JPH0858472A - Door mirror garnish installation structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To simply and easily remove a garnish from a mirror housing main body by providing a tool engagement part to be exposed at the time when a mirror main body is operated to tilt by specified quantity in a specified direction on a movable piece. CONSTITUTION: As a movable piece 23 is not sagged more than required at the time of sagging the movable piece 23 to the side of a mirror holding frame 5 in the state where a mirror main body 6 is operated to tilt by specified quantity in a specified direction, the movable piece 23 is prevented from being damaged by excessive force. Additionally, as to a movable piece 33, it is sagged in the same way as the movable piece 23, a second engagement claw is pulled out of a second engagement hole provided on the movable piece 33. By such operation, it is possible to remove a garnish from a mirror housing main body.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a door mirror / garnish mounting structure for removably mounting a garnish on an outer surface of a mirror housing body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a door mirror having this type of garnish mounting structure, for example, those shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 are considered.

In FIG. 7, reference numeral 1 is a corner piece attached to the front end of a window portion of a front door of an automobile.
Reference numeral a is a mirror support projection provided on the corner piece 1 and reference numeral 2 is a door mirror mounted on the mirror support projection 1a so as to be rotatable back and forth.

The door mirror 2 includes a mirror housing 3
A fixed frame 4 arranged and fixed in the mirror housing 3, a resin-made mirror holding frame 5 arranged in the opening end 3a of the mirror housing 3, and a mirror held in the mirror holding frame 5. It has a main body 6 and a ball joint 7 that connects the mirror holding frame 5 to the fixed frame 4 in a tiltable manner. The mirror housing 3 includes a mirror housing body 8 and a garnish 9 that covers the outer surface of the mirror housing body 8.

Moreover, the mirror housing body 8 is
It is composed of a vertical wall 8a and a peripheral wall 8b formed along the peripheral edge of the vertical wall 8a. The peripheral wall 8b is the upper wall 8b.
1, lower wall 8b2, base wall 8b3 (corner piece 1 side),
The tip wall 8b4 is formed in an annular shape (cylindrical shape). still,
The fixed frame 4 described above is fixed to the boss 8c of the mirror housing main body 8 with screws (not shown). The garnish 9 includes a vertical wall 9a, an upper wall 9b provided at an upper edge of the vertical wall 9a, and a vertical wall 9a corresponding to the tip wall 8b4.
Has an end wall 9c provided at the edge portion thereof.

A vertical wall 8 is formed on the inner surface of the mirror housing body 8.
A cylindrical boss portion 8d that opens to the rear surface of a is provided in a protruding manner, and a vertical wall 9a of the garnish 9 is provided with a boss portion 9d that fits into a hole 8e of the cylindrical boss portion 8d. And the boss cylinder 8
The garnish 9 is detachably fixed to the mirror housing body 8 by screwing a tap screw 10 penetrating the end wall 8f of d onto the boss portion 9d.

The mirror holding frame 5 includes a holding frame body 5a, a protrusion 5b provided on the inner circumference of the holding frame body 5a, and the holding frame body 5
It has a peripheral wall 5c provided on the outer periphery of a and a locking projection 5d provided along the tip of the peripheral wall 5c. Then, the mirror body 6 is held by the mirror holding frame 5 by bringing a portion near the peripheral edge portion of the back surface into contact with the protrusion 5b and engaging a locking protrusion 5d with the peripheral edge portion of the front surface. . The peripheral wall 5c of the mirror holding frame 5 has some flexibility for attachment and detachment.

Further, the ball joint 7 has a spherical concave portion 4a provided in the fixed frame 4, a boss portion 4b protruding from the center of the spherical concave portion 4a, and a spherical shape fitted to the boss portion 4b. The hemispherical body 11 disposed in the recess 4a and the boss portion 4
It has a screw 12 screwed to b to prevent the hemispherical body 11 from coming off. The spherical concave portion 4a and the hemispherical body 11
A hemispherical gap 13 is formed between and. Further, the ball joint 7 has a movable frame 14 into which the hemispherical cylinder portion 14a fits in the hemispherical gap 13, and the mirror holding frame 5 is fixed to the movable frame 14.

With this configuration, the hemispherical cylinder portion 14a of the movable frame 14 is rotated in the hemispherical gap 13 in an arbitrary direction, so that the mirror holding frame 5 and the mirror main body 6 are integrated with the movable frame 14 in an arbitrary manner. Can be tilted in the direction. In the figure, 14b is a stopper that restricts the upper portion of the movable frame 14 from rotating backward by a predetermined amount or more.

