Golf Cart Visor Mounting Bracket Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sun visors for golf carts do not adequately address the issue of glare protection, requiring improved designs that offer enhanced safety and comfort without the need for costly customization.
Innovation Solution
A sun visor system featuring a shade member with adjustable mounting brackets and a universal mounting rod, allowing for rotational positioning and secure attachment to various golf cart frames, including mirror bars and cross members, using frictional retention and fasteners, and made from materials like polycarbonate for UV resistance and tint options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a sun visor is designed to be adjustable and adaptable to different golf cart configurations, then versatility and ease of installation are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is designed with a universal mounting arm that can be attached to various golf cart frame configurations (standard frames, mirror bars, cross members) using the same basic structure. This allows one bracket design to serve multiple mounting locations and cart types, improving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket incorporates adjustable components including a telescoping mounting arm with multiple aperture positions and rotatable shade members with multiple fixed positions. These dynamic features allow the same bracket to adapt to different mounting scenarios and user preferences while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure
2Ease of operation
If a sun visor allows rotation to multiple fixed positions, then ease of operation is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The shade member is designed to rotate and lock at multiple fixed positions (e.g., 0°, 45°, 90°, 135°) to block sun glare from different angles. The rotational mechanism includes positioning features that guide the shade to predetermined angles, providing ease of operation while managing manufacturing precision through design rather than tight tolerances
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket and shade member include built-in positioning features such as apertures, tabs, and recesses that pre-determine the fixed positions. These features act as mechanical guides that compensate for minor manufacturing variations, ensuring consistent functional positions without requiring extremely tight manufacturing tolerances
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides effective sun glare protection with adjustable stability, ease of installation on different golf cart configurations, and the option for opaque, translucent, or polarizing shades, enhancing safety and comfort for drivers and passengers.
Implementation Method 1
at least one fastener protruding through the apertures locating in the substantially flat portions of the mounting arms which can be frictionally retained substantially within the curved portions of the mounting arms thereby allowing rotation of the shade member to a plurality of fixed sun blocking positions
Implementation Method 2
made from materials like polycarbonate for UV resistance
Data Source
AI summary
Improved visors for mounting to golf carts are provided. A shade member can be connected to at least one mounting bracket. The bracket can be configured to include two mounting arms each having a substantially flat portion including an aperture therethrough and an arcturate portion. A mounting member can be fixedly connected to a golf cart frame and rotationally connected to the shade member thereby allowing rotation of the shade member to a plurality of stable positions.