JPH08198011A - Vehicle outside mirror - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an automobile outside mirror capable of disusing an exclusive part such as an infiltration preventive closed member, while keeping preventive effect for waterdrop infiltration into the vehicle body inside as an outside mirror outside for a vehicle, thereby to reduce part and work costs. CONSTITUTION: Harness 18 is drawn outside and a power source is supplied to a driving means by the harness 18 in a condition where a base member 11 is fixed to a vehicle body panel 13, a mirror main body 12 for retaining a mirror 17 is rotatably mounted on the shaft part 14a of the base member 11, and a driving means is provided in the mirror main body 12 and the harness 18 is directed upward by a guide cylinder part 15c from the driving means via the mirror main body 12, the shaft part 14a, and the base member 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an outside mirror for a vehicle, and more particularly, to electrically adjust the angle of the mirror and switch between the used state and the stored state of the mirror body from a driver's seat by operating a switch or a remote control device. When the remote control is performed, the harness for connecting the vehicle body and the base member of the harness for supplying power to the driving means such as the motor and the solenoid for adjusting the angle of the mirror and switching between the used state and the stored state of the mirror body. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, a base member 2 fixed to a vehicle body panel 1 and a shaft portion 3 of the base member 2 are rotatably mounted and a mirror. 4 for holding the mirror body 5 and a driving means (not shown) provided in the mirror body 5 from the driving means via the mirror body 5, the shaft portion 3 and the base member 2 There is known a vehicle outside mirror 7 including a harness 6 that is pulled out to the outside (known from Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-41085).

The base member 2 includes a base 2a and a packing 2
b, and the harness 6 has a bulging portion 2 of the packing 2b.
It is pulled out from the cylindrical portion 2d formed in c to the outside of the outside mirror 7 for a vehicle (to be the inside of the vehicle body). Further, the cylindrical portion 2d is provided with a sealing member 8 (for example, a tape or a heat-shrinkable resin tube) so as to surround the lead-out end portion of the harness 6.

In the sealing member 8, water droplets (indicated by arrow a in FIG. 2B) that have entered from between the base member 2 and the mirror body 5 or the like are transmitted through the harness 6 or between the harness 6 and the cylindrical portion 2d. The purpose of this is to prevent entry into the vehicle body through the gap.

For this reason, a drain hole 2e is formed below the bulging portion 2c for discharging water drops that have entered from between the base member 2 and the mirror body 5 to the outside of the vehicle body.

Further, as such a sealed structure, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the cylindrical portion 2d is abolished (may be used), and a sealing member 9 such as rubber or urethane is interposed between the vehicle body panel 1 and the bulging portion 2c (for example, the actual opening). 63
No. 189838, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1111045, and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-65644). This figure 3
2, the same members as those in FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

The driving means is operated by operating a switch or a remote control device from the driver's seat or the like to adjust the angle of the mirror 4 or to rotate the mirror body 5 between the use state and the stored state with the shaft portion 3 as a pivot. This is used for adjusting the angle of the mirror 4 and for switching between the use state and the storage state of the mirror main body 5 when the switching is electrically performed remotely, and a motor, a solenoid or the like is used. On this occasion,
The drive means may be mounted only for adjusting the angle of the mirror 4 or only for switching the mirror body 5 according to the vehicle body specification.

[0008]

By the way, in the vehicle outside mirror 7 configured as described above, the work of installing the sealing members 8 and 9 and the foaming process (actually, see 63-18).
In the case of urethane shown in Japanese Patent No. 9838), the work for pulling out the harness 6 must be performed in a separate process, which raises a problem that component cost and work cost increase.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is for exclusive use of a sealing member or the like for preventing intrusion while maintaining the effect of preventing water droplets from entering the inside of the vehicle body as the outside of the vehicle outside mirror. It is an object of the present invention to provide an outside mirror for a vehicle in which parts can be eliminated and thus the parts cost and the work cost can be reduced.

[0010]

In order to achieve the object, the invention described in claim 1 is a base member fixed to a vehicle body panel, and a shaft portion of the base member rotatably mounted and a mirror. A mirror body that holds the mirror body, drive means provided in the mirror body, and external means for supplying power to the drive means from the drive means via the mirror body, the shaft portion, and the base member. In an outside mirror for a vehicle having a harness pulled out to, a guide cylinder portion for directing an upward direction of pulling out the harness from the base body to the outside is formed in the base body. Use as a summary.

[0011]

In the above-mentioned structure according to claim 1,
The base member is fixed to the vehicle body panel, the mirror body holding the mirror is rotatably attached to the shaft portion of the base member,
The driving means is provided in the mirror body, and the harness is pulled out from the driving means to the outside through the mirror body, the shaft portion and the base member while being directed upward by the guide tube portion, and is driven by the harness. Power is supplied to the means.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of the vehicle outside mirror of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B).

