WO2005007455A1 - Mechanism for adjusting the mirror of an automotive outside mirror assembly - Google Patents

Mechanism for adjusting the mirror of an automotive outside mirror assembly Download PDF

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WO2005007455A1
WO2005007455A1 PCT/KR2003/001615 KR0301615W WO2005007455A1 WO 2005007455 A1 WO2005007455 A1 WO 2005007455A1 KR 0301615 W KR0301615 W KR 0301615W WO 2005007455 A1 WO2005007455 A1 WO 2005007455A1
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Hyuk-Joon Ro
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Pro Quip International Korea Co., Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R1/00—Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
    • B60R1/02—Rear-view mirror arrangements
    • B60R1/06—Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior
    • B60R1/062—Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior with remote control for adjusting position
    • B60R1/064—Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior with remote control for adjusting position by manually powered actuators
    • B60R1/066—Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior with remote control for adjusting position by manually powered actuators for adjusting the mirror relative to its housing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R1/00—Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
    • B60R1/02—Rear-view mirror arrangements
    • B60R1/06—Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior
    • B60R1/062—Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior with remote control for adjusting position

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  • the present invention relates to a mirror adjusting apparatus of an outside mirror assembly for vehicles, more particularly to a manual mirror adjusting apparatus, which supports and adjusts a mirror installed in the outside mirror assembly, of the outside mirror assembly for vehicles.
  • an outside mirror assembly for vehicles is one of parts installed at both sides of forward areas of front doors of a vehicle body, and makes a driver to look at a traffic condition of a rear of the right and left side without averting his neck.
  • the outside mirror assembly is composed of a housing and an adjusting apparatus formed in the housing, and the driver adjusts a mirror in the direction of a top, bottom, right and left by handling the adjusting apparatus.
  • the mirror-adjusting apparatus operating automatically or manually are already supplied.
  • the manual mirror-adjusting apparatus adjusts the mirror in the housing using a lever or a cable.
  • Such a manual mirror-adjusting apparatus has a problem that the mirror is vibrated by vibration of the vehicle body.
  • Another type of the manual mirror-adjusting apparatus is in the manner of using a couple of balls and a socket, and of installing parts such as a pivot cup, a spring and a spring retainer, compressively.
  • the latter method is better than the former method in the point of adjustability and a slimed structure.
  • the latter method still has problems that its mirror is vibrated and assembling of the components is complicated. That is, the common manual mirror-adjusting apparatus is of poor adjustability due to a complicated structure, and of poor assemblability and expensive for assembling cost due to numerous parts.
  • a compressively connected structure of the pivot cup, the spring and the spring retainer has an inferior connectability, a distortion by the vibration of the mirror remarkably increases and a durability of the connecting structure decreases due to a vibration of a vehicle body.
  • the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art. It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a mirror-adjusting apparatus that an assembling efficiency remarkably increases when components of the mirror-adjusting apparatus are compressively mounted from one side of the apparatus, because the apparatus has a structure for easy assembling and an adjustability of the mirror is remarkably improved, and by minimizing the number of the components a manufacturing cost of the apparatus decreases. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a mirror-adjusting apparatus that by reinforcing a connectability of a compressively connected structure of a pivot cup, a spring and a spring retainer, a distortion by the vibration of the mirror
  • a mirror assembly comprises a mirror installed on both sides of front doors of a vehicle body and fixed to a housing and a mirror case in the front opened area of the housing; a handle connected in the mirror case through a load and formed in the vehicle body, and a mirror- adjusting apparatus formed inside of the housing, and has a characteristic in that the mirror- adjusting apparatus comprises: a base fixed on a bracket formed in the housing of the mirror assembly, and comprising a partially global shaped middle portion, em opening formed on the center of the middle portion, and a channel formed on the outer surface and extended from the opening to the peripheral surface of the middle portion; a pivot link installed closely on a concave of the middle portion of the base, having a partially global shaped portion, and comprising a circular opening formed in the center of the partially global shaped portion, a rib formed on the peripheral surface of the partially global shaped portion and corresponding to the channel of the base, and a channel extended on the inner surface of the partially global
  • the spring retainer further comprises a guide portion guiding a rotating direction of the connecting protrusion of the pivot cup hung rotationally in the connecting groove portion.
