JP2005212754A - Outside mirror device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an outside mirror device for a vehicle, enabling additional or selective and easy installation of a function unit such as a turn lamp and a small size camera on a door mirror, in response to specification of an automobile and option selection by a user. <P>SOLUTION: The outside mirror device 1 for the vehicle is constituted so as to include a door mirror 2 installed on a vehicle body of the automobile; at least one function unit 3-5 constituting an auxiliary function of the door mirror 2; and a terminal base plate 6 installed on the door mirror 2 and connected with the function units 3-5. Further, the function units 3-5 are additionally or selectively and attachably and detachably connected to the terminal base plate 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an outside mirror device for a vehicle, and more specifically, it is easy to add or selectively add a functional unit such as a turn lamp or a small camera to a door mirror according to the specifications of a car or a user's option selection. The present invention relates to a vehicle outside mirror device that can be installed.

  As a conventional vehicle outside mirror device, a technique described in Patent Document 1 is known. In the outside mirror device for a vehicle, there are actual situations in which functional units such as a small camera, a turn lamp, and a foot lamp are installed on the door mirror according to the specification of the automobile and the user's option selection. For this reason, the combination of functional units is fluid, and differs for each vehicle outside mirror device. Therefore, the installation work of the functional units is performed by installing each functional unit on the door mirror each time according to the combination of the functional units.

However, in the conventional vehicle outside mirror device, since each functional unit is installed by harness connection to the door mirror, the work is extremely complicated and takes time.
US Patent Application Publication No. 2002/0118282

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above, and it is easy to add or selectively add a functional unit such as a turn lamp or a small camera to the door mirror according to the specification of the automobile or the option of the user. It aims at providing the outside mirror device for vehicles which can be installed in.

  In order to achieve the above object, an outside mirror device for a vehicle according to the present invention includes a functional board provided in one or a plurality of functional units, a power board connected to a power source and its equipment, 1 It comprises a functional board of one or a plurality of functional units and a basic board having a structure to which a power supply board can be detachably connected.

  In this vehicle outside mirror device, the functional board of the functional unit is configured to be detachably connected to the basic board in an additional or selective manner. Therefore, there is an advantage that the functional unit can be installed in any combination with respect to the door mirror according to the specification of the automobile and the option selection of the user. The functional unit corresponds to, for example, a small camera, a turn lamp, a foot lamp or the like installed on a door mirror.

  The outside mirror device for a vehicle has a cover panel to which one or a plurality of functional units and a basic board are attached and which constitutes a cover for the one or a plurality of functional units. The cover panel has a portion corresponding to at least one or a plurality of functional units formed to be transparent or translucent.

  In this vehicle outside mirror device, since the cover panel is formed to be transparent or translucent, any combination of functional units can be handled by a single cover panel. As a result, the replacement operation of the cover panel according to the combination of the functional units can be omitted, and there is an advantage that the functional unit can be easily installed and the cost of the product can be reduced.

  Further, in the vehicle outside mirror device, the basic board includes a plurality of function connection parts to which a plurality of function boards are connected, a power supply connection part to which the power supply board is connected, and a function connection part and a power supply connection part. And a common common wire connected to each of the plurality of functional connection portions.

  In this vehicle outside mirror device, the wiring formed on the basic substrate includes common wiring for connecting a plurality of functional connection portions. Thereby, there exists an advantage which can simplify the wiring structure of the function connection part on a basic substrate. The common wiring includes, for example, a grounding wiring connected to the automobile body.

  According to this vehicle outside mirror device, in this vehicle outside mirror device, the functional unit is configured to be additionally or selectively detachably connected to the basic board. There is an advantage that the functional unit can be installed in any combination with the door mirror according to the specifications and user option selection.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. In addition, constituent elements of the embodiments described below include those that can be easily replaced by those skilled in the art or those that are substantially the same.

  1 to 3 are a perspective view (FIG. 1), an assembled perspective view (FIG. 2) and a side sectional view (FIG. 3) showing a vehicle outside mirror device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a wiring configuration of the vehicle outside mirror device illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an application example of the vehicle outside mirror device shown in FIG. In these drawings, FIGS. 1 and 2 show the vehicle outside mirror device 1 as viewed from the seat side of the automobile, and FIG. 5 shows the view as seen from the front side of the automobile.