In the figure, an outside mirror 1 for a vehicle is shown.
Reference numeral 0 includes a base member 11 and a mirror body 12, and is fixed to a vehicle body panel 13 such as a panel forming a door corner portion of an automobile or a door corner piece.

The base member 11 is provided with a base 14 and a packing 15 mounted on the base 14, and a part of them is in contact with the vehicle body panel 13 (because it differs depending on the specifications such as the vehicle body shape). (Not shown).

The base 14 is formed with a shaft portion 14a for rotatably holding the mirror body 12. The shaft portion 14a is formed in a tubular shape.

The packing 15 has a bulging portion 15a, an upward guide tubular portion 15c having a communication port 15b protruding from the bulging portion 15a and communicating with the inside of the base member 11, and a guide tubular portion. A drain hole 15d formed in the bulging portion 15a located below the portion 15c is formed.

The mirror body 12 comprises a housing 16 rotatably mounted on the shaft portion 14a, and a mirror 17 held by the housing 16. Also, the mirror body 1
A drive unit (not shown) is provided in the unit 2.

This drive means is switched from the driver's seat or the like by operating a switch or a remote control device to adjust the angle of the mirror 17 or to rotate the mirror body 12 between a use state and a storage state with the shaft portion 14a as a rotation fulcrum. This is used for adjusting the angle of the mirror 17 and switching the mirror body 12 when electrically remote-controlling, and a motor, a solenoid, etc. are used. At this time, the driving means is
Depending on the vehicle body specification, only the angle adjustment of the mirror 17 is mounted, or only the switching of the mirror body 12 is mounted. Further, power is supplied to the driving means by the harness 18.

One end of the harness 18 is connected to the drive means, and the other end of the harness 18 is connected to the mirror body 12 from the drive means.
And the shaft portion 14a, the base member 11, and the guide cylinder portion 15c in this order, and after being pulled out from the communication port 15b to the outside (becomes the inside of the vehicle body), the remote control described above is performed via a connector (not shown). It is connected to the battery via an operation switch or the like.

In the above structure, the harness 18 has one end connected to the drive means (in some cases, a control circuit may be provided inside the mirror body 12 and connected to this control circuit), and the other end thereof is mirrored. The main body 12 is inserted into the shaft portion 14a and guided into the base member 11, and the base member 1
After being pulled out from 1 through the guide tube portion 15c to the outside (to be the inside of the vehicle body) from the communication port 15b, a connector (not shown) is attached to the other end.

When the vehicle outside mirror 10 is fixed to the vehicle body panel 13, for example, water droplets enter from between the base member 11 and the mirror body 12 (see arrow B in FIG. 1B). In the case of), the water droplets that are guided to the guide tube portion 15c directly or through the harness 18 are directed to the upward direction because the direction of pulling out the harness 18 by the guide tube portion 15c is directed upward. It is guided downward (see arrow C in FIG. 1B), and is discharged to the outside (also outside the vehicle body) from the drain hole 15d (see arrow D in FIG. 1B).

In this way, by forming the guide cylinder portion 15c so that the harness 18 can be pulled out upward in the vehicle body, the inside of the vehicle body can be installed without providing the special sealing members 8 and 9 as in the prior art. Not only is it possible to prevent the entry of water droplets, but also to reduce the cost of parts by not using the sealing members 8 and 9, and of course, a sealing member that is a separate process from the work of pulling out the harness 18. Since the work of attaching 8 and 9 is unnecessary, the work cost can be reduced.

[0023]

As described above, in the vehicle outside mirror of the present invention, the base main body is formed with the guide tube portion for directing the upward pulling direction of the harness from the base main body to the outside. Therefore, while maintaining the effect of preventing water droplets from entering the inside of the vehicle body as the outside mirror for the vehicle, it is possible to abolish exclusive parts such as a sealing member for preventing the intrusion, thus reducing the parts cost and the work cost. Can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an outside mirror for a vehicle according to the present invention,
(A) is a front view of a vehicle outside mirror, (B) is an enlarged sectional view of a main part.

FIG. 2 shows a conventional outside mirror for a vehicle,
(A) is a front view of a vehicle outside mirror, (B) is an enlarged sectional view of a main part.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part showing another conventional outside mirror for a vehicle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Outside mirror for vehicle 11 ... Base member 12 ... Mirror body 13 ... Body panel 14 ... Base 14a ... Shaft part 15 ... Packing 15c ... Guide cylinder part 17 ... Mirror 18 ... Harness

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A base member fixed to a vehicle body panel, a mirror body rotatably mounted on a shaft portion of the base member and holding a mirror, drive means provided in the mirror body, and An outside mirror for a vehicle, comprising: a harness pulled out to the outside from the driving means via the mirror body, the shaft portion, and the base member to supply power to the driving means. An outside mirror for a vehicle, characterized in that a guide cylinder portion is formed in the outer casing so as to direct an upward direction of pulling out the harness from the base body to the outside.