  • an assembling efficiency remarkably increases when components of the mirror-adjusting apparatus are compressively mounted from one side of the apparatus, since the mirror-adjusting apparatus has a structure for easy assembling, an adjustability of the mirror is remarkably improved, and a manufacturing cost of the apparatus decreases by minimizing the number of the components.
  • by reinforcing a connectability of a compressively connected structure of a pivot cup, a spring and a spring retainer a durability of the compressively connected structure is improved, and the compressively connected structure of a manual mirror-adjusting apparatus is slimmed.
  • Fig 1 is a front view showing a status that a general outside mirror assembly is installed at one side of the vehicle
  • Fig 2 is a cross sectional view showing a mirror assembly cut by II - II line of the Fig 1
  • Fig 3 is an exploded cross sectional view of a mirror-adjusting apparatus according to the present invention
  • Fig 4a is a plane view of a spring retainer of the present invention taken in the direction of arrow A of Fig 3
  • Fig 4b is a plane view of a spring retainer of the present invention taken in the direction of arrow B of Fig 3
  • Fig 5 is a plane view of a base of the present invention taken in the direction of arrow B of Fig 3
  • Fig 6 is a plane view of a pivot link of the present invention taken in the direction ofarrow B ofFig 3
  • Fig 7 is a plane view of an adapter of the present invention taken in the direction of arrow A of Fig 3
  • Fig 8 is a plane view of a pivot cup of the present invention taken in the direction of arrow A of Fig 3
  • Fig 9 is a plane view showing a method of rotationally coupled structure of a connecting protrusion and a spring retainer of the present invention taken in the direction of arrow A of Fig 3
  • Fig. 2 to Fig. 9 shows a mirror-adjusting apparatus of an outside mirror assembly for vehicles according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig.
  • a mirror assembly 10 is installed at both sides of forward areas of front doors of a vehicle body, and comprises a housing 11, a mirror 12 fixed to a mirror case 13 in the front opening area of the housing 11, a handle 17 connected to the mirror case 13 through a load 16 and formed in a vehicle body, and a mirror- adjusting apparatus 15 formed inside of the housing 11.
  • the mirror-adjusting apparatus 15 of the present invention is formed inside of the housing 11 of the mirror assembly 10, and comprises a base 20, a pivot link 30, an adapter 40, a pivot cup 50, a spring 61 and a spring retainer 65.
  • the middle portion 21 of the base 20 is a partially globed shape.
  • An opening 22 is formed at the center of the middle portion 21 and corresponds to a free end portion of a post 51 of a pivot cup 50 (disclosed later).
  • a channel 23 is formed on the outer surface of the middle portion 21 and extended from the opening 22 to a peripheral surface of the middle portion 21
  • the pivot link 30 is installed on a concave of the middle portion 21 of the base 20
  • the pivot link 30 is a partially global shaped portion corresponding to the shape of the middle portion 21 of the base 20
  • a circular opening 31 is formed in the center of the partially global shaped portion
  • a rib 32 is formed on the outer surface of the partially global shaped portion and corresponds to the channel 23 of the base 20
  • a channel 33 is extended on the inner surface of the partially global shaped portion from the opening 31 to the peripheral surface of the partially global shaped portion in a perpendicular direction to the rib 32
  • the mirror 12 rotates restrictedly along with one axis of the mirror 12 (for example, a perpendicular axis of the mirror 12)
  • Fig 2, Fig 3 and Fig 7 the mirror 12 rotates restrictedly along with one axis of the mirror 12 (for example, a perpendicular axi
  • the mirror 12 rotates restrictedly along with another
  • a pivot cup 50 is closely installed on the mirror 12 (for example, a horizontal axis of the mirror 12).
  • the pivot cup 50 has a hemisphere 53 corresponding to the middle portion 41 of the adapter 40, a post 51 is extended from the center of the hemisphere 53 to the outside, and a connecting protrusion 52 is protruded from both sides of the free end portion of the post 51.
  • a connecting groove portion 62 is formed on the upper surface of a spring retainer 65, and a through hole 63 is formed from the lower surface of the spring retainer 65 to the groove portion 62, corresponding to the opening 22 of the base 20.
  • a guide portion 64 is formed on the upper space of the connecting groove portion 62 on the spring retainer 65, in order to guide a rotation direction of the connecting protrusion 52 of the pivot cup 50.
