JP2564179Y2 - Mounting structure of vehicle mirror to mirror stay - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for mounting a vehicle mirror on a mirror stay which is mounted on a mirror stay mounted on a vehicle body so that the mirror can be rotated and adjusted in an arbitrary direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a mounting structure of a vehicle mirror of this type to a mirror stay, for example, the structure shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 has been considered.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 1 denotes a mirror stay attached to a vehicle body (not shown), reference numeral 2 denotes a spherical body provided at a free end of the mirror stay 1, and reference numeral 3 denotes a vehicle mirror attached to the free end of the mirror stay 1. . The vehicle mirror 3 includes a mirror housing 4 having a circular planar shape and a mirror (not shown) held on the opening side of the mirror housing 4. The mirror housing 4 is attached to the free end of the mirror stay 1 via a holding structure 5 described below.

[0004] The holding structure 5 has a hemispherical bulging projection 6 bulging a part of the mirror housing 4 toward the inner surface 4a.
A hemispherical holding recess 7 formed in the bulging projection 6 and opening to the back surface 4b of the mirror housing 4; a stay recess groove 8 opening to the holding recess 7 and the back surface 4b and the periphery of the mirror housing 4; And a pair of through holes 9, 9 formed in the mirror housing 4 located on both sides of the stay arrangement groove 8 and close to the holding recess 7.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 4c denotes a screw insertion hole formed in the mirror housing 4 in the vicinity of the holding recess 7 on the side opposite to the stay arrangement groove 8, and 4d and 4d are provided on both sides of the stay arrangement groove 8. It is a screw insertion hole formed in the mirror housing 4 to be located.

The holding structure 5 includes a mirror housing 4
Has a bracket 10 which comes into contact with the bulging projection 6 on the inner surface 4a side of the boss. At one end of the bracket 10, locking plates 11, 11 protruding from the insertion holes 9, 9 toward the back surface 4b are integrally provided, and end portions protruding toward the back surface 4b of the locking plate portions 11, 11 are provided. Are provided with locking holes 11a, 11a, respectively. Moreover, screw insertion holes 10a, 10a corresponding to the screw insertion holes 4d, 4d are provided at one end of the bracket 10.
The other end of the bracket 10 has a screw insertion hole 4
A screw hole 10b corresponding to c is formed.

[0007] Further, the holding structure 5 has a spring plate 12 disposed on the back surface 4b side. This spring plate 12
A hemispherical bulging protrusion 12a is formed at the center of the, and an engaging recess 12b is formed in the bulging protrusion 12a.
Further, one end of the spring plate 12 has a locking hole 11a, 1
Locking pieces 12c, 12c inserted into and engaged with 1a are provided integrally. Moreover, screw holes 12d, 12d corresponding to the screw insertion holes 4d, 4d are formed at one end of the spring plate 12.
The other end of the spring plate 12 is formed with a screw insertion hole 12e corresponding to the screw insertion hole 4c.

In such a configuration, the mirror stay 1
The case where the vehicle mirror 3 is attached to the vehicle will be described.

In mounting, first, a part of the spherical body 2 of the mirror stay 1 is fitted into the holding recess 7, and the spherical body 2
The engaging recesses 12b of the spring plate 12 are engaged with the projections of the spring plate 12, and the locking pieces 12c
Through the locking holes 11a of the locking plate portions 11, 11.

Next, the screw insertion hole 12 of the spring plate 12
e and the fixing screw 13 inserted through the screw insertion hole 4c of the mirror housing 4 is screwed into the screw hole 10b of the bracket 10 to temporarily fix each component.

In this state, the screw insertion holes 10a, 10a of the bracket 10 and the screw insertion holes 4
d, 4d are screwed into the screw holes 12b, 12b of the spring plate 12, and each fixing screw 1
The vehicle mirror 3 is mounted on the mirror stay 1 by tightening the mirrors 3 and 14.

[0012]

By the way, in such a mounting structure, the bracket 10 and the spring plate 12 are provided.
It is necessary to rotate the fixing screw 13 and screw it to the bracket 10 when temporarily fixing the components such as the like, and to tighten the plurality of fixing screws 13, 14, and 14 at the time of final fixing. Since it is necessary, the vehicle mirror 3
The operation of attaching the mirror to the mirror stay 1 is troublesome and takes a long time, and the attaching operation is not easy.

In addition, three fixing screws 13, 1
Since 4,14 are required, the number of parts increases.

In view of the above, the present invention makes it possible to easily temporarily attach a bracket for attaching the vehicle mirror to the mirror stay to the mirror housing and easily attach the vehicle mirror to the mirror stay. It is an object of the present invention to provide a structure for mounting a vehicle mirror to a mirror stay, which can reduce the number of components.

