CN1252763A - A rearview mirror shielding device - Google Patents
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Abstract
A shielding device (10) for a vehicle external rearview mirror (11). The shielding device (10) includes a transparent housing (12) hingedly connected to a mounting plate (14). The housing (12) abuts a portion of the vehicle window to provide a substantially unobstructed view of the mirror surface (13) from within the vehicle. The housing (12) includes a rear surface (21) protected from the accumulation of environmental contaminants to provide a substantially unobstructed field of view to the rear of the vehicle from the mirror surface (13). The mirror (11) can be an existing mirror fitted to the vehicle or a mirror forming part of the shielding device.
Description
Invention field
The present invention relates to be installed on the protective device of the outside rear-view mirror on the vehicle.Protective device of the present invention is applicable to the back mirror of the various vehicle such as comprising roadlice, city motor bus, truck and ship.Though the present invention is directed to the specific application on the vehicle of motor driven especially automobile comment, yet should say that it also is applicable near vehicle window is equipped with any vehicle of outside rear-view mirror.
Background technology
When driving in bad weather, the driver of automobile etc. is often very difficult to obtain the clearly visual field in the back mirror of outer dress.This is that water even snow must accumulate in originally on one's body result of vehicle window outside face and minute surface.Dust also can accumulate on these surfaces, especially when these surfaces because drizzle or dew when becoming humidity.These environmental contaminants may blur the video that is offered the driver by mirror, so that mirror has only some usefulness or a bit useless.Outside rear-view mirror is extremely important certainly for vehicle safe driving, especially when lane change, reversing or parking.
The effort in the past that is intended to overcome this shortcoming is positioned to provide the shielding of protection minute surface and/or the device that guiding blows to the air-flow on the minute surface.Although these means provide some to improve, they do not solve the environmental contaminants problem that the sleet on mirror surface causes and make that the driver must see through rain or snow is observed minute surface.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of protective device that is used for outside rear-view mirror that solves or alleviate at least the problems referred to above.
Therefore; the invention provides from a square surface and a kind ofly to be used to be installed near the car of the side window of the car back protective device of mirror outward; this device comprises a substantial transparent; installation in order to the sealing minute surface and with the part surface bonded assembly shell of above-mentioned vehicle window; thereby in car, provide without hindrance basically minute surface sight line; above-mentioned shell comprises a rear surface, and this rear surface is protected and has prevented that environmental contaminants from gathering, so that the without hindrance substantially visual field behind the car to be provided from minute surface.
An outer surface of preferred shell is protected at least in part and the thing that prevents the pollution of the environment gathers, so that provide behind the car and the broad without hindrance visual field of car side from minute surface.
Preferred shell comprises an opening, and it is provided with being pressed in the sealing on every side on vehicle window surface, is beneficial to the minute surface visual field that provides without hindrance in car.Preferred sealing can allow vehicle window to move in due form and environmental contaminants can not enter in the shell.
The cross-sectional plane of preferred shell rear surface is arc to recurve.The shell that same preferred this rear surface was extended it surrounds.In a kind of form of the present invention, the top of shell, side and the end, all extended beyond the rear surface.
Preferred projection and the vehicle window close butt of shell by between vehicle window and door-plate, extending.According to preferred form of the present invention, this projection can move into and withdraw from joint selectively.
Preferred shell-side pushes up inside squint at the bottom of the shell from shell.The front surface male bend of preferred shell, so that the profile with air dynamic behaviour to be provided, and in using, the shell top has a down dip towards front surface, improves the aerodynamic characteristics of shell.Preferred crooked front surface is a concave shaped, is used for holding therein at least a portion of mirror.
A preferred prominent edge leans nearly shell outer surface extension along shell, away from vehicle window, stops the water or the snow-broth that flow down along shell-side from the shell top.
Preferred shell is hingedly installed to the installation portion that is fit to be fixed on the car.The shell remainder can be rotated by means of its hinged installation, exposes the back mirror, so that cleaning and adjustment.
The mode of non-environmental-pollution accumulation is preferably in front by being positioned on the protection outer surface, and the protrusion of protecting this side surface to avoid air-flow reaches.In addition, perhaps effect is separately perhaps protected by means of above-mentioned protrusion along shell-side top with top mode, also can protect by means of the male bend front surface with the side surface of shell band angle.