  • the spring retainer 65 and the post 51 of the pivot cup 50 are connected in a rotational manner.
  • the guide portion 64 of the spring retainer 65 guides a rotating direction of the connecting protrusion 52 of the post 51.
  • a mirror case 13 rotates
  • a mirror 12 is adjusted with a proper direction.
  • a base 20 of a mirror-adjusting apparatus 14 is fixed consistently, and a pivot link 30 and an adapter 40 rotates along with perpendicular axis by a rib 32 of the pivot link 30 and a channel 23 of the base 20, the mirror 12 rotates restrictedly along with perpendicular axis.
  • the adapter 40 rotates along with horizontal axis due to a channel 33 of the pivot link 30 and a rib 43, the mirror 12 restrictedly rotates along with horizontal axis.
  • the prior mirror-adjusting apparatus has problems that a prescribed distance (moment arm distance) exists between a rear surface of a mirror and a rotating point of the mirror, thereby a vibration and a dead weight of a vehicle body are transferred to a mirror and the mirror is vibrated and an adjustability of the mirror is remarkably deteriorated.
  • the present invention has a structure that the adapter 40 is adhered closely to a rear surface of the mirror 12, thereby the center of the middle portion 41 of the adapter 40, which is a pivoting point 70 of the mirror 12, is defined on the rear surface of the mirror 12 and a moment arm distance is near to zero, thereby a vibration of the mirror 12 is remarkably diminished and an adjustability of the mirror is remarkably improved.
  • the present invention has a restricting function, by a single pivot link 30, that the mirror 12 rotates only along with a perpendicular axis and a horizontal axis, the number of parts needed to a mirror assembly is diminished, thereby an assemblability is improved and a manufacturing cost is reduced. Further, since the mirror-adjusting apparatus according to the present invention

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a mirror adjusting apparatus supporting and adjusting a mirror installed in the outside mirror assembly for vehicles. The present invention comprises a base fixed on a bracket formed in the housing of the mirror assembly, a pivot link installed on a concave of the middle portion of the base, an adaptor installed closely on the inner surface of the pivot link, a pivot cup installed closely on the inner surface of the adapter, a spring retainer comprising a through hole formed on the middle portion and corresponding to the opening of the base, and a connecting groove portion installed on the upper surface of a spring retainer, and a spring connected compressively between the rear surface of the middle portion of the base and the spring retainer.

Description

MECHANISM FOR ADJUSTING THE MIRROR OF AN AUTOMOTIVE OUTSIDE MIRROR ASSEMBLY
Technical Field The present invention relates to a mirror adjusting apparatus of an outside mirror assembly for vehicles, more particularly to a manual mirror adjusting apparatus, which supports and adjusts a mirror installed in the outside mirror assembly, of the outside mirror assembly for vehicles.
Background Art Generally, an outside mirror assembly for vehicles is one of parts installed at both sides of forward areas of front doors of a vehicle body, and makes a driver to look at a traffic condition of a rear of the right and left side without averting his neck. The outside mirror assembly is composed of a housing and an adjusting apparatus formed in the housing, and the driver adjusts a mirror in the direction of a top, bottom, right and left by handling the adjusting apparatus. Several types of the mirror-adjusting apparatus operating automatically or manually are already supplied. Conventionally, the manual mirror-adjusting apparatus adjusts the mirror in the housing using a lever or a cable. Such a manual mirror-adjusting apparatus has a problem that the mirror is vibrated by vibration of the vehicle body. Another type of the manual mirror-adjusting apparatus is in the manner of using a couple of balls and a socket, and of installing parts such as a pivot cup, a spring and a spring retainer, compressively. The latter method is better than the former method in the point of adjustability and a slimed structure. However, the latter method still has problems that its mirror is vibrated and assembling of the components is complicated. That is, the common manual mirror-adjusting apparatus is of poor adjustability due to a complicated structure, and of poor assemblability and expensive for assembling cost due to numerous parts. Further, since a compressively connected structure of the pivot cup, the spring and the spring retainer has an inferior connectability, a distortion by the vibration of the mirror remarkably increases and a durability of the connecting structure decreases due to a vibration of a vehicle body.
