JP5602459B2 - Mirror structure for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle mirror structure.

  Generally, in a vehicle such as a truck, a driver side mirror is attached to a driver side door via a mirror stay, and a passenger side side mirror is attached to a passenger side door or a front pillar on the passenger side via a mirror stay. By attaching the, the driver can visually recognize a wide range from the side to the rear of the vehicle from the driver's seat.

  4 and 5 show an example of a conventional mirror structure for a vehicle, and an upper part of a mirror stay 4 is attached to an upper door sash 3a of a driver side door 3 of a cab 2 in a truck 1 as a vehicle. A lower part of a mirror stay 4 is attached in the vicinity of the waist line 3b of the driver side door 3, and an upper projecting part 4a projecting forward from the upper part of the mirror stay 4 attached to the upper door sash 3a. An upper mirror mounting portion 4b that bends and extends downward from the tip of the overhanging portion 4a, a pillar side return portion 4c that extends from the lower end of the upper mirror mounting portion 4b so as to approach the front pillar 2a, A pillar side portion 4d extending along the front pillar 2a from the pillar side end of the pillar side return portion 4c, and attached to the vicinity of the waist line 3b. From the bottom of Rasute 4 protrudes forward is formed and a lower projecting portion 4e connected to the lower end of the pillar along section 4d. 4 and 5, reference numeral 3 c denotes a front door sash of the driver side door 3 along the front pillar 2 a of the cab 2.

  Then, the driver side mirror 6 is attached to the upper mirror attaching portion 4b so as to be a cantilever type via a bracket 7 projecting to the side of the driver side door 3, and along the pillar of the mirror stay 4. A driver seat side under mirror 8 is attached to the portion 4d so as to be a cantilever type via a bracket 9 protruding to the side of the driver seat side door 3.

  For example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 show the general technical level of this type of vehicle mirror structure that improves the visibility from the side of the vehicle to the rear.

JP 2009-67293 A JP 2009-67294 A

  However, in the conventional vehicle mirror structure as described above, as shown in FIG. 6, when running in the rain, rainwater travels through the overhanging portion 4 a of the mirror stay 4 by the running wind, and the driver side door 3 It drops on the side window glass 3d of the vehicle, and the driver's direct view through the side window glass 3d is obstructed, and is visible from the side of the vehicle to the rear side through the driver side mirror 6 and the driver side under mirror 8. Sex could be inhibited.

  Further, the rainwater transmitted through the underhanging portion 4e of the mirror stay 4 is attached to the side window glass 3d of the driver's seat side door 3 by the turbulent flow generated by the traveling wind and is blown up similarly to the above. The direct view through the side window glass 3d is obstructed, and the visibility from the vehicle side to the rear via the driver side mirror 6 and the driver side under mirror 8 may be hindered.

  In view of such circumstances, the present invention can improve the visibility from the side of the vehicle to the rear through the mirror, which can improve the direct view of the driver through the side window glass when traveling in the rain. It is intended to provide a mirror structure for use.

The present invention is a vehicle mirror structure in which a mirror is attached to a mirror stay protruding from the vehicle body side.
The present invention relates to a mirror structure for a vehicle, characterized in that a protruding portion for blocking the flow of water attached to the mirror stay to the vehicle body side during rainy weather travel is provided on the projecting portion of the mirror stay from the vehicle body side. .

  According to the above means, the following operation can be obtained.

  With the configuration as described above, even when rainwater travels through the mirror stay and flows to the vehicle body side when traveling in rainy weather, the rainwater is blocked by the projection provided on the mirror stay, Since it is blown away, the rainwater will not drip onto the side window glass or adhere to the side window glass and be blown up, and the driver's direct view through the side window glass will not be obstructed, and the There is no worry that the visibility from the side to the rear of all vehicles will be hindered.

  In the vehicle mirror structure, the projecting part can be an upper projecting part projecting from the upper part of the mirror stay, and in this way, the mirror stay is particularly preferably extended from the upper projecting part to the side window glass. This is effective in blowing off rainwater that is about to drip with the traveling wind.

  Further, in the vehicle mirror structure, the protrusion can be formed by an annular member attached to the outer periphery of the mirror stay. In this way, the entire outer periphery of the mirror stay is directed to the vehicle body side. This is effective in preventing the unstable movement of water that flows.

  Furthermore, in the vehicle mirror structure, the protrusions can be arranged in a plurality of stages in the axial direction of the mirror stay. In this way, the water transmitted through the mirror stay is temporarily projected in one stage. Even if there is a case where it flows over the vehicle and flows to the vehicle body side, it becomes possible to prevent the flow of water to the vehicle body side by the projection of the next stage, which is effective in further increasing the certainty. .

  According to the vehicle mirror structure of the present invention, it is possible to improve the direct visibility of the driver through the side window glass during rainy weather and to improve the visibility from the side of the vehicle to the rear through the mirror. An excellent effect can be achieved.

It is a perspective view which shows the Example of the mirror structure for vehicles of this invention. It is a side view which shows the Example of the mirror structure for vehicles of this invention. It is a top view which shows the Example of the mirror structure for vehicles of this invention, Comprising: It is the III-III arrow equivalent view of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the conventional mirror structure for vehicles. It is a side view which shows an example of the conventional mirror structure for vehicles. It is a top view which shows an example of the conventional vehicle mirror structure, Comprising: It is a VI-VI arrow equivalent view of FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  1 to 3 show an embodiment of the vehicle mirror structure of the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. 4 to 6 denote the same components, and the basic configuration is shown in FIG. Although similar to the conventional one shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, this embodiment is characterized by an overhang as a protruding portion from the vehicle body side of the mirror stay 4 as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. The protrusions 10 are provided at the portion 4a and the lower overhanging portion 4e to block the flow of water adhering to the mirror stay 4 toward the vehicle body.

