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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Paul Alan Forgette, Brownstown, MI (US);
Neal Randolph Osstyn, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Anna Miller Hill, Belleville, MI (US);
John Andrew Stakoe, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 3/02 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 3/0213 (2013.01); B60J 3/0278 (2013.01); B60R 13/0212 (2013.01); B60R 2013/0287 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sun visor assembly is provided incorporating a magnetic detention system. That assembly includes a sun visor body, a ferromagnetic element held in that body and a permanent magnet in a headliner of the vehicle. The permanent magnet and the ferromagnetic element are aligned so that the body is attracted toward the headliner and positively held in a home position adjacent the headliner.