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US 7,441,912 B2Granted
Vehicle outside mirror device
AssigneeIchikoh Industries, Ltd.
InventorHiroyasu Onuki
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Abstract
An outside mirror device for a vehicle includes a mirror assembly that is rotatably attached to a body of the vehicle through an electric retracting unit and a base. The electric retracting unit includes bearing portions at both ends of a first stage gear of a rotational force transmitting mechanism. The bearing portions are supported by bearing holes in the bearing member as a single member, respectively.
Claims4
An outside mirror device for a vehicle, the outside mirror device including a mirror assembly that is rotatably attached to a body of the vehicle through an electric retracting unit and a base, wherein
- the electric retracting unit includes
- a shaft holder that is fixed to the base,
- a shaft that is provided on the shaft holder,
- a casing to which the mirror assembly is attached, the casing rotatably attached to the shaft,
- a motor that outputs a rotational force,
- a rotational force transmitting mechanism that transmits the rotational force to the mirror assembly, and
- a bearing member that rotatably supports a first stage gear of the rotational force transmitting mechanism coupled to a shaft of the motor,
- the first stage gear includes
- a gear portion having a fitting hole at a first end thereof,
- a pin that is fitted into the fitting hole, and
- a shaft portion provided at a second end of the gear portion,
- the bearing member includes bearing holes that support the shaft portion and the pin, respectively, and
- the casing includes a pin retaining portion that prevents the pin from coming off.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.