The spare and accessory parts form of protective device of the present invention on can the repair Service Market is used for the renovation of existing vehicle.Perhaps, it can be the new vehicle manufacturing specially, and in this case, back mirror is preferably made the part of shell structure.
Below will be only as an example, accompanying drawings one embodiment of the present of invention.
Brief description
Fig. 1 is the perspective illustration of a guard device according to the present invention;
Fig. 2 be one similar to Fig. 1, show that protective device is in the view of open mode;
Fig. 3 is the perspective illustration an of another embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is a partial plan that is shown in the shell of Fig. 3; And
Fig. 5 is a part lateral plan that is shown in the shell of Fig. 3.
Implement best mode of the present invention
Accompanying drawing shows near a kind of protective device 10 of the side window (not shown) that is contained in car that is used for exterior mirror 11.Device 10 comprises that hyaline test 12 sealings of an essentially rectangular cover the surface 13 of mirror 11.Adapter plate or sidewall 14 are fixed on the car by the screw 15 that stretches into car limit (not shown) suitable position.Adapter plate is along the window extension and comprise a rectangular aperture 16 that is limited by the rectangular portion 17 of surrounding.For preventing that any environmental contaminants from entering, between rectangular portion 17 and vehicle window surface, be provided with the sealing (not shown).Sealing is the appropriate soft and resilient material that silaatic etc. can meet the gap shape, and water-proff packing is provided simultaneously basically.Clearly, such sealing allows vehicle window to roll in due form and put down.The lower edge of rectangular portion 17 withstands on and is located near a flange place of vehicle window.Shell 12 is hinged with adapter plate 14 by the hinge 18 that is separately fixed on plate 14 and the shell 12.If the user does not need this device or shell reach, can not establish this hinge.Shell 12 comprise upper surface 19, with rear surface 21 bonded assembly lower surfaces 20, lateral wall 22, antetheca 23, outside protrusion 24 and side wall extension 25.Be in running condition shown in Figure 1 if install 10, shell 12 and adapter plate 14 sealing minute surfaces 13.Top board 19 and base plate 20 extend through rear surfaces 21 are so that seal this rear surface.It is far away base plate 20 prolongs behind top board 19.Equally, lateral wall 22 extend through rear surfaces 21 an and interior crimping 26 is arranged.Locking plate 27 keeps shell 12 to stay in the use location by the slit (not shown) that engages between vehicle window and the door-plate.Therefore, for being easy to insert, it is thick that it also can be made into half of sidewall 14, perhaps it curved suitable shape to insert the slit.For same function, locking plate 27 also can be replaced by some folder.
The hinged shell that makes of shell 12 and plate 14 can rotate forward so that clear up and adjust mirror 11 in mode shown in Figure 2.
The protrusion 24 of shell 12 mirror 11 that is used to pack into, and protection lateral wall 22 is avoided the air-flow effect of travelling and producing owing to car.
In the use, prevent the pollution of the environment accumulation such as dirt, water even snow of the position of protected arc rear surface 21 is bonded in the rear surface.Rectangular aperture 16 provides the without hindrance basically sight line of minute surface 13 in the car.Because rear surface 21 is without hindrance, in car, just can be observed the without hindrance substantially visual field behind the car.The protrusion 24 of shell 12 also prevents to gather along the environmental contaminants of lateral wall 22 and side wall extension 25.This provides the without hindrance visual field of car side basically by mirror.
Therefore, significantly, protective device of the present invention can make navigating mate in a kind of mode of having improved, even after grasping car in the quite bad weather and car side situation.The leak tightness of this device prevents the pollution of minute surface or the vehicle window part by observing minute surface therebetween, and the external Design of device has prevented after the part car is provided at least and the surface of car side view field on the gathering of pollutants.
One has more aerodynamic characteristics and another embodiment of fleetline is shown in Fig. 3 to 5.Roughly the same with the embodiment that is shown in Fig. 1 and 2, and same numeral is represented identical parts.Yet material difference is to have cancelled protrusion 25, the substitute is the clear antetheca with male bend appearance 23 that shows as Fig. 4 in its position.Sidewall is the 20 inside squints from top board 19 to base plate also.Outside cornice angle can be rainproof etc., enlarge the visiblity by shell to greatest extent, and inwall is consistent with the vehicle window angle, and this angle generally and about 20 ° or bigger of perpendicular line angle.One prominent, and 19 outward flange extends along 22A along top board, near lateral wall, prevents that further sidewall is subjected to the rain that flows down from top board or the infringement of snow.For further improving the aerodynamic force of shell and being beneficial to eliminating sleet, shell pushes up as shown in Figure 5, and is oblique downwards towards antetheca 23, and inwardly shrink its rear end.
