# US 9,039,214 B2 · Vehicle outside rearview mirror device

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 9,039,214 B2
- Document ID: US9039214B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/327,095
- Filed: 2011-12-15
- Published: 2012-06-21
- Granted: 2015-05-26
- Earliest claimed: 2010-12-17
- Assignees: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Jouichi Kawanishi; Takahiro Kitamura
- Inventors: Jouichi Kawanishi; Takahiro Kitamura
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9039214B2

## CPC

- B60R 1/074: for retracting the mirror arrangements to a non-use position alongside the vehicle
- B60R 1/06: mounted on vehicle exterior {(B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence)}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

In a vehicle outside rearview mirror device including a mirror housing capable of tilting with respect to a vehicle body, the vehicle outside rearview mirror device includes a base fixed to the vehicle body; a shaft fixed to the base; and the mirror housing mounted to the shaft so as to be capable of tilting, wherein a wall that reduces a flow rate of a wind passing through a gap between the base and the mirror housing is provided to the shaft.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle outside rearview mirror device including a mirror housing capable of tilting with respect to a vehicle body, the vehicle outside rearview mirror device comprising:
a base fixed to the vehicle body;
a shaft fixed to the base; and
the mirror housing mounted to the shaft so as to be capable of tilting,
wherein a wall that reduces a flow rate of a wind passing through a gap between the base and the mirror housing is provided for the shaft,
wherein an insertion opening through which the shaft is inserted is formed on a portion opposite to the base of the mirror housing,
wherein the wall of the shaft is provided so as to be concentric with and coaxial to an inner peripheral surface of the insertion opening of the mirror housing, and
wherein a turbulent portion that disturbs the flow of the wind flowing through the insertion opening of the mirror housing whose flow rate is reduced by the wall is provided on at least one of a surface of the insertion opening of the mirror housing and a surface of the wall of the shaft.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle outside rearview mirror device according to claim 1, wherein the wall of the shaft is mounted at a front side of the vehicle, when the mirror housing is located at a used position.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vehicle outside rearview mirror device according to claim 1, wherein the turbulent portion is mounted at a front side of the vehicle, when the mirror housing is located at a used position.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle outside rearview mirror device according to claim 1, wherein the wall of the shaft is mounted at a front side of the vehicle, when the mirror housing is located at a used position.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The vehicle outside rearview mirror device of claim 1, wherein the wall is arc-shaped.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The vehicle outside rearview mirror device of claim 1, wherein the wall of the shaft is provided so as to be proximate to the surface of the insertion opening of the mirror housing.