Door mirror structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12565147-B2
Application number	US-202217820825-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2022
Priority date	Oct 13, 2021
Publication date	Mar 3, 2026
Grant date	Mar 3, 2026

Abstract

A door mirror structure comprises a door-mirror body portion, a mirror base having a tip-end portion fixed to the door-mirror body portion, and a drive unit to rotate the door-mirror body portion and the mirror base between a mirror-use position and a mirror-storage position. The drive unit is provided at the side door. The housing of the door-mirror body portion has a shape such that the door-mirror body portion taking the mirror-use position is not positioned in an area between a first imaginary line which connects a middle point between both eyes of a driver and an inner-end portion, in a vehicle width direction, of a rear face of the door-mirror body portion and a second imaginary line which connects the above-described middle point and a front end portion of a door glass.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A door mirror structure of a side door of a vehicle, comprising:
a door-mirror body portion provided with a mirror to obtain a rearward visual field of the vehicle and a housing holding the mirror; a mirror base having a tip-end portion fixed to the door-mirror body portion and a base-end portion provided away from the tip-end portion, the base-end portion being attached to the side door such that the door-mirror body portion and the mirror base is rotatable between a mirror-use position where the mirror is visible from a cabin inside and a mirror-storage position which is located on an inward side, in a vehicle width direction, of the mirror-use position; a drive unit to rotate the door-mirror body portion and the mirror base between the mirror-use position and the mirror-storage position; and a rotational support axis provided to be connected to said base end portion of the mirror base and rotatably support said door-mirror body portion and said mirror base between said mirror-use position and said mirror-storage position, wherein said rotational support axis extends from said base end portion to the inside of the side door and is rotated by said drive unit, wherein said drive unit is provided inside the side door.

2 . The door mirror structure of claim 1 , wherein said drive unit is provided on an axis line of said rotational support axis.

3 . The door mirror structure of claim 2 , wherein a penetration hole where said rotational support axis passes is formed at a door panel which constitutes an outside face of the side door, and a cover member to cover a gap between said penetration hole and said rotational support axis from a vehicle outside is provided.

4 . The door mirror structure of claim 3 , wherein said drive unit is fixed to a frame member which is provided inside the side door and constitutes a frame of the side door.

5 . The door mirror structure of claim 4 , wherein said frame member is a beltline reinforcement which extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction along a beltline at a window lower-end edge of the side door.

6 . The door mirror structure of claim 5 , wherein the side door has a door opening portion which has a door-opening end portion on a vehicle forward side of said mirror, and said shape of the housing is configured such that a ratio of an area which the housing occupies to an area of the mirror formed between an inner-end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the mirror and said door-opening end portion in a driver' view is 10% or less.

7 . The door mirror structure of claim 6 , wherein said shape of the housing is configured such that an angle formed between the rear face of said door-mirror body portion and an inner face of the door-mirror body portion which faces the side door in a plan view forms an acute angle.

8 . The door mirror structure of claim 7 , wherein said door-mirror body portion taking the mirror-use position is configured such that a width, in a longitudinal direction, of the door-mirror body portion becomes narrower from a middle position, in the vehicle width direction, of the door-mirror body portion toward an inner-end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the door-mirror body portion in a plan view.

9 . The door mirror structure of claim 1 , wherein said drive unit is fixed to a frame member which is provided inside the side door and constitutes a frame of the side door.

10 . The door mirror structure of claim 1 , wherein said shape of the housing is configured such that an angle formed between the rear face of said door-mirror body portion and an inner face of the door-mirror body portion which faces the side door in a plan view forms an acute angle.

11 . The door mirror structure of claim 1 , wherein said door-mirror body portion taking the mirror-use position is configured such that a width, in a longitudinal direction, of the door-mirror body portion becomes narrower from a middle position, in the vehicle width direction, of the door-mirror body portion toward an inner-end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the door-mirror body portion in a plan view.

Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Moriyama Yukihiro
• Yakushinji Atsushi

Classifications

• B60J5/0436

  the elements being arranged at the mirror area · CPC title

• B60J5/0426

  the elements being arranged at the beltline · CPC title

• B60J5/0404

  Outside rear view mirror support · CPC title

• B60J5/0411

  Beltline · CPC title

• B60R1/06 Primary

  mounted on vehicle exterior {(B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence)} · CPC title