JPH106855A - Rear under mirror support structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rear under mirror support structure for eliminating a fear of making contact a rear under mirror with a rear window panel even when the rear under mirror is vertically moved due to vibration. SOLUTION: The support structure of a rear under mirror 10 to visually recognize a reflection image at the lower rear of a vehicle through a rear window panel 4 is securely supported at the rear door frame 3 of a vehicle 2. The base end part 11 of the rear under mirror 10 is attached to a rear door frame 3 and an elastic body 18 to hold the rear under mirror 10 is arranged at the stay part 12 of the rear under mirror 10 in a state to make contact with a rear window panel 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rear under mirror support structure mainly used for confirming a lower rear portion of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional rear under-mirror support structure of this type is, for example, disclosed in FIG.
What is described in 7185 gazette is known.

In FIG. 10, reference numeral 1 denotes a rear under mirror fixedly supported at a rear portion of a vehicle 2. The rear under mirror 1 reflects a reflection image of a lower rear portion of the vehicle through a rear window panel 4 fitted to a rear door frame 3 of the vehicle 2.
This is for visual recognition mainly from the driver's seat in the vehicle interior.

[0004] The rear under mirror 1 is fixed to a substantially central position in the upper part of the rear door frame 3 via a mounting portion 5. Extending from the attachment portion 5 is an arm portion 6 that is configured to be freely bendable. A mirror body 7 is attached to the tip of the arm 6.

[0005] A mirror surface portion 8 is disposed on the mirror main body 7 in a downward direction, and informs a following vehicle of deceleration of the vehicle 2. A stop lamp section 9 is provided.

In the conventional rear under-mirror support structure constructed as described above, the most appropriate image of the lower rear portion of the vehicle is changed via the rear window panel 4 by changing the bending angle of the arm portion 6. They are visible from the side.

[0007]

However, in such a conventional rear under-mirror support structure, the arm portion 6 receives the vibration from the vehicle and finely vibrates the mirror surface portion 8 to make the rear under mirror 1 more visible. Was sometimes inhibited. Particularly in recent years, even a vehicle such as a one-box car is sometimes formed such that the inclination of the rear window panel 4 is gently formed. In such a case, the rear under-mirror 1 provides a lower rear view of the vehicle. In order to ensure this, the arm 6 must be formed long, and the above-mentioned problem becomes particularly prominent.

In order to prevent vibrations of the rear under mirror 1, it is effective to form the arm 6 firmly with a highly rigid member such as a round bar made of metal. When the length of the rear under mirror 1 is increased, the rear under mirror 1 on which the rear under mirror 1 is mounted is rotated upward. Of the arm 6 is easy to interfere with the ceiling of the building, etc.
There is a possibility that the mounting portion of the vehicle body may be deformed.

In view of the above, the present invention improves the visibility of the rear under mirror by improving the vibration isolation of the mirror surface portion of the rear under mirror, and also prevents the deformation of the vehicle body when the rear under mirror interferes with the surroundings. It is intended to be.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle which is fixedly supported at a rear portion of a vehicle and reflects a reflected image of a lower rear portion of the vehicle through a rear window panel. In the support structure of the rear under mirror to be viewed, on the upper peripheral edge of the rear window panel,
A stay portion extending from the rear under mirror toward the vehicle body is attached via a base end, and a stay portion of the rear under mirror is in contact with a rear portion of the vehicle to hold the rear under mirror. It features a rear under mirror support structure with a body.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the rear under mirror is provided on the stay portion of the rear under mirror even if the rear under mirror is vibrated around the base end portion due to vibration from the vehicle. The elastic body contacts the rear portion of the vehicle and holds the rear under mirror.

Therefore, the rear under mirror can be effectively damped, and the visibility of the rear under mirror is prevented from being impaired.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a support structure of a rear under-mirror fixedly supported at a rear portion of a vehicle and allowing a reflected image of a lower rear portion of the vehicle to be viewed through a rear window panel. A stay portion extending toward the vehicle body from the rear under mirror is attached to the upper peripheral edge of the panel so as to be rotatable up and down via a base end portion, and a stay portion of the rear under mirror is attached to the stay portion of the rear under mirror. And a rear under mirror support structure provided with an elastic body which is in contact with a rear portion of the vehicle and holds the rear under mirror.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, even when the rear under-mirror interferes with the surroundings, the under-mirror turns up and down to mount the rear under-mirror of the vehicle. Since the elastic body provided on the stay portion of the rear under mirror abuts on the rear portion of the vehicle and holds the rear under mirror, the rear under mirror may abut on the rear window panel. There is no.