[0015]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a semi-spherical holding recess on the back of a mirror housing in which a mirror is held on the opening side, so that the spherical body of the mirror stay is partially formed. Is engaged with the holding recess in a state where it protrudes, a pair of insertion holes are formed in the mirror housing in close proximity to the holding recess, and one end of a bracket abutting on the inner surface side of the mirror housing is inserted from the insertion hole into the mirror housing. provided locking plate protruding to the rear side integrally provided with a locking hole at an end portion protruding to the rear side of the locking plate, before
Spool engaging recess for engaging the projecting portion of the serial spherical body is provided
With the ring plate separated from the back of the housing,
A locking piece provided on the mirror housing is inserted into the locking hole provided on one end of the spring plate, and a fixing screw passing through the other end of the spring plate and the mirror housing is screwed to the bracket. Thereby, in the mounting structure of the vehicle mirror to the mirror stay, wherein the spherical body is held between the spring plate and the mirror housing, the small width notch engaging groove opening in the insertion hole is provided in the mirror housing. At the same time, forming a narrow portion in the locking plate portion to be engaged with the notch engagement groove,
The vehicle has a structure in which a locking claw for locking the other end of the bracket is provided integrally with the mirror housing, and the vehicle mirror is attached to a mirror stay.

[0016]

According to such a structure, the other end of the bracket is engaged with the engaging claw of the mirror housing, the intermediate portion of the bracket is brought into contact with the mirror housing, and the engaging piece at one end of the bracket is inserted into the insertion hole. The bracket is temporarily fixed to the mirror housing by projecting to the rear side of the mirror housing and engaging the constricted portion of the locking piece with the notch engaging groove of the insertion hole by its own elastic force.

Next, the spherical body of the mirror stay is disposed in the holding concave portion of the mirror housing, the engaging concave portion of the spring plate is engaged with the spherical member, and the locking piece at one end of the spring plate is connected to the locking plate. Into the engaging hole of the section.

In this state, by fixing a fixing screw penetrating the other end of the spring plate and the mirror housing to the bracket, each component such as the bracket, the spring plate and the spherical body is tightened and fixed, and the vehicle mirror is fixed. It will be attached to the mirror stay.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a mirror stay attached to a vehicle body (not shown), reference numeral 2 denotes a spherical body provided at a free end of the mirror stay 1, and reference numeral 3 denotes a vehicle mirror attached to the free end of the mirror stay 1. . The vehicle mirror 3 includes a mirror housing 4 having a circular planar shape and a mirror (not shown) held on the opening side of the mirror housing 4. The mirror housing 4 is attached to the free end of the mirror stay 1 via a holding structure 5 described below.

The holding structure 5 includes a hemispherical bulging projection 6 which bulges a part of the mirror housing 4 toward the inner surface 4a;
A hemispherical holding recess 7 formed in the bulging projection 6 and opening to the back surface 4b of the mirror housing 4; a stay recess groove 8 opening to the holding recess 7 and the back surface 4b and the periphery of the mirror housing 4; And a pair of through holes 9, 9 formed in the mirror housing 4 located on both sides of the stay arrangement groove 8 and close to the holding recess 7.

The insertion hole 9 is formed in a rectangular shape and extends in a direction orthogonal to the stay arrangement groove 8. A small width notch engaging groove 9a is formed on a side surface of each insertion hole 9 opposite to the holding concave portion 7.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 4c denotes a screw insertion hole formed in the mirror housing 4 near the side opposite to the stay arrangement groove 8 side of the holding recess 7, and 4e denotes a screw insertion hole 4c formed between the holding recess 7 and the holding recess 7. A locking claw provided at a position sandwiched therebetween and projected to the inside of the mirror housing 4. A claw 4f projecting toward the bulging protrusion 6 is integrally formed at the tip of the locking claw 4e.

The holding structure 5 includes a mirror housing 4
And a plate-shaped bracket 10 that comes into contact with the bulging projection 6 on the inner surface 4a side of the boss. At one end of the bracket 10, locking plates 11, 11 protruding from the insertion holes 9, 9 toward the rear surface 4b are integrally provided, and the rear surface 4b of each of the locking plates 11, 11 is provided.
Locking holes 11a, 11a are respectively provided at the distal end portions protruding to the side.

In the vicinity of the front end of each locking plate 11, a narrow portion 11b is formed to engage with the notch engaging groove 9a. In addition, a screw hole 10b corresponding to the screw insertion hole 4c and an engagement notch 10c are formed at the other end of the bracket 10.

