Sun visor assembly to be used with an overhead airbag

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2005-07-26

2005-07-26

Pape, Joseph D. (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Glare screen or visor

C296S097900, C296S097120, C280S730100

Reexamination Certificate

active

06921121

ABSTRACT:
A sun visor assembly for a vehicle to be used in conjunction with an overhead airbag is disclosed. The sun visor assembly includes a visor panel, a pivot rod, and a mount for securing the sun visor assembly to the vehicle. The sun visor assembly also has a deflecting element for allowing the visor panel to be deflected out of the path of an inflating overhead airbag. The deflecting element could be a detachable catch mechanism that holds the visor panel in an operational position until the airbag deploys. The deflecting element could also be a spring loaded pivot or crease disposed within the body of the visor panel. The deflecting element could further be a tear seam or flexible fabric for channeling the trajectory of the overhead airbag.

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