JPH041003Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Technical Field of the Invention> The present invention relates to an outside mirror for a vehicle, and particularly relates to a bearing formed in the mirror body and a spherical holding piece formed at the tip of a support that rotatably holds the mirror body. Regarding outside mirrors for vehicles.

<Prior art and its problems> This type of outside mirror for a vehicle generally places more emphasis on functionality than on external appearance, compared to outside mirrors for passenger use. For example, the first
In the structure shown in Utility Model Publication No. 58-51077 shown in the figure, the main body a of the back mirror is integrally molded with synthetic resin or the like into an arbitrary shape, and a suitable length is attached to one side in the longitudinal direction of the back mirror itself. An arm b is integrally provided with a rigidity capable of withstanding an external force acting on the support m, and a holding piece i that can be swingably held against the support m is installed at the tip of the arm b. are doing. The holding part for the support m provided at the tip of the arm b is provided with a notch h in a part of the pipe constituting the support m so that it can be ringed in any shape, and
A holding piece i made of synthetic resin with high lubricity and having i' formed as a part of a spherical surface, a catch c having a hemispherical face c' formed at the tip of the arm b, and a hemispherical catch on the inner surface.
A mounting piece e having a shape e′ and screwed as a whole to the end face d of the arm b with a machine screw f.
The holding piece i is expanded from the notch h to the center of the hinge l, and the holding piece i is expanded from the notch h to the center of the hinge l, and the outer periphery i is attached to the support m.
It is mounted so that the inner circumference i'', which is similar to the spherical surface of Covered with piece e, screw hole d' provided on end face d and screw hole provided on mounting piece e.
The main body a is attached to the support m so that it can swing freely by adjusting the screws f into the screw holes d' of the end face d through the washers g. The opening of the mirror body a, j, is a mirror.

Furthermore, in this example, the spherical holding piece i is supported m
2, it could not be used in a structure in which the mirror body a' was attached to the tip of the support m' as shown in FIG.

Therefore, in these conventional examples, the seat c that pivotally supports the holding piece i and the mounting piece e are two separate pieces, so the seat c and the mounting piece e are fixed together. The fixed part was exposed and the external tightening part was exposed, and that part became dirty with dust and dirt, which sometimes caused problems when adjusting the tightening. Furthermore, since the holding piece i is held facing each other by the seat c of the arm m divided into two and the mounting piece e, it is not suitable for a structure in which the mirror body a is attached to the tip of the support.

《Purpose of the invention》 In view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional method, the present invention has been developed so that the sphere holding piece can be easily attached to the support, the main body of the outside mirror does not move downward, and the mirror is attached to the tip of the support. To provide an outside mirror for a vehicle whose main body can be rotatably mounted.

<<Structure of the invention>> In order to achieve the above object, the outside mirror for a vehicle of the invention has a support pivoted on the vehicle body, and a spherical holding piece is attached to the tip of a sub-support integrally attached to the support in the center thereof. A bearing is formed on a base integrally formed with the housing of the mirror body, and has a spherical recess in which the spherical holding piece is slidably held. drilling a part of the spherical recess to form an insertion hole for inserting the spherical holding piece into the spherical recess;
A flange having a pair of bolt insertion holes and adjusting the holding torque of the spherical body holding piece in the spherical recess is protrudingly provided on both opposing end surfaces of the insertion hole, and a locking member is recessed at the base of the flange. The engaging protrusion and the engaging piece of the cap covering the bearing are respectively engaged with the groove and the locking piece bored on the back surface of the housing, so that the mirror body can be pivoted with respect to the support. It is constructed by wearing it.