According to the third aspect of the present invention,
The said elastic body provided each with the contact prevention part which prevents the contact of the said rear under mirror with the said vehicle rear part, and the vibration-proof part which absorbs the vibration of the rotation direction of this rear under mirror. A rear under mirror support structure according to 1 or 2 is characterized.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the rear under-mirror interferes with the surroundings of the rear under-mirror, the contact-preventing portion provided on the elastic body moves the rear under-mirror to the rear portion of the vehicle. Interference is prevented.

Further, the vibration in the rotation direction of the rear under mirror is absorbed by the vibration isolator provided on the elastic body. Therefore, visibility of the lower rear portion of the vehicle is good.

Further, according to the present invention, the contact preventing portion is provided inside the cylindrical vibration isolating portion.
The rear under mirror support structure according to claim 3, wherein the rear under mirror support structure is provided so as to be located at a concentric position.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the contact preventing portion is provided in the cylindrical vibration isolating portion at a concentric position. The corresponding contact prevention part is hidden by the anti-vibration part and cannot be seen. Therefore, the appearance quality is good.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention,
The rear under-mirror support structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a longitudinal direction of the elastic body is substantially coincident with a direction in which the elastic body is viewed from behind the vehicle.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the longitudinal direction of the elastic body substantially coincides with the direction of the rear view from inside the vehicle.

For this reason, the elastic body does not hinder the rear view, and the rear visibility can be improved.

[0023]

Embodiment 1 Hereinafter, Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The same or equivalent parts as those in the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals and described.

FIGS. 1 to 7 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
First, the configuration will be described. In the first embodiment,
The rear under mirror 10 is used for the rear door frame 3 of the vehicle 2.
This is for visually recognizing a reflected image of the lower rear portion of the vehicle from the driver's seat mainly in the vehicle cabin through the rear window panel 4 fitted to the vehicle.

The rear under mirror 10 is fixedly supported at the rear of the vehicle 2. That is, in the rear under mirror 10, a substantially round bar-shaped stay portion 12 is attached to the rear door frame 3 via the base end portion 11. The mirror body 7 is attached to a stay tip 12c extending from the base end 11 toward the lower rear part of the vehicle.

The mirror main body 7 is substantially downwardly
And is variably pivotally attached to the distal end 12c via a mounting shaft 7a so as to be held at a predetermined angle with respect to the stay portion 12.

The base end portion 11 has a metal mounting base member 13 which is fixed to a substantially upper center position of the rear door frame 3 which is an upper peripheral edge of the rear window panel 4.

The mounting base member 13 has a stay insertion opening 1 into which the vehicle body side end 12a of the stay portion 12 is inserted.
4 are formed.

A rotating shaft member 15 for rotatably supporting the inserted stay body side end 12a in the up-down direction is inserted through the mounting base member 13 along a substantially horizontal direction. I have.

The peripheral edge portion of the mounting base member 13 is in contact with the front side of the rear door frame 3 and is fixed by a screw member 16 or the like to be inserted.
Are formed.

A substantially central portion 12b of the stay portion 12 of the rear under mirror 10 is in contact with the rear portion of the vehicle,
An elastic body 18 for holding the rear under mirror 10 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, the stay 18 is attached to the upper end of an elastic body 18a made of rubber.
A stay locking groove 18b for locking the substantially central portion 12b is integrally formed in such a shape that the upper portion is opened by a predetermined amount and the substantially central portion 12b can be fitted.

Further, the elastic body 18 includes the elastic body 1.
8a, a substantially cylindrical contact prevention portion 18 extending downward from
c is formed integrally.

The length of the contact preventing portion 18c is such that even if the stay portion 12 is pivoted downward about the pivot shaft member 15, the rear under-mirror 10 at the rear of the vehicle at the rear portion thereof. It is formed in such a size that contact with the window panel 4 is prevented.

An anti-vibration portion 18d for absorbing vibration of the rear under mirror 10 in the rotation direction is provided around the contact preventing portion 18c.

The vibration isolator 18d is connected to the elastic body 18
From the lower part a, it is longer than the contact prevention part 18c and is integrally formed so as to have a substantially cylindrical shape.

