JPH0219314Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to an automobile door mirror device provided on a front side door.

(Prior art) When a door mirror is attached to the front side door as described above, the door mirror protrudes outward from the side of the vehicle body, and when driving on a narrow alley, the door mirror may get caught on an obstacle and damage the door mirror.
Furthermore, even when the vehicle is parked, there are problems in that pedestrians are likely to get caught in the door mirror and damage it, making it a target for mischief.

Conventionally, a fender mirror device in which the fender mirror was configured to be able to appear and retract from the vehicle body (for example,
116904), but this conventional device could not solve the above-mentioned problems.

(Purpose of the invention) This invention is capable of retracting the door mirror to prevent damage or tampering when there is a risk that the door mirror may come into contact with an obstacle on the side of the vehicle or may be tampered with.
In addition, by closing the opening of the storage section with a cover member both when the door mirror is in use and when it is stored, an automobile door mirror device can always maintain a good external shape without affecting the shape of the door mirror. The purpose is to provide.

(Structure of the invention) In this invention, a door mirror storage part with an opening on the outer panel side is formed in the empty space formed by the inner panel and the outer panel of the front side door, and a mounting shaft is attached to the door mirror storage part. A door mirror that is rotatably operated by a drive operation member is provided as a support shaft between a storage position and an external use position, and the opening of the door mirror storage section has a cover member whose outer surface is continuous with the outer panel surface when closed. It is a door mirror device for an automobile, in which the cover member is pivotably mounted, and the cover member is opened by a cover opening/closing mechanism in conjunction with the initial rotation of the door mirror from the storage position to the usage position and from the usage position to the storage position. Features.

(Effects of the invention) According to this invention, the door mirrors are stored in the front side doors, so if there is a risk that the door mirrors will come into contact with an obstacle when driving on a narrow alley, the door mirrors can be stored in the storage compartment. By eliminating the protrusion from the side of the vehicle body, damage to the door mirrors due to obstacles can be prevented, and at the same time, the driver does not have to worry about damage to the door mirrors, making driving easier. Furthermore, by stowing the door mirrors when parking, it is possible to prevent damage by pedestrians, and at the same time, since the outside of the stowed door mirrors is closed with a cover member, mischief can also be prevented.

Furthermore, since the door mirror storage section utilizes the space between the inner panel and the outer panel of the door, there is no need to form a special door mirror storage section, and space can be used effectively.

In addition, a cover member whose outer surface is continuous with the outer panel surface when closed is pivotally attached to the opening of the door mirror storage section described above, and this cover member is configured to be driven by a unique cover opening/closing mechanism. The opening of the storage section can be closed with the above-mentioned cover member during both use and storage.

As a result, there is an effect that the door mirror can always be maintained in a good external shape without affecting the shape and design of the door mirror.

(Example) An example of this invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawings show a door mirror device for an automobile. In FIGS. 1 to 3, a storage section 4 for a door mirror 3 is formed at the upper front position of a front side door 2 of an automobile 1. It is formed by utilizing the empty space between the inner panel 5 and outer panel 6 of the door 2.

The outer panel 6 side of the storage section 4 is opened to take the door mirror 3 in and out, the front and rear sides are closed with side plates 7, and the bottom is closed with a bottom plate 8, forming a box shape.

The L-shaped arm 9 supporting the door mirror 3 is extended to the back side of the inner panel 5 through a notch 10, and is fixed to a mounting shaft 11 extending in the front-rear direction on the back side. .

Both ends of the above-mentioned mounting shaft 11 are connected to the bearing member 1.
2 and 12 are bearing on the back side of the inner panel 5,
A first gear 13 is fixed to the front end, and a sector gear 14 is fixed to the rear thereof.

The first gear 13 mentioned above is the front side door 2
The mounting shaft 11 meshes with the output gear 16 of a geared motor 15 installed inside the geared motor 15, and due to the forward and reverse rotation of the geared motor 15, the mounting shaft 11 rotates 90 degrees in both forward and reverse directions via the gears 16 and 13. The door mirror 3 is rotated about the mounting shaft 11 between a storage position and an external use position.

Here, each of the above-described elements 15, 16, and 13 constitutes a drive operation member 34.

A cover member 17 for closing the opening of the storage section 4 on the outer panel 6 side is provided, and the lower edge side of the cover member 17 is pivotally connected to be openable and closable by a pin 18. The edge side is located near the bottom surface of the arm 9 when the door mirror 3 is in the use position, and is closed by a spring 19 stretched between the inside of the cover member 17 and the inner panel 5. When the cover member 17 is biased in the direction and is in the closed state, its outer surface is formed to be continuous with the outer surface of the outer panel 6.

An auxiliary cover 2 is provided on the upper part of the cover member 17 described above.
0 is provided, the upper edge side of this auxiliary cover 20 is pivotally connected by a pin 21, and is biased in the closing direction by a spring 22, and the lower edge side of this auxiliary cover 20 is
When the lower cover member 17 is in the closed position, it is formed in a length that joins with the upper edge of this cover member 17, and when the door mirror 3 is rotated to the use position, it is lifted and opened by the arm 9, and the door mirror 3 is opened. When it rotates to the storage position, it is closed by the biasing force of the spring 22.

