Outer mirror for vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsVinh Long Phan, Yuta Ito
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Abstract
An outer mirror for a vehicle according to the technology of the present disclosure includes a mirror stay, a mirror visor, and a mirror for checking behind the vehicle. The mirror stay is provided at a vehicle body side face. The mirror visor is supported by the mirror stay and includes an opening portion at a vehicle rear side. The mirror is provided in the opening portion. In a horizontal section cut through the mirror visor, a distance between a vehicle width direction inner side face of the mirror visor and the vehicle body side face decreases toward the vehicle rear from a front end portion of the mirror visor.
Claims4
An outer mirror for a vehicle, the mirror comprising:
- a mirror stay provided at a vehicle body side face;
- a mirror visor that is supported by the mirror stay and includes an opening portion at a vehicle rear side;
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- a mirror for checking behind the vehicle that is provided at the opening portion, wherein:
- in a horizontal section view that cuts the mirror visor at a vehicle vertical height so as to pass through a front end portion of the mirror visor, the front end portion being a portion of the mirror visor that is closest to a vehicle front side, a distance between (i) a first virtual line that extends along a vehicle width direction inner side face of the mirror visor and extends toward the vehicle body side face from the front end portion and (ii) a second virtual line that extends along the vehicle body side face decreases as the first virtual line goes toward the vehicle rear from the front end portion, the first virtual line and the second virtual line forming a V-shaped gap between the first virtual line and the second virtual line;
- a raised ridgeline of the front end portion, the raised ridgeline being continuous in a vehicle vertical direction, (i) extends toward a vehicle width direction inner side on progression from a vehicle vertical direction central portion, to a vehicle upper side, of the mirror visor, (ii) extends toward the vehicle width direction inner side on progression from the vehicle vertical direction central portion, to a vehicle lower side, of the mirror visor, and (iii) is V-shaped;
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- the inner side face of the mirror visor has a triangular shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.