  In the case of this embodiment, the protrusion 10 is formed by a washer-type annular member 10a attached to the outer periphery of the upper projecting portion 4a and the outer periphery of the lower projecting portion 4e of the mirror stay 4 by welding. is there. If the projecting height of the annular member 10a from the outer periphery of the upper projecting portion 4a and the outer periphery of the lower projecting portion 4e of the mirror stay 4 is too low, water will get over, and conversely if it is too high, Since wind noise and appearance problems occur, it is preferable to set in a range of about 2 to 7 [mm].

  Instead of fixing the washer type annular member 10a by welding, the annular member 10a formed of sponge or synthetic resin is used to connect the outer periphery of the upper overhanging portion 4a and the lower overhanging portion 4e of the mirror stay 4 to each other. You may make it attach to an outer periphery so that position adjustment is possible according to the amount of rain, and a vehicle speed. In addition, since the water transmitted through the lower semicircular portion on the outer periphery of the upper projecting portion 4a of the mirror stay 4 and the lower semicircular portion on the outer periphery of the lower projecting portion 4e is likely to drop due to gravity, the protrusion 10 is It is not always necessary to use the annular member 10a, and the mirror stay 4 may have a shape projecting only on the upper semicircle portion on the outer periphery of the upper projecting portion 4a of the mirror stay 4 or on the upper semicircle portion on the outer periphery of the lower projecting portion 4e. it can.

  On the other hand, the protrusion 10 is arranged in a plurality of stages (two stages in the example in the figure) in the axial direction of the upper overhanging portion 4a of the mirror stay 4 and the axial direction of the lower overhanging portion 4e of the mirror stay 4 A plurality of stages (two stages in the figure) are arranged.

  Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

  With the configuration as described above, when raining, as shown in FIG. 3, even if rainwater tries to flow to the vehicle body side through the upper projecting portion 4 a of the mirror stay 4 due to traveling wind, Since the rainwater is blown off by the traveling wind while being blocked by the protrusion 10 provided in the exit portion 4a, the rainwater does not drip onto the side window glass 3d of the driver side door 3 and the driver The direct view through the side window glass 3d is not hindered, and there is no fear that the visibility from the side of the vehicle through the driver's seat side mirror 6 and the driver's seat under mirror 8 is hindered.

  Further, the rainwater transmitted through the underhanging portion 4e of the mirror stay 4 is blown off by the traveling wind while being blocked by the protrusion 10 provided on the underhanging portion 4e of the mirror stay 4. The turbulence generated by the traveling wind prevents the rainwater from adhering to the side window glass 3d of the driver's seat side door 3 and being blown up. As described above, the driver's direct view through the side window glass 3d is not hindered. Further, there is no concern that the visibility from the vehicle side to the rear through the driver side mirror 6 and the driver side under mirror 8 is hindered.

  Incidentally, since the water transmitted through the lower semicircular part on the outer periphery of the upper projecting part 4a of the mirror stay 4 and the lower semicircular part on the outer periphery of the lower projecting part 4e is likely to fall by gravity, the projecting part 10 is It is not always necessary to use the annular member 10a, and the mirror stay 4 may have a shape projecting only on the upper semicircle portion on the outer periphery of the upper projecting portion 4a of the mirror stay 4 or on the upper semicircle portion on the outer periphery of the lower projecting portion 4e. It is certain that it can be done, but the movement of water that tends to flow to the vehicle body side over the entire outer periphery of the mirror stay 4 may be unstable and unpredictable. For this reason, as in this embodiment, If the protrusion 10 is formed of an annular member 10a attached to the outer periphery of the mirror stay 4, water with unstable movement that tends to flow toward the vehicle body over the entire outer periphery of the mirror stay 4 is more reliably obtained. Yes in stopping To become.

  On the other hand, the protrusion 10 is arranged in a plurality of stages (two stages in the example in the figure) in the axial direction of the upper overhanging portion 4a of the mirror stay 4 and the axial direction of the lower overhanging portion 4e of the mirror stay 4 Are arranged in multiple stages (two stages in the example in the figure), so even if the water transmitted through the mirror stay 4 flows over the projection 10 of one stage and flows to the vehicle body side, It becomes possible to prevent the flow of water to the vehicle body side by the projection 10 at the next stage, which is effective in further increasing the certainty.

  Thus, it is possible to improve the direct view of the driver through the side window glass 3d in rainy weather, and the visibility from the side of the vehicle to the rear through the driver side mirror 6 and the driver side under mirror 8 can be improved. Improvements can be made.

  Note that the vehicle mirror structure of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but is applicable not only to the driver's seat side but also to the passenger's seat side mirror, etc. Of course, various changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

1 truck (vehicle)
2 Cab 3d Side window glass 4 Mirror stay 4a Overhang part (overhang part)
4e Lower overhang (overhang)
6 Driver side mirror (mirror)
8 Driver's side under mirror (mirror)
10 Projection 10a Toroidal member

Claims (4)

In the mirror structure for a vehicle in which a mirror is attached to a mirror stay that protrudes from the vehicle body side,
A mirror structure for a vehicle, characterized in that a projecting portion for blocking a flow of water adhering to the mirror stay to the vehicle body side when traveling in rainy weather is provided on a protruding portion from the vehicle body side of the mirror stay.   The vehicle mirror structure according to claim 1, wherein the projecting portion is an upper projecting portion that projects from an upper portion of the mirror stay.   The vehicle mirror structure according to claim 2, wherein the protrusion is formed of an annular member attached to the outer periphery of the mirror stay.   The vehicle mirror structure according to claim 3, wherein the protrusion is provided in a plurality of stages in the axial direction of the mirror stay.

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