Disclosure of the Invention Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art. It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a mirror-adjusting apparatus that an assembling efficiency remarkably increases when components of the mirror-adjusting apparatus are compressively mounted from one side of the apparatus, because the apparatus has a structure for easy assembling and an adjustability of the mirror is remarkably improved, and by minimizing the number of the components a manufacturing cost of the apparatus decreases. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a mirror-adjusting apparatus that by reinforcing a connectability of a compressively connected structure of a pivot cup, a spring and a spring retainer, a distortion by the vibration of the mirror
remarkably decreases, a durability of the compressively connected structure is improved, and the compressively connected structure of a manual mirror-adjusting apparatus is
slimmed. In order to accomplish the objects, a mirror assembly according to the present invention comprises a mirror installed on both sides of front doors of a vehicle body and fixed to a housing and a mirror case in the front opened area of the housing; a handle connected in the mirror case through a load and formed in the vehicle body, and a mirror- adjusting apparatus formed inside of the housing, and has a characteristic in that the mirror- adjusting apparatus comprises: a base fixed on a bracket formed in the housing of the mirror assembly, and comprising a partially global shaped middle portion, em opening formed on the center of the middle portion, and a channel formed on the outer surface and extended from the opening to the peripheral surface of the middle portion; a pivot link installed closely on a concave of the middle portion of the base, having a partially global shaped portion, and comprising a circular opening formed in the center of the partially global shaped portion, a rib formed on the peripheral surface of the partially global shaped portion and corresponding to the channel of the base, and a channel extended on the inner surface of the partially global shaped portion in a perpendicular direction to the rib; an adaptor installed closely on the inner surface of the pivot link, and comprising a partially global shaped middle portion, a plane portion formed at the outside of the middle portion, and a rib formed on the outer surface of the partially global shaped middle portion and corresponding to the channel of the pivot link, wherein the plane portion is closely connected to the rear surface of the mirror; a pivot cup installed closely on the inner surface of the adapter, and comprising a hemisphere corresponding to the middle portion of the adapter, a post extended from the center of the hemisphere to the outside, and a connecting protrusion protruded from both sides of the free end portion of the post; a spring retainer comprising a through hole formed on the middle portion corresponding to the opening of the base, and a connecting groove portion installed on the upper surface of the spring retainer and connected with the connecting protrusion of the pivot cup; and a spring connected compressively between the rear surface of the middle portion of the base and the spring retainer. Preferably, the spring retainer further comprises a guide portion guiding a rotating direction of the connecting protrusion of the pivot cup hung rotationally in the connecting groove portion. According to the present invention, an assembling efficiency remarkably increases when components of the mirror-adjusting apparatus are compressively mounted from one side of the apparatus, since the mirror-adjusting apparatus has a structure for easy assembling, an adjustability of the mirror is remarkably improved, and a manufacturing cost of the apparatus decreases by minimizing the number of the components. Further, according to the present invention, by reinforcing a connectability of a compressively connected structure of a pivot cup, a spring and a spring retainer, a durability of the compressively connected structure is improved, and the compressively connected structure of a manual mirror-adjusting apparatus is slimmed.
Brief Description of the Drawings The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig 1 is a front view showing a status that a general outside mirror assembly is installed at one side of the vehicle, Fig 2 is a cross sectional view showing a mirror assembly cut by II - II line of the Fig 1, Fig 3 is an exploded cross sectional view of a mirror-adjusting apparatus according to the present invention, Fig 4a is a plane view of a spring retainer of the present invention taken in the direction of arrow A of Fig 3, Fig 4b is a plane view of a spring retainer of the present invention taken in the direction of arrow B of Fig 3,
Fig 5 is a plane view of a base of the present invention taken in the direction of arrow B of Fig 3, Fig 6 is a plane view of a pivot link of the present invention taken in the direction ofarrow B ofFig 3, Fig 7 is a plane view of an adapter of the present invention taken in the direction of arrow A of Fig 3,
