Structure for turning off vanity lamp for vehicle using sun visor

Abstract

In the present invention, magnets are mounted in a button part of a vanity lamp exposed toward a vehicle interior and a portion of a sun visor facing the button part to provide both a repulsive force and an attractive force so that a sun visor returns to a predetermined location with respect to the button part when the sun visor is folded, thereby preventing a phenomenon in which the vanity lamp is not turned off and a surface of the sun visor is damaged when the sun visor is folded and conveniently using the sun visor. Particularly, in the present invention, the vanity lamp can be turned off through only a simple manipulation of folding the sun visor without separate power by using permanent magnets as the magnets.

Claims

1. A structure for turning off a vanity lamp for a vehicle using a sun visor, the structure comprising: a main body (100) which is mounted in a headliner (H) and of which one side is installed to be exposed toward a vehicle interior; and a button (110) which is installed in the main body (100) such that a portion of the button (110) protrudes outward from the main body (100) and serves as a switch by being pressed by the sun visor (200) when the sun visor (200) is folded, wherein a first magnet (111) having different polarities at locations closer to and farther from a rotary center of the sun visor (200) is mounted in the button (110), a second magnet (210) is installed in the sun visor (200) at a location facing the first magnet (111), a polarity of the second magnet (210) is different from that of a portion of the first magnet (111) disposed closer to the rotary center of the sun visor (200), and a polarity of the second magnet (210) is the same as that of a portion of the first magnet (111) disposed farther from the rotary center of the sun visor (200).

2. The structure of claim 1, wherein each of the first magnet (111) and the second magnet (210) includes a permanent magnet.

3. The structure of claim 2, wherein the second magnet (210) includes a paper magnet.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by describing exemplary embodiments thereof in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

(2) FIG. 1 is a side view illustrating a vehicle, which shows a location at which a headliner, on which a structure for turning off a vanity lamp for a vehicle using a sun visor is mounted, is mounted in the vehicle according to the present invention;

(3) FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the headliner, on which the structure for turning off a vanity lamp for a vehicle using a sun visor is mounted, according to the present invention;

(4) FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view illustrating a vanity lamp part, which shows the structure for turning off a vanity lamp for a vehicle using a sun visor according to the present invention;

(5) FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view illustrating the vanity lamp in a state in which a button part is moved from a predetermined location according to the present invention;

(6) FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a direction in which the button part is moved to a predetermined location by magnetic forces as the sun visor is folded in a state in which the button part is moved from the predetermined location; and

(7) FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a state in which the vanity lamp is turned off as the button part is moved to the predetermined location by the magnetic forces when the sun visor is folded according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

(8) Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Moreover, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be interpreted as being limited to commonly used meanings or meanings in dictionaries and should be interpreted as having meanings and concepts which are consistent with the technological scope of the invention based on the principle that the inventors have appropriately defined concepts of terms in order to describe the invention in the best way.

(9) Therefore, since the embodiments described in this specification and components illustrated in the drawings are only exemplary embodiments and do not represent the overall technological scope of the invention, it should be understood that there may be various equivalents or modifications substituting the exemplary embodiments at the time of filing of this application.

(10) [Structure for Turning off Vanity Lamp for Vehicle Using Sun Visor]

(11) As illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 6, a structure for turning off a vanity lamp for a vehicle using a sun visor according to the present invention includes a main body 100 installed on a headliner H such that a portion of a button 110 is exposed toward a vehicle interior and a sun visor 200 installed on the headliner H to be folded toward the headliner H on which the main body 100 is installed or to be unfolded.

(12) Particularly, a first magnet 111 is installed in the button 110 protruding toward the vehicle interior from the headliner H such that polarities thereof are different at locations closer to and farther from a rotary center of the sun visor 200, a second magnet 210 is mounted on a surface of the sun visor 200 facing the first magnet 111, the second magnet 210 has a different polarity from a portion of the first magnet 111 closer to the rotary center of the sun visor 200 and has the same polarity as a portion of the first magnet 111 farther from the rotary center of the sun visor 200, and a portion of the button 110 protruding from the main body 100 is moved to be parallel to the headliner H so that the button 110 may smoothly turn the vanity lamp L off when the sun visor 200 is folded.

(13) In this case, as a permanent magnet is used as each of the first magnet 111 and the second magnet 210, the vanity lamp L can be stably turned off even without using power used in the vehicle.

(14) In addition, as a paper magnet which is bent like paper is used as the second magnet 210, the surface of the sun visor 200 can stably perform a turning-off operation without being torn or damaged from an impact applied when the sun visor 200 is folded toward the portion of the button 110.

(15) Hereinafter, such a structure will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(16) A. Vanity Lamp

(17) The vanity lamp Lis mounted at a location facing the surface of the sun visor 200 installed at a location on the headliner H to be unfolded and used by people seated on a driver seat and a passenger seat as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4.