Preferred antetheca 23 be a concave shaped, holds mirror 11 to small part, to provide its sealing on every side.Therefore, wall can be substantially rigid or elastomeric, and has itself and mirror bonded assembly device.
Another characteristics of Fig. 3 to 5 embodiment are to have a sidewall that is located near open end 28 to extend or tongue 26, are used for making windstream to turn to from opening, stop snow or rainwater to be invaded, and if not, possibilities such as snow enter owing to car moves ahead.
Clearly, guard device according to the present invention can be made for a kind of spare and accessory parts that are contained on the vehicle.It also can be with mirror to make, and is used for replacing the outside mirror of standard and is installed on the new car.
Same obviously, although travel at car and the air-flow that produces has proposed a kind of roughly fleetline profile at this, this protective device can by any can the closed car epi mirror and make with the suitable shape of side window suitable position bonded assembly.
One embodiment of the present of invention above only have been described,, can have changed without departing from the scope of the invention.
Claims (17)
1. protective device that is installed near the exterior mirror at the side window place of car vehicle, this device comprises: the shell of a substantial transparent, its sealing minute surface is installed and is connected with the part surface of described vehicle window, thereby in car, provide a kind of without hindrance basically minute surface sight line, described shell comprises the rear surface that the thing that prevents the pollution of the environment gathers, to provide from minute surface about the without hindrance basically visual field behind the car.
2. according to the protective device of claim 1; it is characterized in that; described shell also comprises an outer surface; this outer surface away from the junction surface of described vehicle window; and be protected at least in part and avoid environmental contaminants and gather, to provide from minute surface about behind the car and the broad without hindrance visual field of car side.
3. according to the protective device of claim 2, it is characterized in that described outer surface is positioned in front by one, the protrusion of protecting this side surface to avoid the air-flow effect thing that prevents the pollution of the environment gathers thereon.
4. according to the protective device of claim 3, it is characterized in that described protrusion is a part holding the described shell of described mirror.
5. according to each protective device of claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that, described shell comprise one be provided with to be pressed in the vehicle window surface around sealed opening, be beneficial to the minute surface sight line that in car, provides without hindrance basically.
6. according to the protective device of claim 5, it is characterized in that, described around sealing allow vehicle window to move and environmental contaminants can not enter in the shell.
7. according to the protective device of claim 5 or 6, it is characterized in that described opening is an essentially rectangular.
8. according to each protective device of claim 1 to 7, it is characterized in that the cross-sectional plane of described rear surface is arc to recurve.
9. protective device according to Claim 8 is characterized in that, described shell surrounds it by the described rear surface of extend through.
10. according to each protective device of claim 1 to 9, it is characterized in that, but described shell is fixed on the vehicle window by close butt by the projection of a selection of extending between vehicle window and contiguous door-plate.
11., also comprise an installation portion that is fit to be fixed on the car according to each protective device of claim 1 to 10, it is characterized in that shell is hinged to this installation portion, can be turned to an open position, thereby can access mirror.
12. according to each protective device of claim 1 to 11, it is characterized in that, described back mirror can be independent of described protective device and direct mount to vehicle.
13., it is characterized in that described mirror is contained on the described protective device according to each protective device of claim 1 to 11.
14. the protective device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, shell-side pushes up inside squint at the bottom of the shell from shell.
15. the protective device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the front surface male bend of shell, and so that the profile with air dynamic behaviour to be provided, and in using, the shell top is downward-sloping towards front surface, improves the aerodynamic performance of shell.
16. the protective device according to claim 15 is characterized in that, crooked front surface is a concave shaped, can hold at least a portion of mirror therein.
17., it is characterized in that one prominent along extending near the shell outside along the shell item according to each protective device of claim 14 to 16,, stop water or snow-broth to flow down along shell-side from the shell top away from vehicle window.
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| SG1997001211A SG60055A1 (en) | 1997-04-15 | 1997-04-15 | Perfect visions side rear scenes device |
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