  The vehicle outside mirror device 1 includes a door mirror 2, a plurality of functional units 3 to 5, a terminal substrate 6 as a basic substrate, and a cover panel 7. The vehicle outside mirror device 1 is configured such that the function units 3 to 5 are added to the door mirror 2 by any combination when the combination of the function units 3 to 5 is changed by the specification of the automobile or the user's option selection. Alternatively, it is characterized in that it can be easily and selectively detached.

  The door mirror 2 is a mirror installed on a vehicle body (door or side portion) of an automobile, and includes a mirror housing 21 and a mirror portion 22. The door mirror 2 is attached to the door of the automobile by the mirror housing 21 and accommodates the functional units 3 to 5 and the terminal board 6 in the mirror housing 21. The mirror part 22 is arrange | positioned in the opening part of the said mirror housing 21 (refer FIG. 1). In this embodiment, since the driver's seat of the automobile is on the right side, the vehicle outside mirror device 1 is installed on the door mirror 2 on the left front side of the automobile (see FIGS. 1 to 5). However, the vehicle outside mirror device 1 may be installed on either the left or right door mirror 2 or may be installed on both the left and right door mirrors 2.

  The functional units 3 to 5 are components that are additionally or selectively installed on the door mirror 2 and are configured independently of each other, and the combination of the configuration contents is arbitrarily changed depending on the specifications of the automobile and the user's selection Is possible. For example, in this vehicle outside mirror device 1, the functional units 31 to 51 include a turn lamp 3 of a car, a foot lamp 4 that illuminates the foot of a door when a person gets on and off, and a small camera 5 that captures the vicinity of the front wheel of the car. (See FIG. 5). However, the configuration contents and the number of components (three in this embodiment) of the functional units 31 to 51 are not limited to this. Examples of other functional units include a camera infrared lamp, a turn lamp, an obstacle sensor, and an outside air temperature sensor. In addition, as for these functional units 3-5, multiple types may be installed with respect to the door mirror 2 as mentioned above, and only one may be installed. In addition, components constituting the basic function of the door mirror 2 itself, such as a drive unit that drives the door mirror 2, are not included in the function units 3 to 5, and are separately installed on the door mirror 2.

  The functional units 3 to 5 include functional units 31 to 51 and unit substrates 32 to 52. The functional units 31 to 51 are components that realize the function of the functional unit. For example, in the case of the small camera 5, a CCD camera or other imaging device corresponds, and in the case of the turn lamp 3 or the foot lamp 4, a light bulb. , Light emitting diodes and other light emitting elements. These functional units 31 to 51 are fixedly installed on the corresponding unit substrates 32 to 52. The unit boards 32 to 52 are circuit boards that drive or control the corresponding functional units 31 to 51, have a substantially card shape, and function as connection parts to the terminal board 6.

  6 and 7 are diagrams illustrating the circuit configuration of the functional unit. In these drawings, FIG. 6 shows a circuit configuration of the turn lamp 3 and the foot lamp 4, and FIG. 7 shows a circuit configuration of the small camera 5. As shown in FIG. 6, the circuit of the functional units 3 and 4 (turn lamp 3 and foot lamp 4) is configured by arranging a plurality of LEDs (light emitting diodes), a resistor R and a diode D in series. The functional units 31 and 41 of the functional units 3 and 4 are constituted by these LEDs. Further, these functional units 3 and 4 have terminals T and T for supplying power. The functional units 3 and 4 are electrically connected to the terminal board 6 via these power supply terminals T. As shown in FIG. 7, the circuit of the functional unit (small camera) 5 includes a functional unit (imaging device) 51 and a wiring pattern connected to the functional unit (imaging device) 51. There are four terminals T and T1 of the wiring pattern, two of which are used for power supply and the remaining two terminals T1 are used for signal transmission. The functional units 3 and 4 are electrically connected to the terminal board 6 through these terminals T and T1.

  The terminal board 6 includes a base part 61 having a substantially plate shape, a plurality of function connection parts 62 to 64, and a power supply connection part 65. The terminal board 6 is accommodated in the mirror housing 21 from the lower opening 25 of the mirror housing 21 of the door mirror 2, and the base part 61 is fixed to the mirror housing 21 with screws or the like. The function connecting portions 62 to 64 have a substantially slot shape and are arranged side by side on the plane of the base portion 61. The terminal board 6 is installed on the door mirror 2 in such a state that the openings of the function connecting parts 62 to 64 are arranged in a horizontal line when viewed from the opening side of the mirror housing 21 (see FIG. 1 and FIG. 1). (See FIG. 2). These function connection parts 62 to 64 are aggregated via a wiring pattern formed on the base part 61 and electrically connected to the power supply connection part 65. The power supply connection part 65 is inserted and connected to the terminal 24 installed on the door mirror 2 side. Note that the terminal 24 of the door mirror 2 is connected to the power source, control system, display device, operation switch, and other devices of the automobile.