<<Embodiments of the invention>> Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The vehicle outside mirror of the present invention, especially the third
As shown in FIGS. 9 to 9, an outside mirror 1 used for a truck or the like includes a support 2 pivotally connected to a vehicle body s by a bearing (not shown), and a spherical holding piece 3 attached to the support 2. The mirror body 4 is rotatably attached to the support 2 by means of the spherical holding piece 3 (see FIGS. 8 and 9). The support 2 has a U-shape with the upper and lower ends of the pipe bent toward the vehicle body S, and the upper and lower ends are bent toward the vehicle body S.
It consists of a spherical holding piece 3 attached to the tip of a sub-support 20 which is pivoted (not shown) and protrudes from the middle part of a vertical part 21, and a mirror body 4 is rotatably pivoted to the spherical holding piece 3. ing. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the sphere holding piece 3 is a vertical part 21 of the U-shaped support 2 with the upper and lower ends on the pipe bent toward the vehicle body s and the upper and lower ends pivotally supported on the vehicle body s. The sub-support 20 is attached to the tip of the sub-support 20 which protrudes from the middle part of the sub-support 20. The distal end surface of the sub-support 20 has a pipe-shaped opening 20d, and the sub-support 20
The sub-support 20 on the pipe is pressed inward from the end face to form corresponding flat surfaces 20b and 20c, and the mounting recess 20a of the sphere holding piece 3 is formed. Moreover, the spherical holding piece 3 attached to the tip of the sub-support 20 has a spherical shape as a whole,
A mounting hole 31 for the sub-support 20 is bored in the center. An elastic piece 32a having a groove 32 in the vertical direction is provided on the spherical open side of the mounting hole 31, and the elastic piece 32a has the sub-support 2
A locking protrusion 32 that locks into a recess 20a formed in the
b is formed, and a protrusion 31a is provided on the bottom surface of the attachment hole 31, into which the opening 20b of the pipe-shaped sub-support 20 fits.

The spherical body holding piece 3 is inserted into the tip of the sub-support 20 while expanding the elastic portion 32a divided by the groove 32 in the outer circumferential direction through the attachment hole 31, and opens the opening 20d at the tip of the sub-support 20. It fits into a protrusion 31a protruding from the bottom of the attachment hole 31. At this time, the locking protrusion 32b integrally formed on the elastic portion 32a is connected to the flat surfaces 20b, 20 formed inwardly from the tip surface of the sub-support 20.
It is fitted and locked into the recess 20a having a diameter c.

Therefore, the ball holding piece 3 cannot be detached from the sub-support 20 because the protrusion 31a fits into the tip opening 20d of the sub-support 20 and the locking protrusion 32b of the elastic part 32a is locked into the recess 20a. Moreover, it does not move to the sub-support 2 side or rotate.

Further, the spherical holding piece 3 is attached to the spherical recess 4 of the bearing 42.
The sub-support 20 is press-fitted into the spherical recess 45 through an insertion hole 46 communicating with the sub-support 5 and into which the sub-support 20 is inserted. The mirror body 4 includes a circular housing 43 in which a mirror 41 is disposed toward the rear of the vehicle.
A bearing 42 of the sphere holding piece 3 is provided at the horizontal center end of the sphere holding piece 3 .

The bearing 42 is connected to the housing 4 of the mirror body 4.
A spherical recess 45 in a base 44 integrally formed in 3.
is recessed. The bearing 42 has a spherical recess 45
An insertion hole 46 for the sphere holding piece 3 is provided by cutting out about 1/4 of the ball holding piece 3, and a flange 47 is integrally formed that projects from both end faces of the insertion hole 46 toward the back side and has a pair of bolt insertion holes 47a. There is.

Furthermore, an insertion hole 49 for the support 21 that communicates with the spherical recess 45 is formed in the open end surface of the bearing 42, and the insertion hole 49 allows rotation of the mirror body 4 with respect to the spherical holding piece 3 of the support 21. An insertion hole 45a of the support 2 is provided with a drawing taper portion 49a.

