WO2006038274A1

WO2006038274A1 - Vehicle outer mirror

Info

Publication number: WO2006038274A1
Application number: PCT/JP2004/014518
Authority: WO
Inventors: Noboru Mochizuki; Toshiharu Yamashita
Original assignee: Murakami Corporation
Priority date: 2004-10-01
Filing date: 2004-10-01
Publication date: 2006-04-13
Also published as: JP4472707B2; JPWO2006038274A1

Abstract

A vehicle mirror in which a mirror base and a cover base are firmly fixed and the operation of assembling the mirror base and cover base and the operation of erecting a shaft can be performed with fewer steps. A mirror base (3) in a vehicle outer mirror (1) has a base (30) and a cover base (40). A shaft (25) is erected on a shaft support piece (32) and fixed to the base (30) by screws (B). Further, the shaft support piece (32) of the base (30) and the auxiliary support plate (42) of the cover base (40) are formed with through-holes (33, 44), respectively, and the shaft support piece (32) and auxiliary support plate (42) are clamped together by the screws (B).

Description

Specification

Outer mirror for vehicle

Technical field

The present invention relates to a vehicle outer mirror that is attached to, for example, a door of an automobile.

Background art

[0002] The power with which an outer mirror can be attached to the door portion of an automobile. In recent years, many of these types of outer mirrors have become retractable. The outer mirror has, for example, a mirror base fixed to the outer plate of the vehicle, and a mirror body attached on the mirror base. The mirror body is retractable with respect to the mirror base. The mirror body is retracted by tilting backward from the neutral position in use, and is also hung on the mirror body by tilting forward or backward. Absorb the external force and prevent the outer mirror from being damaged.

[0003] As this type of outer mirror, there is a mirror-based assembly structure disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-362226. This assembly structure includes an inner base and a cover base. The inner base is provided with a mirror support bearing for standing the mirror support, and a blade piece and a slit are formed at the tip of the inner base. Also, the cover part of the cover base has locking pieces formed at three locations on the outer periphery, and the inner base and the cover base are fixed by the wing pieces and the three claws. .

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-362226

Disclosure of the invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, in the assembly structure disclosed in Patent Document 1, the inner base and the cover base are only fixed by the wing pieces and the claw portions. For this reason, there is a problem that rattling is likely to occur due to the vibration of the vehicle where the fixing force between the inner base (base) and the cover base is weak. [0005] Further, the work of standing the mirror support shaft (shaft) with respect to the mirror support bearing portion of the inner base needs to be performed separately from the attachment of the inner base and the cover base. For this reason, there has been a problem that it takes time to assemble the inner base and the cover base and to work to erect the mirror support shaft.

[0006] Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to firmly fix the base and the cover base, and to perform an assembly operation of the base and the cover base and an upright operation of the shaft with fewer steps. Is to provide.

Means for solving the problem

[0007] An outer mirror for a vehicle according to the present invention that solves the above problems includes a mirror base that is attached to a side surface of the vehicle and a shaft that is erected on the mirror base, and a mirror body is attached to the shaft. A mirror for a vehicle whose main body is rotatable about a shaft. The mirror base is mounted on the vehicle and protrudes from the mounting side to the side, and the shaft is erected on one side. And a cover base having a support plate disposed to overlap the shaft support piece in the base, and the shaft includes a screw threaded from a contact surface with the shaft support piece A shaft that penetrates the shaft support piece is formed at a position corresponding to a screw hole formed in the shaft on the other surface side of the base shaft support piece. The support plate through hole is formed at a position corresponding to the screw hole formed in the shaft of the support plate, and the support plate through hole is formed through the support plate. The base and shaft are fastened together with the cover base by passing the screw through the support plate through hole and screwing the screw into the screw hole formed in the shaft.

[0008] In the vehicle outer mirror according to the present invention, a mirror base including a base and a cover base is provided. The base is provided with a shaft support piece, and the cover base is provided with a support plate. A shaft support piece through hole and a support plate through hole are formed at positions corresponding to the screw holes formed in the shaft of each of the shaft support piece and the support plate. A screw is disposed through the screw, and the screw is screwed into a screw hole formed in the shaft. The base and the shaft are fastened together with the cover base. Therefore, strengthen the base and cover base. It can be fixed firmly and the assembly process when assembling them can be completed in one process. Therefore, the assembly work of the mirror base and the cover base and the shaft standing work can be performed with a small number of processes.

Here, a stepped receiving seat is formed on the support plate, and the support piece through hole is formed on the stepped receiving seat.

[0010] Thus, by forming a stepped receiving seat on the support plate in the cover base and forming a through hole in the stepped receiving seat, the position of the base relative to the cover base can be more easily positioned. it can.

The invention's effect

[0011] While firmly fixing the base and the cover base, the assembling work between the base and the cover base and the shaft standing work can be performed with few steps.

Brief Description of Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a vehicle outer mirror according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a vehicle outer mirror.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a mirror base.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a mirror base.