  Corresponding unit substrates 32 to 52 are respectively inserted into the function connection portions 62 to 64. The inserted unit boards 32 to 52 are electrically connected to a power source and a control system of the automobile through a wiring pattern (see FIG. 4) in the base portion 61. Thereby, power is supplied to each of the functional units 3 to 5, and the driver can operate the functional units 3 to 5 through the control system. The number of function connecting portions 62 to 64 (three in this embodiment) installed on the terminal board 6 corresponds to the number of function units 3 to 5 that can be connected. It depends on the number of options.

  In the terminal board 6, the common wiring 66 is included in the wiring pattern. The common wiring 66 is a wiring shared by the function connecting portions 62 to 64, and the function connecting portions 62 to 64 are connected to the common wiring 66. The common wiring 66 has an advantage that the wiring configuration of the function connecting portions 62 to 64 on the terminal board 6 can be simplified. The common wiring 66 includes, for example, a ground wiring connected to the automobile body.

  The cover panel 7 is made of a transparent or translucent resin material (or light transmissive material), and is fixed to the lower portion of the mirror housing 21 with screws or the like. As a result, the cover panel 7 closes the lower opening 25 of the mirror housing 21, constitutes a part of the door mirror 2, and is integrated with the door mirror 2 in appearance (see FIG. 5). Moreover, the cover panel 7 does not need to be transparent or semi-transparent as a whole, and is at least a portion corresponding to the functional units 31 to 51 of the functional units 3 to 5 (light for realizing the functions of the functional units 3 to 5). It is sufficient if the part that needs to be transparent is formed to be transparent or translucent.

  In the outside mirror device 1 for a vehicle, when assembling, first, (1) the functional units 3 to 5 are connected to the terminal board 6, and (2) after these are fixedly installed on the cover panel 7, (3) the cover The panel 7 is fitted and fixed to the edge of the lower opening 25 of the mirror housing 21 from below the door mirror 2 (see FIG. 2). At this time, a waterproof packing (not shown) is sandwiched between the cover panel 7 and the mirror housing 21.

[Function and effect]
In the outside mirror device 1 for a vehicle, as described above, the connection structure between the functional units 3 to 5 and the terminal board 6 is configured so that the substantially guard-shaped unit boards 32 to 52 are substantially slot-shaped functional connection parts 62 to 64. It is comprised by the system (insertion system or a fitting system) of inserting and inserting with respect to. Therefore, the operation of connecting the function units 3 to 5 to the door mirror 2 can be easily performed by inserting (or fitting) the unit substrates 32 to 52 into the function connection portions 62 to 64.

  Further, the connecting operation of the functional units 3 to 5 can be performed easily and in a short time by the manual operation of the worker because the unit substrates 32 to 52 are simply inserted into the function connecting portions 62 to 64. Thereby, there exists an advantage by which the connection operation | work of the functional units 3-5 is simplified. In particular, in such a configuration, when the functional units 3 to 5 are additionally or selectively installed on the door mirror 2, the installation work is extremely easy.

  Also, the work of removing the functional units 3 to 5 once installed from the door mirror 2 is very easy because the unit substrates 32 to 52 are simply pulled out of the function connecting portions 62 to 64. Therefore, according to this structure, there exists an advantage which can perform the connection operation | work concerning addition, deletion, or a combination change of the functional units 3-5 easily.

  In the vehicle outside mirror device 1, the plurality of functional units 3 to 5 are connected to the terminal board 6 independently of each other. 5 can be added and deleted independently and selectively for each function. That is, in this vehicle outside mirror device 1, the functional units 3 to 5 are selectively added to or deleted from the door mirror 2 for each function without changing the component configuration of the door mirror 2. it can. Thereby, since the combination of the several functional units 3-5 can be implement | achieved with the single door mirror 2, there exists an advantage which can change the combination of the functional units 3-5 flexibly with respect to the specification of a motor vehicle or a user's option selection. . In particular, the connection work of these functional units 3 to 5 is facilitated by the connection structure between the functional units 3 to 5 and the terminal board 6 described above. Thereby, there exists an advantage by which the operation | work which changes the combination of the functional units 3-5 is made more efficient.

