
a fitting member formed on the base member, which is fitted into a fitting hole formed in the vehicle body panel;
a bracket provided with a base plate to which the interior equipment is attached and a cylindrical portion protruded from the base plate which is to be inserted through the through hole of the base member so as to hold the interior wall member therebetween;
a provisional engagement member formed on the bracket, which is engaged with the base member provisionally when the cylindrical portion is inserted into the through hole of the base m
Sawayanagi Masahiro
Togi Toshiya
Le Thanh-Tam T
Sircus Brian
Sughrue Mion Zinn Macpeak & Seas, PLLC
Yazaki -Corporation
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