Explanation of symbols

[0013] 1 ... Outer mirror for vehicle, 2 ... Housing, 3 ... Mirror base, 4 ... Mirror, 21 ... Shaft housing part, 22 ... Shaft insertion hole, 25 ... Shaft, 30 ... ··· Base, 31 ··· Mounting piece, 32 ··· Shaft support piece, 33— 35 ·······, through hole, 40 ··· Cover base, 41 ···· Cover side attachment piece, 42 ··· Auxiliary support plate, 43 ······································································· THROUGH

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a vehicle outer mirror according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the vehicle outer mirror.

As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle outer mirror 1 according to the present embodiment is a door mirror according to the present invention. A housing 2 is provided as one housing. The housing 2 is attached to the mirror base 3 as shown in FIG.

[0016] The bellows 2 are formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape by, for example, grease. A substantially rectangular opening 2a and opening 2b are formed on the front side and the back side of the housing 2, respectively.

[0017] A mirror 4 is attached to the opening 2a on the front side of the woozing 2. The mirror 4 is held by a mirror holder 5, and the mirror 4 and the mirror holder 5 constitute a mirror body 6. On the other hand, for example, a streamlined cover 7 colored in the same color as the vehicle is fitted into the opening 2b on the back side.

In addition, a frame 8 is accommodated inside the housing 2. A bracket 8a is formed at a substantially central portion of the frame 8. By fixing the bracket 8 a to the housing 2, the frame 8 is assembled to the housing 2.

A mirror surface adjustment unit 11 is attached to the frame 8. The mirror surface adjustment unit 11 includes an actuator 12 and a support plate 13, and a main body portion of the actuator 12 is accommodated in a bracket 8 a of the frame 8. The support plate 13 has a substantially rectangular shape, and the back side thereof is attached to the actuator 12.

The actuator 12 operates so as to change the inclination of the support plate 13. In addition, a mirror body 6 is detachably attached to the front side of the support plate 13, and the tilt of the mirror body 6 is changed by changing the tilt of the support plate 13 by the actuator 12, and the mirror 4 is counteracted. The angle of the projecting surface is adjusted.

In addition, an antenna member 14 is attached to the frame 8. The antenna member 14 is formed as a long plate-like member force having a metal force, for example, and is arranged adjacent to the actuator 12. A hooking hole 14a is formed on one end side of the antenna member 14. The antenna member 14 is hooked on the frame 8 by hooking a hook (not shown) projecting forward from the frame 8 into the hole 14a.

On the other hand, a projecting portion 14b projecting sideways is formed on the side portion on the other end side of the antenna member 14, and a screw insertion hole (not shown) is formed in the central portion of the projecting portion 14b. Formed. In addition, screw holes (not shown) are also located at positions corresponding to the screw insertion holes in the frame 8. Is formed. The screw 14c is screwed into the screw insertion hole and the screw hole, and the other end side of the antenna member 14 is sandwiched between the head of the screw 14c and the frame 8, so that the antenna member 14 is firmly attached to the frame 8. It is fixed.

Furthermore, a blind camera unit 15 is provided inside the housing 2. The blind camera unit 15 has a blind camera 15a and an illumination light source 15b, which are fixed on the substrate 15c and unitized.

The substrate 15c is fixed to the inner wall on the lower surface side of the housing 2 with the blind camera 15a and the illumination light source 15b facing downward. With this blind camera unit 15, for example, the vicinity of the front of the vehicle is photographed. In particular, by attaching the blind camera unit 15 to the vehicle outer mirror 1 on the opposite side of the driver's seat, it is possible to take a picture of the vicinity of the front of the vehicle on the opposite side of the driver's seat where the driver's blind spot is difficult to see. .

[0025] A shaft housing portion 21 is formed on the side surface side of the woozing 2, and a shaft insertion hole 22 having a circular opening shape is formed in the lower portion of the shaft housing portion 21 as shown in FIG. Is formed. A metal hollow shaft 25 shown in FIG. 2 is inserted into the shaft insertion hole 22. The shaft 25 is held by a shaft holding portion 8b formed on the frame 8, and the shaft 25 is held by the shaft holding portion 8b formed on the frame 8 by the shaft holding portion 21. Is housed in. In addition, the lower end portion of the shaft 25 protrudes from the shaft insertion hole 22.

On the other hand, the mirror base 3 includes a base 30 and a cover base 40 as shown in FIG. The base 30 includes an attachment piece 31 attached to the vehicle and a shaft support piece 32 protruding from the attachment piece 31 toward the side.

[0027] A shaft 25 is erected on one surface side of the shaft support piece 32, in this embodiment, on the upper surface side, and is supported by the shaft support piece 32. In addition, on the back side of the shaft 25 that is a contact surface with the shaft support piece 32, through holes 33-35 that are shaft support piece through holes of the present invention are formed.

