Vehicle door mirror

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9428112-B2
Application number	US-201514671108-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2015
Priority date	Mar 31, 2014
Publication date	Aug 30, 2016
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016

Abstract

In a vehicle door mirror, a mirror housing accommodating electric components is rotatably supported at a base member that is mounted to a side door, and a coupler that is electrically connected to the electric components is attached to the base member. A sheet member that is positioned to and held by the base member and is sandwiched between the side door and the base member is fastened to the side door by being fastened together with the base member, and the coupler is clamped between the base member and the sheet member. Accordingly, the coupler can be attached using a fewer number of components and a fewer number of working steps.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle door mirror comprising:
a base member that is configured to be mounted to a side door;
a sheet member that is positioned next to, and held by the base member;
a mirror housing accommodating electric components, the mirror housing being rotatably supported at the base member; and
a coupler that is electrically connected to the electric components, the coupler being attached to the base member,
wherein the sheet member is sandwiched between the side door and the base member, and is fastened to the side door together with the base member, and
the coupler is clamped between the base member and the sheet member without requiring additional fasteners to hold the coupler in place.

2. The vehicle door mirror according to claim 1 , wherein:
the sheet member has a holding hole formed therein, the holding hole being configured to hold a part of the coupler therein,
the sheet member has a plurality of fitting protrusion portions thereon, the fitting protrusion portions formed integrally and protrusively provided on the sheet member so as to be disposed in a periphery of the holding hole, and the fitting protrusion portions are fitted into corresponding structure provided on the base member.

3. The vehicle door mirror according to claim 1 , wherein the coupler is configured to define a hollow space for connecting to an electrical harness.

4. The vehicle door mirror according to claim 2 , wherein each of fitting protrusion portions has a substantial T-shape and engages with a concave space provided on the base member.

5. A vehicle door mirror, comprising:
a base member that is configured to be mounted to a side door;
a sheet member that is positioned next to, and held by the base member;
a mirror housing accommodating electric components therein, said mirror housing rotatably supported at the base member; and
a coupler that is electrically connected to the electric components, said coupler being attached to the base member,
wherein the sheet member is sandwiched between the side door and the base member, and is fastened to the side door together with the base member,
the coupler has a substantially rectangular outline shape, and
the coupler is clamped between the base member and the sheet member without requiring additional fasteners to hold the coupler in place.

6. The vehicle door mirror according to claim 5 , wherein:
the sheet member has a holding hole formed therein, the holding hole being configured to hold a part of the coupler therein,
the sheet member having a plurality of fitting protrusion portions thereon, the fitting protrusion portions formed integrally and protrusively on the sheet member so as to be disposed in a periphery of the holding hole, and each fitting protrusion portions has a substantial T-shape and engages with a concave space provided on the base member.

7. The vehicle door mirror according to claim 6 , wherein the holding hole has a substantially rectangular shape.

8. The vehicle door mirror according to claim 5 , wherein:
protruded portions are protrusively provided and protrude outward on respective side surfaces of the coupler, and
the base member has first abutment step portions that abut on four corner portions of the coupler from a side thereof facing toward the sheet member.

9. The vehicle door mirror according to claim 8 , wherein
on four inner surfaces of the holding hole, fitting grooves are formed and are opened to a side of base member so that the protruded portions of the coupler are fitted in the fitting grooves,
end portions of the fitting grooves on a side facing toward the base member are closed with second abutment step portions that are configured to abut on the protruded portions, and
the coupler is clamped between the first step abutment portions on the base member and the second abutment step portions on the sheet member.

Assignees

• Honda Lock Kk

Inventors

• Eto Yasuyuki
• Oda Tetsuya

Classifications

• B60R1/006 Primary

  Side-view mirrors, e.g. V-shaped mirrors located at the front or rear part of the vehicle (combined with rear-view mirrors B60R1/08; side-view periscopes B60R1/10) · CPC title

• F16M13/022

  repositionable · CPC title

• B60R1/07 Primary

  by electrically powered actuators · CPC title

• B60R1/06 Primary

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