(18) In this case, the vanity lamp L includes the main body 100 which is installed to pass through the headliner H and of which an entrance portion is exposed to the vehicle interior and the button 110 which is installed in the main body 100 and of which a portion protrudes outward from the headliner H to come into contact with and be pressed by the surface of the sun visor 200 as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4. In addition, when the button 110 is pressed by the sun visor 200 at a side of the vehicle interior, an electrical terminal 120 installed in the main body 100 is pressed to disconnect electrical connection of the terminal and turn the vanity lamp L off.

(19) Meanwhile, the first magnet 111 is mounted in the button 110 as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4.

(20) First Magnet

(21) The first magnet 111 is mounted in the button 110 as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4. In this case, as the first magnet 111 is mounted in a protruding portion of the button 110 to protrude from the headliner H toward the vehicle interior and come into contact with the sun visor 200 which will be described below, it is preferable that the first magnet 111 smoothly interact with the second magnet 210, which will be described below, installed on the sun visor 200.

(22) In addition, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4, the first magnet 111 that is installed such that the polarities of the portions closer to and farther from the rotary center of the sun visor 200 are different is preferably used. This to allow an attractive force to act on the portion of the magnet 111 disposed closer to the rotary center of the sun visor 200, and conversely, a repulsive force to act on the portion of the magnet 111 disposed farther from the rotary center of the sun visor 200 using the second magnet 210 so that the portion of the button 110 is stably inserted into the main body 100 to perform the turning-off operation.

(23) In addition, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, although an electromagnet may also be used as the first magnet 111, the permanent magnet is preferably used thereas. This is because a structure thereof is complicated when the electromagnet is used, energy efficiency is reduced when the power of the vehicle is used, and the electromagnet easily fails due to an impact when of the sun visor 200 is folded.

(24) The first magnet 111 installed as described above interacts with the second magnet 210 installed on the sun visor 200 when the sun visor 200 is not used and is folded on a surface of the headliner H as illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 6.

(25) B. Sun Visor

(26) As illustrated in FIG. 3, the sun visor 200 is manufactured through a general technology to be mounted on a front edge portion of the headliner H such that people seated on the driver seat and the passenger seat can unfold and use the sun visor 200 as necessary.

(27) Meanwhile, the second magnet 210 is mounted in the sun visor 200 at a location facing the button 110 when the sun visor 200 is folded to face the surface of headliner H as illustrated in FIGS. 3, 5, and 6.

(28) Second Magnet

(29) As illustrated in FIGS. 3, 5, and 6, the second magnet 210 may be mounted to face the first magnet 111 so that the button 110 is disposed at a predetermined location, and thereby a switching operation can be easily performed.

(30) To this end, the second magnet 210 is mounted in the sun visor 200 to have a different polarity from the portion of the first magnet 111 closer to a center of the sun visor 200, and conversely, have the same polarity as the portion of the first magnet 111 farther from the center of the sun visor 200 as illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6.

(31) This is to allow the portion of the button 110 closer to the center of the sun visor to protrude toward the surface of the sun visor 200 due to an attractive force, and conversely, the portion of the button 110 farther from the center of the sun visor to move away from the surface of the sun visor 200 due to a repulsive force when the sun visor 200 is folded toward the surface of the headliner H so that a portion of the button 110 is tilted into an original form and pressed into the main body 100 to perform the turning-off operation as illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6.

(32) In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the permanent magnet may be used as the second magnet 210 for the same reason as the first magnet 111.

(33) In addition, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a paper magnet manufactured to be bent like paper is preferably used as the second magnet 210. This is to protect the sun visor 200 by being tilted a predetermined extent against an impact because the sun visor 200 impacts the portion of the button 110 when the sun visor 200 is folded, and there is a possibility of the surface of the sun visor 200 being torn or damaged when an impacting portion is too hard.

(34) In the present invention described above, as the magnets are disposed on the portion of the button and the surface of the sun visor facing each other to generate the attractive force and the repulsive force, and the portion of the button is provided to be tilted into the predetermined form, the vanity lamp can be stably turned off when the sun visor is folded.

(35) A structure for turning off a vanity lamp for a vehicle using a sun visor according to the present invention has the following effects.

(36) (1) Magnets are mounted in a button part of a vanity lamp exposed to a vehicle interior and a sun visor facing the button part such that a position of the button part is adjusted in a predetermined form through interaction between magnetic forces in which an attractive force and a repulsive force act at the same time when the sun visor is folded, thereby preventing a phenomenon in which the vanity lamp is turned on when the sun visor is folded.

(37) (2) In this case, although an electromagnet can be used as the magnet, by using a permanent magnet is used thereas, energy efficiency of the vehicle is not reduced, and a phenomenon in which the vanity lamp is unnecessarily turned on and consumes energy can be prevented.

(38) (3) In addition, as a paper magnet which is bendable like paper is used as the permanent magnet mounted in the sun visor, the paper magnet can be easily deformed and can withstand an impact applied when the sun visor hits the button part, and a surface of the sun visor can be prevented from being damaged, thereby improving quality thereof.

(39) (4) As described above, since the magnet is used such that the button part performs a turning-off operation at a predetermined location, a structure is simple, and power is not unnecessarily consumed, thereby preventing a phenomenon in which a battery of the vehicle is discharged.