  Moreover, in this vehicle outside mirror device 1, since the plurality of unit boards 32 to 52 are connected to the single terminal board 6, the unit boards 32 to 52 are connected to completely separate connectors. There is an advantage that the installation work of the functional units 3 to 5 is made more efficient than the configuration. In particular, in the conventional outside mirror device for a vehicle, since each functional unit 3-5 is connected to the door mirror 2 by harness connection when adding the functional units 3-5, the connection work is complicated. . In this respect, according to the outside mirror device 1 for a vehicle, since the connecting operation of the functional units 3 to 5 is easy as described above, parts such as a sealing material for harness connection can be omitted. There is an advantage that the cost can be reduced.

  Moreover, in this vehicle outside mirror device 1, since the cover panel 7 is formed to be transparent or translucent as described above, it is possible to flexibly cope with a combination of arbitrary functional units 3 to 5. That is, the conventional vehicle outside mirror device has a problem in that the cover panel 7 must be changed each time the function units 3 to 5 are combined. In this respect, in the vehicle outside mirror device 1, the single cover panel 7 can handle any combination of the functional units 3 to 5, so that the cover panel 7 can be replaced according to the combination of the functional units 3 to 5. Work can be omitted. Accordingly, there is an advantage that the installation work of the functional units 3 to 5 can be facilitated and the cost of the product can be reduced.

[Modification]
In this vehicle outside mirror device 1, the connection structure between the functional units 3 to 5 and the terminal board 6 is a system in which the substantially guard-shaped unit boards 32 to 52 are inserted into the functional connection parts 62 to 64. Consists of. However, the connection structure between the function units 3 to 5 and the terminal board 6 is not limited to this, and may be any connection structure that allows an operator to install the function units 3 to 5 easily and in a short time manually. For example, these connection structures may be constituted by a slide insertion type, a plug insertion type, a fitting type, or other connection structure (not shown). The shapes and structures of the unit boards 32 to 52 and the terminal board 6 in the connection structure can be arbitrarily selected or changed in design within a range obvious to those skilled in the art.

  Moreover, in this vehicle outside mirror device 1, the functional units 31 to 51 and the unit substrates 32 to 52 are integrally formed so as to form a single form (see FIG. 1). In such a configuration, since the function units 3 to 5 and the terminal board 6 can be connected only by inserting the unit substrates 32 to 52 into the function connection portions 62 to 64, the connection operation of the function units 3 to 5 can be further simplified. Is preferable. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the functional units 31 to 51 and the unit substrates 32 to 52 may be configured as separate bodies, for example, by a configuration in which they are connected by a cord.

  As described above, in this vehicle outside mirror device, functional units such as turn lamps and small cameras can be easily or additionally installed on the door mirror according to the specifications of the automobile and the user's option selection. Useful in terms.

1 is a perspective view showing a vehicle outside mirror device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an assembled perspective view showing a vehicle outside mirror device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the III-III sectional view taken on the line in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the wiring structure of the outside mirror apparatus for vehicles described in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the example of application of the vehicle outside mirror device described in FIG. It is a figure which shows the circuit structure of a functional unit. It is a figure which shows the circuit structure of a functional unit.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle outside mirror apparatus 2 Door mirror 3 Functional unit 4 Foot lamp 5 Small camera 6 Terminal board 7 Cover panel 21 Mirror housing 22 Mirror part 24 Terminal 31 Function part 32 Unit board 61 Base part 62-64 Function connection part 65 Power supply connection Part 66 Common wiring D Diode R Resistance T Terminal

Claims (3)

In a vehicle outside mirror device in which one or a plurality of functional units are additionally or selectively installed,
A functional board provided in the one or a plurality of functional units;
A power supply and a power supply board connected to the device;
The functional substrate of the one or more functional units, and a basic substrate having a structure to which the power supply substrate can be detachably connected;
An outside mirror device for a vehicle, comprising: The one or more functional units and the basic board are attached, and a cover panel constituting a cover of the one or more functional units is provided.
The cover panel has at least a portion corresponding to the one or more functional units formed to be transparent or translucent.
The outside mirror device for vehicles according to claim 1 characterized by things. The basic board includes a plurality of function connection parts connected to the plurality of function boards, a power connection part connected to the power supply board, and a wiring provided between the function connection part and the power supply connection part. And consists of
The wiring has a common common wiring connected to each of the plurality of functional connection portions,
The outside mirror device for vehicles according to claim 1 characterized by things.

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