Fig 8 is a plane view of a pivot cup of the present invention taken in the direction of arrow A of Fig 3, and Fig 9 is a plane view showing a method of rotationally coupled structure of a connecting protrusion and a spring retainer of the present invention taken in the direction of arrow A of Fig 3 Preferred Embodiments of the invention Hereinafter, preferred embodiment of the present invention is described referring to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. Fig. 2 to Fig. 9 shows a mirror-adjusting apparatus of an outside mirror assembly for vehicles according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, a mirror assembly 10 is installed at both sides of forward areas of front doors of a vehicle body, and comprises a housing 11, a mirror 12 fixed to a mirror case 13 in the front opening area of the housing 11, a handle 17 connected to the mirror case 13 through a load 16 and formed in a vehicle body, and a mirror- adjusting apparatus 15 formed inside of the housing 11. As shown in Fig. 2, the mirror-adjusting apparatus 15 of the present invention is formed inside of the housing 11 of the mirror assembly 10, and comprises a base 20, a pivot link 30, an adapter 40, a pivot cup 50, a spring 61 and a spring retainer 65. As shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 5, as a plurality of connecting holes 24 are formed in the peripheral surface of the base 20, and a connecting means (not disclosed) is connected to the connecting holes 24, the base 20 is fixed on a bracket 14 formed in the housing 11 of the mirror assembly 10. The middle portion 21 of the base 20 is a partially globed shape. An opening 22 is formed at the center of the middle portion 21 and corresponds to a free end portion of a post 51 of a pivot cup 50 (disclosed later). Further, a channel 23 is formed on the outer surface of the middle portion 21 and extended from the opening 22 to a peripheral surface of the middle portion 21 As shown in Fig 2, Fig 3 and Fig 6, the pivot link 30 is installed on a concave of the middle portion 21 of the base 20 The pivot link 30 is a partially global shaped portion corresponding to the shape of the middle portion 21 of the base 20 A circular opening 31 is formed in the center of the partially global shaped portion A rib 32 is formed on the outer surface of the partially global shaped portion and corresponds to the channel 23 of the base 20 A channel 33 is extended on the inner surface of the partially global shaped portion from the opening 31 to the peripheral surface of the partially global shaped portion in a perpendicular direction to the rib 32 As the rib 32 of the pivot link 30 and the channel 23 of the base 20 are connected corresponding to each other, the mirror 12 rotates restrictedly along with one axis of the mirror 12 (for example, a perpendicular axis of the mirror 12) As shown Fig 2, Fig 3 and Fig 7, the adapter 40 is installed on the inner surface of the pivot link 30 A partially global middle portion 41 is formed in the center of the adapter 40, and a plane portion 42 is formed at the outside of the middle portion 41 The middle portion 41 of the adapter 40 corresponds to the inner surface of the pivot link 30, and a rib 43, which corresponds to the channel 33 of the pivot link 30, is formed on the outer surface of the middle portion 41 Further, a plurality of through holes 44 are formed in the portion close to the peripheral surface of the adapter corresponding to the connecting hole 24 Each connecting means is connected to each connecting hole 24 of the base 20 through each through hole 44 The plane portion 42 of the adapter 40 is closely connected with a rear surface of the mirror 12
As the channel 33 of the pivot link 30 and the rib 43 of the adapter 40 are connected corresponding to each other, the mirror 12 rotates restrictedly along with another
axis of the mirror 12 (for example, a horizontal axis of the mirror 12). As shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 8, a pivot cup 50 is closely installed on the
inner surface of the adapter 40. The pivot cup 50 has a hemisphere 53 corresponding to the middle portion 41 of the adapter 40, a post 51 is extended from the center of the hemisphere 53 to the outside, and a connecting protrusion 52 is protruded from both sides of the free end portion of the post 51. As shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4a and Fig. 4b, a connecting groove portion 62 is formed on the upper surface of a spring retainer 65, and a through hole 63 is formed from the lower surface of the spring retainer 65 to the groove portion 62, corresponding to the opening 22 of the base 20. Further, a guide portion 64 is formed on the upper space of the connecting groove portion 62 on the spring retainer 65, in order to guide a rotation direction of the connecting protrusion 52 of the pivot cup 50. In order to connect the spring 61 compressively to the rear surface of the middle portion 21 of the base 20, the spring retainer 65 and the post 51 of the pivot cup 50 are connected in a rotational manner. As shown in Fig. 9, as the post 51 and the connecting protrusion 52 of the pivot cup 50 is inserted into the through hole 63 of the spring retainer 65 and the connecting protrusion 52 is hung rotationally in the connecting groove portion 62 of the spring retainer 65, such a rotating connection of the spring retainer 65 and the post 51 of the pivot cup 50 is achieved. Here, the guide portion 64 of the spring retainer 65 guides a rotating direction of the connecting protrusion 52 of the post 51. Hereinafter, an operating process of the mirror adjusting apparatus according to