Here, the width of the tip of the locking plate 11 is represented by A,
Assuming that the width of the constricted portion 11b of the locking plate portion 11 is B, the width of the base portion side of the locking plate portion 11 is formed as A + β (β> 0), and the longitudinal dimension of the insertion hole 9 is A + α ( β> α), and the size of the notch engagement groove 9a is formed as B + α.

Further, the holding structure 5 has a spring plate 12 disposed on the back surface 4b side. This spring plate 12
A hemispherical bulging protrusion 12a is formed at the center of the, and an engaging recess 12b is formed in the bulging protrusion 12a.
Further, one end of the spring plate 12 has a locking hole 11a, 1
Locking pieces 12c, 12c inserted into and engaged with 1a are provided integrally. Further, a screw insertion hole 12e corresponding to the screw insertion hole 4c is formed at the other end of the spring plate 12.

In such a configuration, the mirror stay 1
The case where the vehicle mirror 3 is attached to the vehicle will be described.

At the time of this mounting, first, the bracket 1
The engagement notch 10b at the other end of the mirror housing 4 is engaged with the engagement claw 4e of the mirror housing 4, and the engagement piece 11 at one end of the bracket 10 is inserted through the insertion hole 4d into the rear surface 4 of the mirror housing 4.
The bracket 10 is temporarily fixed to the mirror housing 4 by protruding toward the b side and engaging the constricted portion 11b of the locking piece 11 with the notch engaging groove 9a with its own elastic force.

Next, the spherical body 2 of the mirror stay 1 is provided in the holding recess 7 of the mirror housing 4 and the spring plate 12 is provided.
Is engaged with the spherical body 2, and the locking pieces 12c, 12c at one end of the spring plate 12 are inserted into and engaged with the locking holes 11a, 11a of the locking plate portions 11, 11, respectively.

In this state, the fixing screw 13 inserted through the screw insertion hole 12e of the spring plate 12 and the screw insertion hole 4c of the mirror housing 4 is screwed into the screw hole 10b of the bracket 10, and the fixing screw 13 is tightened. The vehicle mirror 3 is attached to the mirror stay 1.

[0032]

【effect】

[0033]

According to the present invention, as described above, a small-width notch engaging groove that opens into an insertion hole is provided in the mirror housing, and a small-width constricted portion that engages with the notch engaging groove is formed. A locking claw formed on the locking plate and locking the other end of the bracket with the locking housing is provided integrally with the mirror housing, so a bracket for attaching the vehicle mirror to the mirror stay is mounted on the mirror housing. It is possible to easily temporarily attach the vehicle mirror to the mirror stay to easily attach the mirror to the mirror stay, and to reduce the number of parts for the attachment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially exploded perspective view of a structure for attaching a vehicle mirror to a mirror stay according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in a state where the components of FIG. 1 are assembled.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the insertion hole of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a partially exploded perspective view of a conventional mounting structure of a vehicle mirror to a mirror stay.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC in a state where the components of FIG. 5 are assembled.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mirror stay 2 ... Spherical body 3 ... Mirror for vehicles 4 ... Mirror housing 4b ... Back surface 4e ... Locking claw 7 ... Holding recess 9 ... Insertion hole 9a ... Notch engaging groove 10 ... Bracket 11 ... Locking plate part 11a ... Locking hole 11b ... Constricted part 12 ... Spring plate 12b ... Engagement concave part 13 ... Fixing screw

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A hemispherical holding concave portion is provided on the back surface of a mirror housing in which a mirror is held on an opening side, and a spherical body of a mirror stay is engaged with the holding concave portion in a state where a part thereof protrudes. An insertion hole is formed in the mirror housing so as to be close to the holding recess, and a locking plate protruding from the insertion hole to the rear side is integrally provided at one end of a bracket abutting on an inner surface side of the mirror housing. provided with a locking hole at an end portion protruding to the rear side of the locking plate portion, the engaging recess to be engaged is provided on the projecting portion of the front Symbol spheroids split
With the locking plate separated from the back of the housing.
A locking piece provided on the mirror housing , the locking piece provided at one end of the spring plate is inserted into the locking hole, and a fixing screw passing through the other end of the spring plate and the mirror housing is screwed to the bracket. Thus, in the mounting structure of the vehicle mirror to the mirror stay, wherein the spherical body is held between the spring plate and the mirror housing, a small-width notch engaging groove opening in the insertion hole is provided in the mirror housing. Forming a small-width constricted portion on the locking plate portion for engaging with the notch engaging groove, and a locking claw for locking the other end of the bracket integrally provided on the mirror housing. The feature is the mounting structure of the vehicle mirror to the mirror stay.