Then, as shown in FIG. 1, the lower end of the vibration isolator 18b is brought into contact with a portion of the rear window panel 4 outside the wiping range 20 of the rear wiper 19, so that the mirror body 7 is in a normal state. The mirror surface portion 8a is configured to be held at a position such that the lower rear portion of the vehicle falls within a substantially visible range.

Further, in the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the contact preventing portion 18c is provided in the vibration isolating portion 18d at a concentric position.

Further, the vibration isolator 18d of the first embodiment
Is set to the state where the vibration-proof effect is highest for the mass and geometry of the vibration system. Specifically, the rigidity and the mounting position of the vibration isolator 18d of the elastic body 18 are set so that the natural frequency of the rear under mirror 10 cancels the main vibration generated by the vehicle 2.

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

In the first embodiment, the vibration generated by the vehicle 2 is caused by opening the rear door of the vehicle 2, that is, when the rear door frame 3 is turned upward,
Even if the zero stay portion 12 interferes with the periphery of the building, such as the ceiling, the stay portion 12 is absorbed by the vibration isolating portion 18d provided on the elastic body 18. For this reason, some vibrations are caused by the vibration isolator 18.
d, and the position of the mirror surface portion 8 of the rear under mirror 10 is stabilized, so that the visibility of the lower rear portion of the vehicle is good.

The rear under mirror 10 is mounted on the base 1
The stay portion 12 is turned up and down around a turning shaft member 15 provided on the first mounting base member 13, and is provided on an elastic body 18 provided on the stay portion 12 of the rear under mirror 10. The lower end of the contact preventing portion 18c contacts the rear window panel 4, as shown in FIG.

As described above, the lower end of the contact preventing portion 18c is
When the rear under mirror 10 is in contact with the rear window panel 4, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. Is blocked.

Therefore, the rear door frame 3 can be prevented from being deformed by the rear under mirror 10 interfering with the surroundings, and the mirror surface portion 8 of the rear under mirror 10 can be prevented.
There is no danger that the like will come into contact with the rear window panel 4.

Since the contact preventing portion 18c is provided at the concentric position in the cylindrical vibration isolating portion 18d, the contact preventing portion 18c is provided at the vibration isolating portion 18d. Hidden behind and invisible. Therefore, the appearance quality is good.

[0046]

Second Embodiment FIG. 8 shows a rear under mirror support structure which is a modification of the first embodiment.
Note that members that are the same as or equivalent to those in the first embodiment are given the same reference numerals and described.

In the rear under-mirror support structure according to the second embodiment, the position of the eyes when the driver turns around the longitudinal direction of the elastic body 18 while the driver is seated on the driver's seat inside the vehicle (see FIG. (Eye point: hereinafter abbreviated as EP).

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

In the second embodiment, the longitudinal direction of the elastic body 18 is configured to substantially coincide with the direction in which the interior of the vehicle is viewed from behind the EP.

Therefore, the viewing angle at which the elastic body 18 can be seen from the EP is small, so that it does not hinder the rear view, and further, the rear visibility can be improved.

Other configurations and operations are substantially the same as those of the first embodiment, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

[0052]

Third Embodiment FIG. 9 shows a rear under-mirror support structure according to a third embodiment of the present invention. Note that members that are the same as or equivalent to those in the first embodiment are given the same reference numerals and described.

In the elastic member 21 of the third embodiment, a substantially disc-shaped contact preventing portion 21c is provided below the elastic member main body 18a.
Are formed.

The length of the contact preventing portion 21c is such that the rear under mirror 10 is provided at the rear of the rear under mirror 10 even when the stay portion 12 is pivoted downward about the pivot shaft member 15. It is formed in such a size that contact with the window panel 4 is prevented.

Further, below the contact preventing portion 21c,
A substantially cylindrical vibration isolator 21d is formed so as to be integrated.

The anti-vibration portion 21d is formed so as to absorb the vibration of the rear under mirror 10 in the rotating direction, and in a normal state, the mirror surface portion 8a of the mirror body 7
At a position such that the lower rear portion of the vehicle falls within a substantially visible range.

Other structures and operations are substantially the same as those in the first embodiment, and therefore, description thereof is omitted.

As described above, the first to third embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the first to third embodiments, and the design may be changed without departing from the gist of the present invention. Even this is included in the present invention.

For example, in the first embodiment, the contact preventing portion 18c has a substantially cylindrical shape. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any shape and number such as a substantially prismatic shape may be used. It is only necessary to prevent the rear under mirror 10 from contacting the rear portion of the vehicle.

