US 2011/0255188 A1Published application

Vehicle outside mirror device

AssigneeIchikoh Industries, Ltd.

InventorTakashi WATANABE

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Abstract

The present invention has been made to achieve an object of securely attaching a push nut to a shaft. A vehicle outside mirror device according to the present invention is provided with: a push nut 37; a shaft 10; and an opening preventing portion 42. An engagement portion 25 is provided at the shaft 10. An elastic engagement portion 38 is provided at the push nut 37. An elastic engagement portion 38 is adapted to elastically return from the outside to the inside in a radial direction of the shaft 10 and then elastically engage with the engagement portion 25 of the shaft 10. The opening preventing portion 42 is adapted to prevent the elastic engagement portion 38 from opening from the inside to the outside in the radial direction of the shaft 10. As a result, the vehicle outside mirror device according to the present invention becomes capable of securely attaching the push nut 37 to the shaft 10.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A vehicle outside mirror device includes a mirror assembly to be rotatably mounted on a vehicle body, said device comprising:

a base which is fixed to the vehicle body;
a shaft which is fixed to the base;
a stop which is attached to the shaft;
and
a spring which is disposed in a state in which the spring is compressed at a periphery of the shaft by means of the stop, wherein the shaft is provided an engagement portion;
the stop is provided:
a spring abutment portion against which the spring abuts, the abutment portion having an insert hole through which the shaft is inserted;
and
an elastic engagement portion having a predetermined elasticity in a radial direction of the shaft, the elastic engagement portion being adapted to elastically return from an outside to an inside of the radial direction of the shaft and then elastically engage with the engagement portion of the shaft;
and
the elastic engagement portion of the stop has an opening preventing portion for preventing the elastic engagement portion of the stopper from opening from the inside to the outside in the radial direction of the shaft.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.