Mirror assembly and method for assembling the same
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorMasatsugu Ohashi
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Abstract
A mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a visor which houses a mirror main body (a mirror), a stay cover provided between the visor and the vehicle, and a base which is assembled so as to pass through the stay cover. In the present invention, in a state in which inclined surfaces formed at both the stay cover and the visor press-contact one another, the stay cover is nipped by the base and the visor. The stay cover is held by nipping force of the base and the visor such that the visor and the stay cover are assembled without gaps therebetween, without a need to separately prepare a fixing member of the stay cover.
Claims19
A mirror assembly for mounting to a vehicle, the mirror assembly comprising:
- a mirror main body including a reflecting surface;
- a visor housing the mirror main body, and including a vehicle side;
- a base provided at the vehicle side of the visor, fixedly connecting the visor to the vehicle when the assembly is mounted thereto, said base having a base portion connected to the vehicle;
- a cover covering all of the base portion and provided between the visor and the vehicle when the assembly is mounted thereto;
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- a positioning portion provided at at least one of the cover and the visor, the positioning portion engaging with another of the cover and the visor when the assembly is mounted to the vehicle, thereby positioning the other of the cover and the visor with respect to the one of the cover and the visor, with the cover being nipped by the visor and the base, and held therebetween due to nipping force applied by the visor and the base.
A mirror assembly according to claim 4, further comprising a mirror driving portion housed at an inner side of the visor and a shielding rib provided at a gap between an inner peripheral portion of the visor and an outer peripheral portion of the mirror main body, concealing the mirror driving portion.
A mirror assembly for mounting to a vehicle exterior, the mirror assembly comprising:
- (a) a visor housing a mirror;
- (b) a base including opposite ends, one end adapted for mounting to the vehicle, with the other end connecting to the visor;
- (c) a cover disposed between the visor and the vehicle and covering at least a portion of the base when the assembly is mounted to the vehicle;
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- (d) positioning pins provided at at least one of the cover and visor, received at holes defined in the base, substantially positioning the cover according to a predetermined position relative to the visor and base when mounted to the vehicle, and at least a portion of the cover being nipped between the visor and the base for holding the cover.
A method of assembling a mirror arrangement for a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) passing a base main body of a base through a through-hole formed in a stay cover and thereafter positioning the stay cover and base according to a predetermined position relative to one another;
- (b) inserting the base main body into an opening portion formed in a side wall of a visor and thereafter arranging a peripheral wall of the visor and a peripheral wall of the stay cover to substantially coincide;
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- (c) fastening the base and the visor with a base portion of the base and the peripheral wall of the visor nipping the stay cover therebetween after the step of inserting the base main body into said opening portion such that said stay cover completely covers said base portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.