In the door mirror 2 having such a structure, by matching (matching) only the color of the garnish 9 with the color of the vehicle body, a large number of mirror housing bodies 8 corresponding to the vehicle body color are not prepared, and the mirror housing is not provided. Body 8
We are trying to standardize. Moreover, when the garnish 9 or the like is damaged, the exterior of the door mirror 2 can be repaired by replacing the garnish 9 with a new one.

[0011]

However, when replacing the garnish 9 with a new one, the locking projection 5
After removing d from the periphery of the mirror body 6 and removing the mirror body 6 from the mirror holding frame 5, the screw 12 is removed to remove the hemispherical body 11 and the movable frame 11 from the fixed frame 4, and further tap screws. Since the work for removing 10 is required, the replacement work is troublesome.

Moreover, since the mirror body 6 is designed so as not to easily come off from the mirror holding frame 5 at the time of use, it is not easy to remove the engaging projection 5d from the peripheral edge portion of the mirror body 6 because it is not easy. In addition, this work requires a dedicated tool, and it is not easy to remove the mirror body 5 from the mirror holding frame 6.

Further, since the garnish 9 replacement work is troublesome as described above, when assembling the door mirror to the vehicle body on the vehicle body assembly line, a color corresponding to the color of the vehicle body flowing along the assembly line is used. The mirror housing 3 in which the garnish 9 is assembled in the mirror housing body 8 in advance.
However, it is difficult to manage parts because there are many combinations of vehicle types and body colors. In addition, if there is an assembly error, that is, if a garnish 9 of a color different from the garnish of the color of the vehicle body flowing along the assembly line is assembled to the mirror housing body 8, as described above, Since the replacement work of 9 requires labor, the replacement work is troublesome.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a door mirror / garnish mounting structure in which the garnish can be easily and easily removed from the mirror housing body without removing the components incorporated in the mirror housing body. .

[0015]

In order to achieve this object, the invention of claim 1 provides a mirror main body in an opening end portion of a mirror housing composed of a vertical wall and a peripheral wall continuously provided along a peripheral edge of the vertical wall. Is held so that it can be tilted, the outer surface of the mirror housing is covered with a garnish, and the garnish is fixed to the mirror housing by fixing means.
The fixing means may be formed by making a notch in a first locking hole formed in a peripheral edge portion of the vertical wall and a portion of the peripheral wall opposite to the first locking hole. Flexure,
A second locking hole formed in the flexible piece, and first and second locking holes formed in the garnish and engaged with the first and second locking holes.
The door mirror / garnish mounting structure includes a second locking claw, and the flexible piece has a tool engaging portion that is exposed when the mirror body is tilted in a predetermined direction by a predetermined amount.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the mirror holding frame is held in the mirror housing so as to be tiltable, and the mirror main body is held by the mirror holding frame, whereby the mirror main body is tilted in the mirror housing. When the flexible piece is bent to the mirror holding frame side while being held operably and tilting the mirror body in a predetermined direction by a predetermined amount, the flexible piece is attached to a side surface of the mirror holding frame. It is characterized in that it is provided so that it can abut.

[0017]

According to the structure of the first aspect of the present invention, the mirror main body is tilted in the predetermined direction by the predetermined amount to expose the tool engaging portion of the flexible piece, and the tool engaging portion is provided with a driver or the like. By engaging the tip of the tool and bending the flexible piece toward the mirror body side by this tool, the second locking claw is disengaged from the second locking hole provided in the flexible piece, and the garnish is mirrored. It is ready to be removed from the housing body.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the flexible piece is bent toward the mirror body side by the tool, the flexible piece comes into contact with the peripheral wall of the mirror holding frame, and the flexible piece is formed. It is prevented from bending more than necessary.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. It should be noted that the same or similar parts as those of the above-described configuration are designated by the same reference numerals in the following description.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a corner piece attached to the front end of the window portion of the front door of an automobile (vehicle).
Reference numeral a is a mirror support projection provided on the corner piece 1 and reference numeral 2 is a door mirror mounted on the mirror support projection 1a so as to be rotatable back and forth.

The door mirror 2 includes a mirror housing 3
And a fixed frame 4 fixed in the mirror housing 3.
A mirror holding frame 5 disposed in the opening end 3a of the mirror housing 3, a mirror main body 6 held by the mirror holding frame 5, and the mirror holding frame 5 tiltably connected to the fixed frame 4. It has a ball joint 7 that is open.

