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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2011
Hiroto Ogawa, Toyota, JP;
Ryo Tsushima, Toyota, JP;
Hiroto Ogawa, Toyota, JP;
Ryo Tsushima, Toyota, JP;
Kyowa Sangyo Co., Ltd., Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The representative sun visor for vehicles has a sun visor body which can slide in an axial direction of a support rod together with a guide member with respect to a movable element. The sun visor includes a friction mechanism which imposes a predetermined frictional resistance to the relative movement of the sun visor body with respect to the movable element. The friction mechanism has a sliding member and a biasing member. The sliding member is slidably held in contact with the guide member and imposes a frictional resistance to the guide member, and the biasing member applies a biasing force in a direction that holds the sliding member and the guide member in contact with each other. The guide member and the sliding member have a plurality of sliding contact portions on which the biasing force of the biasing member acts in different directions.