The vibration isolator 18d has a substantially cylindrical shape. However, the shape is not limited to this. For example, the vibration isolator 18d may have any shape and quantity such as a substantially rectangular tube shape. What is necessary is just to absorb vibration in the moving direction.

Further, in the first embodiment, the rear window panel 4
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any location may be used as long as the rear under mirror 10 is held in contact with the rear part of the vehicle, such as the rear door frame 3.

[0062]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, even if the rear under mirror vibrates around the base end due to the vibration from the vehicle,
An elastic body provided on a stay portion of the rear under mirror contacts the rear portion of the vehicle and holds the rear under mirror.

Therefore, the vibration of the rear under mirror can be effectively prevented, and the visibility of the rear under mirror is prevented from being hindered.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, even when the rear under-mirror interferes with the surroundings, the under-mirror is turned up and down to define a portion of the vehicle where the rear under-mirror is mounted. While preventing deformation, the elastic body provided on the stay part of the rear under mirror,
Since the rear under mirror is held in contact with the rear portion of the vehicle, there is no possibility that the rear under mirror contacts the rear window panel.

In the third aspect,
The contact preventing portion provided on the elastic body prevents the rear under mirror from interfering with the rear portion of the vehicle when the rear under mirror interferes with the surroundings.

Further, the vibration in the rotating direction of the rear under mirror is absorbed by the vibration isolator provided on the elastic body. Therefore, visibility of the lower rear portion of the vehicle is good.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the contact preventing portion is provided inside the cylindrical vibration isolating portion.
Since it is provided so as to be located at a concentric position, the corresponding contact preventing portion is hidden by the vibration isolating portion and cannot be seen. Therefore, the appearance quality is good.

In the fifth aspect,
The longitudinal direction of the elastic body is configured so as to substantially coincide with the direction of the rearward view from inside the vehicle.

For this reason, the elastic body does not hinder the rear view, and the rear visibility can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a rear under-mirror support structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention and illustrating an overall configuration.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a rear under mirror support structure according to the first embodiment, taken along a line AA in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a rear under mirror support structure according to the first embodiment and illustrating a normal state at a position along line BB in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the rear under-mirror support structure according to the first embodiment and illustrating a contact state at a position along line BB in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a rear under mirror support structure according to the first embodiment, taken along a line CC in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the rear under mirror support structure of the first embodiment, taken along a line DD in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing the rear under mirror support structure of the first embodiment, taken along a line EE in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a side view illustrating a rear under mirror support structure according to a second embodiment, illustrating an overall configuration, and illustrating an arrangement position and an angle of an elastic body.

FIG. 9 is a side view illustrating a rear under mirror support structure according to a third embodiment, illustrating an overall configuration, and illustrating an arrangement position and an angle of an elastic body.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of a main part showing a conventional rear under mirror support structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 2 vehicle 3 rear door frame 4 rear window panel 10 rear under mirror 11 base end 12 stay section 18, 21 elastic body 18c, 21c contact prevention section 18d, 21d anti-vibration section

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A support structure for a rear under mirror fixedly supported at a rear portion of a vehicle and visually confirming a reflected image at a lower rear portion of the vehicle through a rear window panel, wherein an upper peripheral edge of the rear window panel includes a rear under mirror. The rear under mirror is provided with an elastic body that abuts on the rear of the vehicle and holds the rear under mirror. A rear under mirror support structure, characterized in that: 2. A rear under mirror support structure fixedly supported at a rear portion of a vehicle and allowing a reflected image of a lower rear portion of the vehicle to be visually recognized through a rear window panel. A stay portion extending toward the vehicle body from the rear under mirror is attached via a base end portion so as to be freely rotatable in a vertical direction. A rear under-mirror support structure comprising an elastic body for holding the under-mirror. 3. The elastic body includes a contact preventing portion for preventing the rear under mirror from contacting the rear portion of the vehicle, and a vibration isolating portion for absorbing vibration of the rear under mirror in a rotating direction. The rear under mirror support structure according to claim 1, wherein the support structure is provided. 4. The rear under-mirror support structure according to claim 3, wherein said contact preventing portion is provided at a concentric position in said cylindrical vibration isolating portion. 5. The rear under-mirror support structure according to claim 1, wherein a longitudinal direction of the elastic body substantially coincides with a direction in which the elastic body is viewed from behind the vehicle.