Vehicle mirror device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8939590-B2
Application number	US-201213611520-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2012
Priority date	Sep 21, 2011
Publication date	Jan 27, 2015
Grant date	Jan 27, 2015

Abstract

A covering member appropriately covers an opening hole in a accommodating body. In a vehicle door mirror device, look of a visor body at the outer periphery of a mirror is enhanced by an upper covering plate and a lower covering plate of an inner cover covering an upper recess portion and a lower recess portion, respectively, in a peripheral wall of the visor body. The upper covering plate and the lower covering plate abut the upper recess portion and the lower recess portion, respectively. The upper covering plate and the lower covering plate can accordingly be positioned in the upper recess portion and the lower recess portion, respectively. The upper covering plate and the lower covering plate can accordingly appropriately cover the upper recess portion and the lower recess portion, respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle mirror device comprising:
an accommodating body whose inside portion includes an accommodating chamber, a vehicle mirror being accommodated within the accommodating chamber, a peripheral wall of the accommodating chamber forming an opening portion of the accommodating chamber and the vehicle mirror being disposed within an inner peripheral face of the peripheral wall, and a first opening hole and a second opening hole being provided at the peripheral wall forming the opening portion of the accommodating chamber;
a covering member within the accommodating chamber that covers the first opening hole and the second opening hole wherein a first abut portion and a second abut portion are provided at the covering member that respectively abut a portion of the first opening hole and a portion of the second opening hole of the accommodating body.

2. The vehicle mirror device of claim 1 , wherein the covering member includes an attachment section that is attached to an accommodating body side, and a first covering portion and a second covering portion that are respectively provided at one end portion and another end portion of the attachment section, and respectively cover the first opening hole and the second opening hole.

3. The vehicle mirror device of claim 2 , wherein the covering member includes a protrusion portion, the protrusion portion being coupled to the first covering portion, the second covering portion and the attachment section, and protruding towards an accommodating chamber side.

4. The vehicle mirror device of claim 2 , wherein the attachment section includes a recess portion into which the mirror enters when the mirror is tilted.

5. The vehicle mirror device of claim 2 , wherein the attachment section includes an engagement portion that engages with the accommodating body side and stops rotation of the covering member.

6. The vehicle mirror device of claim 1 , wherein:
the accommodating body includes an accommodating section in which the accommodating chamber is provided, and an assembled section that is assembled to the accommodating section at a side opposite to the accommodating chamber; and
the accommodating section and the assembled section are assembled at the first opening hole and the second opening hole.

Assignees

• Sawada Kazuhiro
• Muto Hiroyuki
• Tokai Rika Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sawada Kazuhiro
• Muto Hiroyuki

Classifications

• B60R1/062 Primary

  with remote control for adjusting position {(B60R1/0607 takes precedence)} · CPC title