The mirror housing 3 is composed of a mirror housing body 8 and a garnish 9 that covers the outer surface of the mirror housing body 8.

Moreover, the mirror housing body 8 is
It is composed of a vertical wall 8a and a peripheral wall 8b formed along the peripheral edge of the vertical wall 8a. The peripheral wall 8b is the upper wall 8b.
1, lower wall 8b2, base wall 8b3 (corner piece 1 side),
The tip wall 8b4 is formed in an annular shape (cylindrical shape). still,
The fixed frame 4 described above is fixed to the boss 8c of the mirror housing main body 8 with screws (not shown).

The garnish 9 includes a vertical wall 9a, an upper wall 9b provided at an upper edge of the vertical wall 9a, and a tip wall 8b.
4 has an end wall 9c provided at the edge of the vertical wall 9a.

The garnish 9 is removably attached to the mirror housing body 8 via a fixing means. This fixing means has first fixing means for fixing the upper and lower portions and second fixing means for fixing the lateral portions.

The first fixing means is the mirror housing body 8
The first locking holes 21 and 21 formed on the left and right of the lower edge which is the peripheral edge of the vertical wall 8a, and the portion of the peripheral wall 8b opposite to the first locking hole 21, that is, the upper wall 8b1. The U-shaped slit (cut) 22 provided across the vertical wall 8a, the flexible piece 23 formed by inserting the slit 22 and having the lower end integrated with the vertical wall 8a, and the flexible piece 23. It has an inclined tool engaging surface 24 provided at the tip and a second locking hole 25 formed in the flexible piece 23. In addition, the slit 22 and the flexible piece 23 are provided at substantially the center of the vertical wall 8a in the left-right direction.

The first fixing means is provided on the inner surface of the lower end of the vertical wall 9a of the garnish 9 and has the first locking holes 21,
The first locking claws 26, 26 that engage with the first locking claw 21 and the second locking claw 27 that is provided on the upper wall 9b of the garnish 9 and that engages with the second locking hole 25 are provided. The first locking claw 21 is formed in a hook shape, and the second locking claw 27 is formed in a triangular protrusion shape.

As shown in FIGS. 1 (a), 3 and 4, the second fixing means is provided above and below the base end edge (corner piece 1 side) which is the peripheral edge of the vertical wall 8a of the mirror housing body 8. The formed first locking holes 31 and 31 and the first locking hole 31 of the peripheral wall 8b
And a slit (cut) 32 provided on the side opposite to the front wall 8b4 and the vertical wall 8a.
A flexible piece 33 formed by inserting the slit 32 and having a lower end integrated with the vertical wall 8a, an inclined tool engaging surface 34 provided at the tip of the flexible piece 33, and the flexible piece 3
3 has a second locking hole 35 formed therein. The slit 32 and the flexible piece 33 are provided at substantially the center of the vertical wall 8a in the left-right direction.

The second fixing means is provided on the inner surface of the lower end portion of the vertical wall 9a of the garnish 9 and has the first locking holes 31,
It has first locking claws 36, 36 that engage with 31, and a second locking claw 37 that is provided in the end wall 9c of the garnish 9 and that engages with the second locking hole 35. The first locking claw 31 is formed in a hook shape, and the second locking claw 37 is formed in a triangular protrusion shape.

The mirror holding frame 5 includes a holding frame body 5a, a protrusion 5b provided on the inner circumference of the holding frame body 5a, and the holding frame body 5
It has a peripheral wall 5c provided on the outer periphery of a and a locking projection 5d provided along the tip of the peripheral wall 5c. Then, the mirror body 6 is held by the mirror holding frame 5 by bringing a portion near the peripheral edge portion of the back surface into contact with the protrusion 5b and engaging a locking protrusion 5d with the peripheral edge portion of the front surface. . The peripheral wall 5c of the mirror holding frame 5 has some flexibility for attachment and detachment.

The ball joint 7 has a spherical concave portion 4a provided in the fixed frame 4, a boss portion 4b projecting from the center of the spherical concave portion 4a, and a spherical shape fitted to the boss portion 4b. The hemispherical body 11 disposed in the recess 4a and the boss portion 4
It has a screw 12 screwed to b to prevent the hemispherical body 11 from coming off. The spherical concave portion 4a and the hemispherical body 11
A hemispherical gap 13 is formed between and. Further, the ball joint 7 has a movable frame 14 into which the hemispherical cylinder portion 14a fits in the hemispherical gap 13, and the mirror holding frame 5 is fixed to the movable frame 14.