The sector gear 14 of the above-mentioned mounting shaft 11 has a second
A gear 23 meshes with the second gear 23, and the second gear 23 is fixed to a shaft 25 that is cantilevered by a bearing member 24.
Further, the mounting shaft 11 is set to rotate once by the amount of rotation that rotates the door mirror 3 by 90 degrees. A timing pulley 26 is fixed to the shaft 25 mentioned above.

A cam 27 is provided inside the lower edge of the cover member 17.
This cam 27 forms a notch surface 28 on the circumferential surface, and when this notch surface 28 comes into contact with the inside of the cover member 17, the cover member 17 is in a closed state, and the circumferential surface 29 comes into contact,
The door mirror 3 is in an open state where it can be rotated.

The above-mentioned cam 27 is fixed to a shaft 31 rotatably installed on bearing members 30, 30, and this shaft 3
1, a timing pulley 32 is fixed at a position facing the above-mentioned timing pulley 26, and a timing belt 33 is stretched between these timing pulleys 26 and 32. 32, timing belt 3
3 to the cam 27.

Here, each of the above elements 14, 23, 26, 3
2, 33, 25, 31, and 27 constitute a cover opening/closing mechanism 35.

Describing the operation of the door mirror device configured in this way, when the door mirror 3 is stored in the storage section 4, the cover member 17 and the auxiliary cover 2
0 is closed, and the cam 27 has its notched surface 28
is in contact with the inner surface of the cover member 17.

In this state, rotate the geared motor 15 in the forward direction,
When the mounting shaft 11 is rotated 90 degrees, the door mirror 3
At the same time, as the mounting shaft 11 rotates, the cam 27 rotates via the sector gear 14, second gear 23, timing pulleys 26, 32, and timing belt 33, and the cam 27 rotates from the storage position to the use position. Since the peripheral surface 29 comes into contact with the inside of the cover member 17, the cover member 17 is opened at the initial stage of rotation of the door mirror 3, and the door mirror 3 can be rotated to an external use position.

When the above-mentioned door mirror 3 reaches the use position,
One rotation of the cam 27 is completed, and the notch surface 28 of the cam 27 comes to face the inside of the cover member 17, so that the cover member 17 is allowed to close and is closed by the biasing force of the spring 19.

At the same time, the auxiliary cover 20 is rotated upward by the arm 9 of the door mirror 3 being pushed up.

When the door mirror 3 is stored, the geared motor 15 is reversed and the mounting shaft 11 is rotated 90 degrees.The door mirror 3 is rotated from the use position to the storage position and at the same time, the mounting shaft 11 is rotated. Accordingly, the cam 27 rotates in the opposite direction to that described above,
The circumferential surface 29 is the door mirror 3 of the cover member 17.
The cover member 17 is opened at the beginning of the rotation of the door mirror 3 by contacting the inside of the door mirror 3, and the door mirror 3 can be rotated to the storage position in the storage section 4.

With the rotation of the door mirror 3 described above, the auxiliary cover 20 is closed by the urging force of the spring 22, and the cam 27 rotates once, so that its notch surface 28 faces the inside of the cover member 17. The cover member 17 is allowed to close and is closed by the biasing force of the spring 19, and the opening of the storage portion 4 is closed by the cover cover 17 and the auxiliary cover 20.

In this way, the opening of the storage section 4 can be closed with the cover member 17 both when the door mirror 3 is in use and when it is stored, so that the shape and design of the door mirror 3 are not adversely affected in any way.
This has the effect that the door mirror 3 can always be maintained in a good external shape.

Note that the driving and stopping of the geared motor 15 described above may be configured to be linked to a key switch of the starter, or a dedicated switch may be provided.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the door mirror 3 rotates in the vertical direction, but it may also be provided to rotate in the lateral direction.

In the correspondence between the structure of this invention and the above-mentioned embodiment, the door mirror storage section corresponds to the storage section 4, but this invention is not limited to the structure of the above-mentioned embodiment.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of this invention, in which FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a door mirror device of an automobile, FIG. 2 is a partially sectional side view of the door mirror device, and FIG. 3 is a front view thereof. 1...Car, 2...Front side door, 3
... Door mirror, 4 ... Storage section, 5 ... Inner panel, 6 ... Outer panel, 11 ... Mounting shaft,
17... Cover member, 34... Drive operation member, 3
5...Cover opening/closing mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A door mirror storage area with an opening on the outer panel side is formed in the empty space formed by the inner panel and outer panel of the front side door, and a mounting shaft is supported in the door mirror storage area. A door mirror that is rotatably operated by a drive operation member is provided as a shaft between a storage position and an external use position, and a cover member whose outer surface is continuous with the outer panel surface when closed is attached to the opening of the door mirror storage part. The door mirror device for an automobile is characterized in that the cover member is opened by a cover opening/closing mechanism in conjunction with the initial rotation of the door mirror from the storage position to the usage position and from the usage position to the storage position. .