[0028] Further, the cover base 40 is provided so as to project sideward from the force cover side mounting piece 41 and the cover side mounting piece 41 which are also attached to the vehicle, and overlaps with the shaft support piece 32 in the base 30. An auxiliary support plate 42 which is a support plate of the present invention disposed on the side is provided. A stepped receiving seat 43 is provided at a position corresponding to the first through hole 33 of the shaft support member 32 in the auxiliary support plate 42. The stepped receiving seat 43 is formed with a through hole 44 that is a support plate through hole of the present invention. In addition, through holes 45 and 46 are also formed at positions corresponding to the second through hole 34 and the third through hole 35, respectively.

Further, a support piece passage hole 47 is formed at a substantially central position in the height direction of the cover side attachment piece 41. The support piece passage hole 47 can pass through the shaft support piece 32 in the base 30. The shaft support piece 32 penetrates the support piece passage hole 47 and the shaft support piece 32 is arranged on the auxiliary support plate 42 in a state where the mounting pieces 31 on the base 30 are arranged on both sides of the vehicle with respect to the cover base 40. The

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the mirror base ₃ is fitted into a packing 50 force S mirror base ₃ having substantially the same shape as the mounting piece 31. As a result, the airtightness and watertightness between the mirror base ₃ and the gusset plate are maintained.

As shown in FIG. 4, a shaft 25 is erected on the shaft support piece 32. A screw hole 25a is formed in the shaft 25. With the shaft 25 standing upright at a predetermined position of the shaft support piece 32, the screw hole 25a formed in the shaft 25 and the auxiliary support plate 42 The through holes 33 and 44 formed in the shaft support piece 32 are arranged in a straight line. Therefore, the screw B that has passed through the through holes 33 and 44 can be screwed into the screw hole formed in the shaft 25. By screwing the screw B into the screw hole formed in the shaft 25 in this way, the cover base 40 and the shaft 25 are hoofed together with the shaft 25 with respect to the base 30.

A housing 2 is attached to a shaft 25 erected on the shaft support piece 32.

The housing 2 is rotatable with respect to the mirror base 3 with the shaft 25 as an axis.

[0034] By this rotation, the vehicle outer mirror 1 can take three states: a use state, a retracted state, and a retracted state. The use state is a state in which the vehicle outer mirror 1 protrudes to the side of the vehicle. The retracted state is a state in which the vehicle outer mirror 1 is folded toward the vehicle rear side. Further, the retracted state is a state that can be taken when, for example, a person collides with the vehicle outer mirror 1, and the vehicle outer mirror 1 is moved forward in order to reduce the impact. It is in a state of being tilted backwards or backwards. Then, the rotation range of the housing 2 when each of these states transitions is regulated by a stopper (not shown) provided on the mirror base 3.

In the vehicle outer mirror 1 according to the present embodiment having the above configuration, the mirror base is configured by the base 30 and the cover base 40, and the shaft 25 is erected on the shaft support piece 32 in the base 30. Has been. Here, the shaft 25 is fixed by the screw B. The shaft 25 is fixed to the shaft support piece 32 by the screw B, and the shaft support piece 32 of the base 30 and the auxiliary support of the cover base 40 are supported. The plate 42 is also fastened together. For this reason, the base 30 and the cover base 40 are assembled by screwing the screws B when the shaft 25 is fixed. Therefore, the process for assembling the base 30 and the cover base 40 can be omitted.

In the vehicle outer mirror 1 according to the present embodiment, the shaft support piece 32 of the base 30 and the support plate of the cover base 40 are fixed by screws B. For this reason, the base 30 and the cover base 40 can be firmly fixed.

Furthermore, in the vehicle outer mirror 1 according to the present embodiment, a stepped receiving seat 43 is formed on the auxiliary support plate 42 of the cover base 40, and a through hole 44 is formed in the stepped receiving seat. ing. For this reason, the cover base 40 and the base 30 can be accurately positioned.

Claims

The scope of the claims

[1] A mirror base that is attached to a side surface of a vehicle and a shaft that is erected on the mirror base. A mirror body is attached to the shaft, and the mirror body is rotatable about the shaft. An outer mirror for a vehicle,

The mirror base includes a base having a mounting piece attached to a vehicle and a shaft supporting piece projecting toward the side of the mounting piece force and the shaft standing on one side, and the shaft supporting piece in the base A cover base having a support plate disposed in a stack,

The shaft is formed with a screw hole threaded from a contact surface with the shaft support piece,

A shaft support piece through-hole penetrating the shaft support piece is formed at a position corresponding to the screw hole formed in the shaft on the other surface side of the shaft support piece of the base,

A support plate through-hole penetrating the support plate is formed at a position corresponding to the screw hole formed in the shaft of the support plate;

By passing a screw through the shaft support piece through hole and the support plate through hole and screwing the screw into a screw hole formed in the shaft, the base and the shaft are fastened together with the cover base. An outer mirror for a vehicle characterized by the above.

[2] A stepped seat is formed on the support plate,

The vehicle outer mirror according to claim 1, wherein the support plate through hole is formed in the stepped receiving seat.