the present embodiment is disclosed. When a driver handles a handle 17 in the vehicle body, a mirror case 13 rotates
through a load 16 connected to the handle 17, and a mirror 12 is adjusted with a proper direction. Here, as a base 20 of a mirror-adjusting apparatus 14 is fixed consistently, and a pivot link 30 and an adapter 40 rotates along with perpendicular axis by a rib 32 of the pivot link 30 and a channel 23 of the base 20, the mirror 12 rotates restrictedly along with perpendicular axis. Further, since the adapter 40 rotates along with horizontal axis due to a channel 33 of the pivot link 30 and a rib 43, the mirror 12 restrictedly rotates along with horizontal axis. Generally, the prior mirror-adjusting apparatus has problems that a prescribed distance (moment arm distance) exists between a rear surface of a mirror and a rotating point of the mirror, thereby a vibration and a dead weight of a vehicle body are transferred to a mirror and the mirror is vibrated and an adjustability of the mirror is remarkably deteriorated. In order to overcome the above problems, the present invention has a structure that the adapter 40 is adhered closely to a rear surface of the mirror 12, thereby the center of the middle portion 41 of the adapter 40, which is a pivoting point 70 of the mirror 12, is defined on the rear surface of the mirror 12 and a moment arm distance is near to zero, thereby a vibration of the mirror 12 is remarkably diminished and an adjustability of the mirror is remarkably improved. Further, since the present invention has a restricting function, by a single pivot link 30, that the mirror 12 rotates only along with a perpendicular axis and a horizontal axis, the number of parts needed to a mirror assembly is diminished, thereby an assemblability is improved and a manufacturing cost is reduced. Further, since the mirror-adjusting apparatus according to the present invention
has a structure that each component is compressively installed from one end of the apparatus, and the pivot cup 50 and the spring retainer 65 are rotationally connected, a compressively connected structure of the pivot cup 50, the spring 61 and the spring retainer 65 has a superior connectability compared with the prior art, thereby a distortion by the vibration of the mirror is remarkably decreased and a durability of the compressively connected structure is improved. Further, due to a reinforcement of the connectability of the pivot cup 50, the spring 61 and the spring retainer 65, the compressively connected structure of the base 20, the pivot link 30, the adapter 40 and the spring 61 is slimmed. While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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What is claimed is:
1. An outside mirror assembly for vehicles comprising: a mirror installed on both sides of front doors of a vehicle body and fixed to a housing and a mirror case in the front opened area of the housing; a handle connected to the mirror case through a load and formed in the vehicle body; and a mirror-adjusting apparatus formed inside of the housing, and characterized in that the mirror-adjusting apparatus comprises: a base fixed on a bracket formed in the housing of the mirror assembly, and comprising a partially global shaped middle portion, an opening formed on the center of the middle portion, and a channel formed on the outer surface of the middle portion and extended from the opening to an peripheral surface of the middle portion; a pivot link installed closely on a concave of the middle portion of the base, having a partially global shaped portion, and comprising a circular opening formed in the center of the partially global shaped portion, a rib formed on the outer surface of the partially global shaped portion and corresponding to the channel of the base, and a channel extended on the inner surface of the partially global shaped portion in the perpendicular direction to the rib; an adaptor installed closely on the inner surface of the pivot link, and comprising a partially global shaped middle portion, a plane portion formed at the outside of the
middle portion, and a rib formed on the outer surface of the partially global shaped middle portion and corresponding to the channel of the pivot link, wherein the plane portion is closely connected to the rear surface of the mirror; a pivot cup installed closely on the inner surface of the adaptor, and comprising a hemisphere corresponding to the middle portion of the adaptor, a post extended from the
center of the hemisphere to the outside, and a connecting protrusion protruded from both sides of the free end portion of the post; a spring retainer comprising a through hole formed on the middle portion and corresponding to the opening of the base, and a connecting groove portion installed on the upper surface of a spring retainer and connected with the connecting protrusion of the pivot cup; and a spring connected compressively between the rear surface of the middle portion of the base and the spring retainer.
2. The mirror adjusting apparatus of the outside mirror assembly for vehicles according to claim 1, wherein the spring retainer further comprises a guide portion guiding a rotating direction of the connecting protrusion of the pivot cup hung rotationally in the connecting groove portion.
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