The movable frame 14 is the fixed frame 4
It is provided so that it can be tilted in any direction by a driving means such as an electric motor (not shown) held by the.

When the movable frame 14 is tilted in any direction by this driving means, the hemispherical cylinder portion 14a of the movable frame 14 is rotated in the hemispherical gap 13 in any direction, whereby the mirror holding frame 5 is moved. Also, the mirror body 6 is tilted integrally with the movable frame 14 in an arbitrary direction. In the figure, 14b is a stopper that restricts the upper portion of the movable frame 14 from rotating backward by a predetermined amount or more.

In FIG. 1A, assuming that the distance from the rotation center O of the mirror holding frame 5 to the outermost end of the locking projection 5d is L, the stopper 14b contacts the fixed frame 4 until the stopper 14b abuts. 1 When rotated in the counterclockwise direction (mirror body 6
When the tilting operation is performed by a predetermined amount in a predetermined direction), the movement distance a of the outermost end of the mirror holding frame 5 is a = Ltan θ (where θ (see FIG. 2) is the operating angle of the boundary surface of the mirror body 6 ( Usually, it is determined at 5 to 10 degrees).

Here, t: from the rear surface of the peripheral wall 5c of the mirror holding frame 5 to the locking projection 5d
Distance from the rear surface of the mirror body 6 to the tip of the flexible piece 23 from the rear surface of the locking projection 5d at the vertical position (initial position) of the mirror body 6 c: Relationship between the vertical position (initial position) of the mirror body 6 Assuming that the distance from the rear surface of the stop projection 5d to the rear surface of the mirror holding frame 5 when the mirror body 6 is tilted by the maximum amount, the relationship of a, b, c is set such that c>b> a. Has been done.

Under this condition, the tool engaging surface 24 (tool engaging portion) of the flexible piece 23 is tilted when the movable frame 14 and the mirror body 6 are tilted in the predetermined direction, that is,
1 until the stopper 14b contacts the fixed frame 4.
It is exposed when it is rotated counterclockwise. In addition, when the flexible piece 23 is bent toward the mirror holding frame 5 side at this position, that is, in the state where the mirror body 6 is tilted in the predetermined direction by a predetermined amount, the flexible piece 23 causes the mirror holding frame to move. It is provided so as to be able to contact the side surface of the peripheral wall of No. 5. Such conditions are also set for the flexible piece 33 and the tool engagement surface 34.

Next, the operation of the garnish mounting structure for the door mirror having such a structure will be described. According to this configuration,
When the movable frame 14 is tilted in an arbitrary direction by a driving means (not shown), the hemispherical tube portion 1 of the movable frame 14 is moved.
The mirror holding frame 5 and the mirror body 6 are tilted in an arbitrary direction integrally with the movable frame 14 by rotating the 4a in the hemispherical gap 13 about the rotation center O in an arbitrary direction.

Therefore, when the movable frame 14 and the mirror body 6 are tilted in a predetermined direction by a predetermined amount by this tilting operation, that is, the movable frame 14 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 1 to open the stopper 14b. When brought into contact with the fixed frame 4 as shown in FIG. 5 (the position of the broken line in FIGS. 1 and 2), the tool engaging surface 24 (tool engaging portion) of the flexible piece 23 is
Exposed.

In this state, the tip of the driver 40 (tool) is engaged with the tool engaging surface 24, and the flexible piece is bent toward the mirror body 6 side by this tool as shown in FIG. The locking claw comes out of the second locking hole provided in the flexible piece, and the garnish is ready to be removed from the mirror housing body.

At this position, that is, in the state where the mirror body 6 is tilted in a predetermined direction by a predetermined amount, when the flexible piece 23 is bent toward the mirror holding frame 5, the flexible piece 23 moves the mirror holding frame. 5 is brought into contact with the side surface of the peripheral wall 5c of the flexible wall 2
Since the 3 is not bent more than necessary, the flexible piece 2
It is possible to prevent the damage of 3 by excessive force.

Similarly, the flexible piece 33 is bent in the same manner as the flexible piece 23, and the second locking claw is moved to the flexible piece 33.
It comes off from the second locking hole provided in.

By such an operation, the garnish can be removed from the mirror housing body.

Therefore, in the door mirror 2 having the structure,
By matching (matching) only the color of the garnish 9 with the color of the vehicle body, it is possible to standardize the mirror housing body 8 without preparing many mirror housing bodies 8 according to the vehicle body color. Moreover, when the garnish 9 or the like is damaged, the exterior of the door mirror 2 can be repaired by replacing the garnish 9 with a new one.

