The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lothar Viertel, Altforweiler, DE;
Patrick Welter, La Chambre, FR;
Assignee:
Becker Group Europe, GmbH, Wuppertal, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296 979 ; 296 971 ; 296 9712 ; 296 9713 ;
Abstract
A shaft (1) for vehicle sun visors which is predominantly plastic and includes a short shaft leg (2) as well as a long shaft leg (3). The short shaft leg (2) engages a pillow block attached to the vehicle body, and the long shaft leg (3) engages a bearing housing (13), which is supported by the sun body. The bearing housing carries a detent spring (14) which exerts a clamping force on a partial axial region of the long shaft leg (3). The long shaft leg (3) includes a plastic material with self-lubricating properties along an axial partial region which is in contact with the detent spring (14).