On the other hand, a bearing 42 is provided on the back side of the housing 43.
A hook-shaped locking piece 43a is provided by bending in the opposite direction, and a locking groove 43b is provided at the base of the flange 47.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a cap, which has an oblong box-like ship shape as a whole, and includes a front wall 51 tapered downward in the direction of the housing 43, side walls 52, 52', and a rear wall slightly curved toward the bearing 42. 53, the rear wall 53 has an engaging protrusion 53a that engages with the engaging groove 43a formed at the base of the flange 47, and the front wall 51 has an engaging protrusion 53a that projects from the back surface of the housing 43. Engagement pieces 51a that engage with the stopper pieces 43a are provided, respectively.

The support 2, the spherical holding piece 3, the mirror body 4, and the cap 5 as described above are assembled in the following manner to constitute the vehicle outside mirror 1 of the present invention.

That is, the attachment hole 31 of the sphere holding piece 3 is press-fitted into the tip of the sub-support 20 of the support 21, the locking protrusion 32b is engaged with the recess 20a of the sub-support 20, and the sphere holding piece 3 is then attached to the mirror body. The bolts and nuts 48, 48a are press-fitted into the spherical recess 45 through the insertion hole 46 formed in the bearing 42 of No. 4, and are inserted through the bolt insertion hole 47a provided in the flange 47.
It is installed by adjusting the torque.

<<Effects of the Invention>> In the vehicle outside mirror of the present invention configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.

1. By pivotally holding the bearing formed integrally with the mirror body on the spherical holding piece attached to the tip of the support, the mirror body can be easily pivotally attached to the support.

2. Since the bearing portion is covered with a cap, dust, dirt, etc. are less likely to be generated on the bearing portion, so that the rotation of the mirror body is less likely to require support.

3. By tightening the flange of the bearing, the torque between the bearing and the ball holding piece can be easily adjusted.

4. Since the sphere holding piece is attached to the tip of the support, it is easy to pivotally attach the mirror body to the tip of the support.

5. The mirror body can be pivoted directly to the sphere holding piece in an adjustable manner, and there is no need to provide a tightening bracket or the like between the mirror body and the sphere holding piece, and the structure is simple.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a conventional outside mirror for a vehicle, Fig. 2 is a partially sectional bottom side view showing another conventional example, and Figs. 3 to 9 show the mirror body of the present invention. Figure 3 is a side view and Figure 4 is a side view.
The figure is a rear view, Figure 5 is a top view, Figure 6 is a sectional view taken along line AA in Figure 4, Figure 7 is a sectional view taken along line BB in Figure 3,
FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing how the mirror body and support are attached, and FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of how the present invention is attached to the vehicle body. 1...Vehicle outside mirror, 2...Support, 20...Sub support, 21...Vertical part,
23... recess, 3... sphere holding piece, 31... attachment hole, 31a... protrusion, 32a... elastic piece, 32
b... Locking protrusion, 4... Mirror body, 41... Mirror, 42... Bearing, 43... Housing, 43
a... Locking piece, 43 b... Locking groove, 44... Base, 45... Spherical recess, 46... Insertion hole, 47
...Flange, 47a... Bolt insertion hole, 5...
Cap, 51a... engaging piece, 53a... engaging protrusion.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A support is pivotally supported on the vehicle body, and a sphere holding piece is fixed to the tip of a sub-support integrally attached to the support through a mounting hole drilled in the center thereof, and the sphere holding piece is slidable. A bearing having a spherical recess to be held is formed on a base integrally formed with the housing of the mirror body, a part of the spherical recess of the bearing is bored, and the spherical holding piece is inserted into the spherical recess. A hole is formed, and a flange having a pair of bolt insertion holes and adjusting the holding torque of the spherical body holding piece in the spherical recess is protrudingly provided on both opposing end surfaces of the insertion hole, and a flange is provided at the base of the flange. The engaging protrusion and the engaging piece of the cap covering the bearing are respectively engaged with the recessed locking groove and the locking piece drilled on the back surface of the housing, and the mirror body is attached to the support. An outside mirror for a vehicle that is characterized by being pivotally mounted for free rotation.