Optical: systems and elements – Mirror – With support
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-25
2001-03-27
Sikder, Mohammad (Department: 2872)
Optical: systems and elements
Mirror
With support
C359S872000, C359S877000, C359S841000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06206529
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a vehicle mirror device which is provided at a vehicle.
2. Description of the Related Art
A door mirror device provided at a vehicle includes a door mirror visor. The door mirror visor holds a mirror for viewing the region substantially at the rear of a vehicle. An internal mechanism for a mirror surface adjustment and the like is provided within the door mirror visor. A cord, which is used to supply electric power to the internal mechanism, is connected to the internal mechanism.
The vehicle door mirror device also includes a door mirror stay. The door mirror stay has a supporting portion. A plurality of screw holes are formed at the supporting portion. The door mirror stay supports the door mirror visor at the supporting portion by screwing a plurality of screws into the mirror visor. Moreover, a circular through hole is provided in the supporting portion. The cord to the internal mechanism provided within the door mirror visor is inserted through this through hole.
The door mirror stay has a mounting portion. The door mirror stay is mounted to a vehicle at the mounting portion, and the above-described supporting portion protrudes from the mounting portion. A circular supporting hole is formed in the mounting portion, and the cord which has passed through the above-mentioned through hole passes through the supporting hole and is wired to the interior of the vehicle. Therefore, the cord is held by the circular through hole and the circular supporting hole. As a result, the cord is securely held to the door mirror stay.
In such a vehicle door mirror device, the cord from the internal mechanism provided within the door mirror visor passes through the circular through hole formed in the supporting portion of the door mirror stay, and then passes through the circular supporting hole formed in the mounting portion of the door mirror stay so as to be wired to the interior of the vehicle. It is difficult to insert the cord, which has passed through the circular through hole, into the circular supporting hole, and therefore, the work involved in wiring of the cord is difficult and workability is poor.
Further, screws are exposed from the door mirror stay. Accordingly, irregularities are formed by the screw holes and the screws at the door mirror stay, and as a result, problems arise in that noise of cutting the wind is generated while the vehicle is traveling, and the appearance of the vehicle door mirror device is unattractive.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the aforementioned, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle door mirror device in which the work for wiring a cord used to supply electric power to an internal mechanism provided within a door mirror visor is facilitated and workability can be improved.
A vehicle mirror device according to the present invention includes (a) a mirror holding portion having a mirror which is supported therein, and an internal mechanism accommodated within the mirror holding; (b) wiring having opposite ends, with one connected to the internal mechanism, and the other end being for connection to the vehicle electric power supply; and (c) a mirror stay mountable to the vehicle body, and mounted to the mirror holding portion for support thereof, wherein an insertion hole having an opening portion is defined in the mirror stay, through which said wiring extends.
In accordance with the vehicle mirror device of the present invention, the cord, which is used to supply electric power to the internal mechanism provided within a mirror visor, passes through a through hole formed in a supporting portion of the mirror stay and an insertion hole formed in a mounting portion of the mirror stay, and therefore, the cord is wired from the internal mechanism to the interior of a vehicle. Here, the insertion hole is open from an end portion of the mounting portion. When the stay cover is mounted, the opening portion of the insertion hole is closed by the stay cover. Accordingly, the cord cannot be removed from the opening portion of the insertion hole, and therefore, the insertion hole can hold the cord. Because the cord is held by two portions, i.e., by the through hole and the insertion hole which are formed at the mirror stay, the cord can be held securely to the mirror stay.
The insertion hole of the mounting portion is open from the end portion of the mounting portion. Therefore, before mounting of the stay cover, the cord is passed through the through hole of the supporting portion, and is inserted into the insertion hole of the mounting portion from the opening portion thereof. Then, the stay cover is mounted so as to close the opening portion of the insertion hole. As a result, the cord can be held by the through hole and the insertion hole. It is not necessary, as in conventional manner, to insert a cord, which has passed through a circular through hole formed in the door mirror visor, into a circular supporting hole formed at the door mirror stay. The work involved in wiring the cord becomes easy, and workability can be improved.
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Cole Thomas W.
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho
Nixon & Peabody LLP
Sikder Mohammad
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