[0044]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1, the fixing means for fixing the garnish to the rear surface of the mirror housing main body includes the first locking hole formed in the peripheral portion of the vertical wall,
A flexible piece formed by making a cut in a portion of the peripheral wall located on the opposite side of the first locking hole, a second locking hole formed in the flexible piece, and the garnish. A tool that is formed and has first and second locking claws that engage with the first and second locking holes, and the flexible piece is exposed when the mirror body is tilted in a predetermined direction by a predetermined amount. Since the structure has the engaging portion, the garnish can be easily and easily removed from the mirror housing body without removing the components incorporated in the mirror housing body.

Since the garnish replacement work is simple as described above, when the door mirror is assembled to the vehicle body on the vehicle body assembly line, the garnish of a color corresponding to the color of the vehicle body flowing along the assembly line is previously mirrored. It is not necessary to prepare a mirror housing assembled to the housing body, and if there is a mistake in assembly, that is, a garnish of a color different from the garnish of a color corresponding to the color of the vehicle body flowing along the assembly line. Even when it is assembled to the mirror housing main body 8, the replacement work of the garnish is easy because it does not require any trouble.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the mirror holding frame is held in the mirror housing main body so as to be tiltable, and the mirror main body is held by the mirror holding frame. When the flexible piece is bent toward the mirror holding frame with the mirror body tilted in a predetermined direction by a predetermined amount, the flexible piece of the mirror holding frame is Since it is provided so as to be capable of contacting the side surface, when the flexible piece is bent toward the mirror holding frame side in a state where the mirror body is tilted in the predetermined direction by a predetermined amount, the flexible piece is The flexible piece will not be bent more than necessary by being brought into contact with the side surface of the peripheral wall of the mirror holding frame. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the flexible piece from being damaged by an excessive force.

[Brief description of drawings]

1A is a cross-sectional view of a door mirror having a garnish mounting structure according to the present invention, FIG. 1B is a partially enlarged view of FIG.
(c) is a sectional view of the second fixing means of the door mirror.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a tilt angle of a mirror holding frame and a mirror body shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the mirror housing body and garnish of FIGS. 1 and 2 as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged explanatory view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a garnish removal work of the door mirror shown in FIGS. 1 to 3;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a garnish removal work of the door mirror shown in FIGS. 1 to 3;

FIG. 7 is a partially exploded perspective view of a door mirror having a conventional garnish mounting structure.

8 is a cross-sectional view of the door mirror in a state where the parts of FIG. 7 are assembled.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 ... Door mirror 3 ... Mirror housing 5 ... Mirror holding frame 5c ... Perimeter wall (side surface) 6 ... Mirror body 8 ... Mirror housing body 8a ... Vertical wall 8b ... Perimeter wall 9 ... Garnish 21 ... First locking hole 22 ... Slit (notch) ) 23 ... Flexible piece 24 ... Tool engaging surface (tool engaging portion) 25 ... Second locking hole 26 ... First locking claw 27 ... Second locking claw 31 ... First locking hole 32 ... Slit ( Notch) 33 ... Flexible piece 34 ... Tool engaging surface (tool engaging portion) 35 ... Second locking hole 36 ... First locking claw 37 ... Second locking claw

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mirror body is tiltably held in an opening end portion of a mirror housing body composed of a vertical wall and a peripheral wall continuously provided along a peripheral edge of the vertical wall, and an outer surface of the mirror housing body is garnished. A door mirror garnish mounting structure in which the garnish is covered and fixed to the mirror housing main body by a fixing means, wherein the fixing means includes a first locking hole formed in a peripheral portion of the vertical wall, A flexible piece formed by making a cut in a portion of the peripheral wall located on the opposite side of the first locking hole;
A second locking hole formed in the flexible piece, and first and second locking holes formed in the garnish and engaged with the first and second locking holes.
A door mirror garnish mounting structure comprising: a second locking claw, wherein the flexible piece has a tool engaging portion that is exposed when the mirror body is tilted in a predetermined direction by a predetermined amount. 2. A mirror holding frame is rotatably held in a mirror housing main body, and the mirror main body is held by the mirror holding frame, whereby the mirror main body is tiltably held in the mirror housing main body. When the flexible piece is bent toward the mirror holding frame side while tilting the mirror body in a predetermined direction by a predetermined amount,
The door mirror garnish mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the flexible piece is provided so as to be capable of contacting a side surface of the mirror holding frame.