Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho

Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Denki Seisahusho

Morihiko Ogasawara

Junichi Nakaho

Takashi Yamada

Masato Sakamoto

Yoshio Tsujiuchi

Kenichi Hayashi

Shigeki Yoshida

Yoshihiro Kawai

Masaki Fujita

Bunji Inagaki

Koichi Ohno

Toshikazu Ichino

Shigeki KK Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho Yoshida

Masato KK Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho Sakamoto

Junichi KK Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho Nakaho

In a vehicle door mirror device, a bracket is divided into a frame and a case member. Thus, the frame and the like for a vehicle right side and for a vehicle left side can both hold a mirror at a vehicle rear side thereof. A mounting hole and a supporting hole of a case member are provided to be symmetrical with respect to a vertical plane which passes through a widthwise direction center of the case member. Thus, even if a common case member is used both for a vehicle right side and for a vehicle left side by left and right sides of the case member being reversed, the mounting hole of the case member can be mounted to the frame and the like for the vehicle right side and the vehicle left side.

Vehicle mirror assembly

A mirror surface angle adjusting device is provided which can be used at both left and right outer mirror devices of a vehicle. At a mirror driving unit, positional relationships between respective points (fulcrum of swinging A and A first adjusting points B and B second adjusting points C and C first mounting points D and D second mounting points E and E and third mounting points F and F ) are set such that the points have line symmetry with respect to 45&deg; direction reference lines P P Accordingly, from a functional standpoint as well, there are no obstacles at a time of mounting, and as a result, a same type of mirror driving unit can be used at both a left door mirror device and a right door mirror device.

Mirror surface angle adjusting device

A mirror surface angle detector which can be used in common with a mirror surface angle adjusting device of a mirror. The mirror surface angle of the mirror is adjusted by oscillation of the mirror by the mirror surface angle adjusting device. The mirror surface angle detector for detecting the mirror surface angle of the mirror is provided separately from the mirror surface angle adjusting device, and is incorporated into the mirror surface angle adjusting device such that engagement claws provided at the mirror surface angle detector engage with engagement holes provided at the mirror surface angle adjusting device. When the mirror surface angle detector is removed from the mirror surface angle adjusting device, the mirror surface angle adjusting device can also be used in a type of vehicle which does not have a mirror surface angle detector in the mirror surface angle adjusting device. Therefore, vehicles of different types can make common use of the mirror surface angle adjusting device.

Mirror surface angle adjusting device and mirror surface angle detector for a vehicle

In a mirror surface angle adjusting device of the present invention, supplying terminals of a connector is inserted into insertion holes of a case thereby electric power is supplied to a motor within the case. Thus the motor is driven to adjust the mirror surface angle of the mirror body. A closing plate of the connector substantially closes the interior of first waterproofing walls provided on a periphery of the insertion holes. A second water proofing wall is provided at the connector. In this way, it is possible to suppress entering of water into the first waterproofing walls.

Mounting structure of base and base cover in door mirror for automobile

A mirror assembly for use in an automobile having a water drops removing apparatus. A mirror glass is held by a back holder which includes a flange engaging a front surface of an edge of the mirror glass. The flange has a plurality of projections extending from the flange to contact the glass surface. The projections maintain a predetermined gap between the inner surface of the flange and the glass surface so that the pumping action and cavitation of the water drops in the gap are prevented.

Mirror assembly for use in automobile having water drops removing

Supersonic water-drop-removing mirror assembly and water removing method has a periphery of the double-walled vibrating unit sandwiched by the mirror holder from fore and backside at predetermined points on nodes of generated standing wave. The mirror holder has projections in point contact with the backside of double-walled vibrating unit at predetermined points corresponding to nodes of the standing wave in central portion of double-walled vibrating unit. The projections are formed of an elastic material which absorbs vibration. The mirror plate is first vibrated by the supersonic vibrator with its vibration frequency set at a first level to remove water drops on a front surface of the mirror plate. Next, the vibration frequency of the supersonic vibrator is changed from the first level to a second level so that positions of nodes of standing wave to be generated by said supersonic vibrator are shifted. Subsequently, the mirror plate is vibrated again with the vibration frequency of the supersonic vibrator set at second level to remove the water drops which remain on the front surface of the mirror plate at positions of the nodes of the standing wave which were generated when the vibration frequency was set at the first level.

Supersonic water-drop-removing mirror assembly and water drop removing

A mirror case positioning device for holding the mirror case at least in a normal position, on one hand, and permitting the mirror case to lightly rotate between the normal position and a rest position. A first friction plate is secured on a lower face of a flange of a bracket for supporting the mirror case. A second friction plate as a resonance body is secured on an upper face of a flange of a column mounted on a support. A vibration element is mounted on the upper face of the flange of the column so as to cooperate with the second friction plate. The vibration element is operated by a supersonic generator. When the supersonic generator is not operated, the first and second friction plates contact frictionally with each other so that the mirror case is held at a desired position including the normal position. On the contrary, when the supersonic generator is operated, the second friction plate is considerably vibrated so that the fiction between both friction plates are reduced, resulting in a light rotation of the mirror case.

Mirror case positioning device for door mirror of automobile

A mirror assembly including a mirror and a mirror holder for holding the mirror from behind. The mirror has chamfers formed in the fore and back peripheral corners of the mirror. The foreside chamfer is so dimensioned that a light ray incident upon the mirror and reflected by a reflective film at its outer periphery (the border between it and the inward edge of the backside chamfer) toward the outer periphery side of the mirror is incident upon the foreside chamfer for preventing glare. The backside chamfer is so dimensioned that a light ray incident upon the mirror and reflected by its outer peripheral side face toward the reflective film side is incident upon the backside chamfer for preventing glare of the light ray incident upon the mirror, the portion directed toward the mirror's outer periphery side is incident upon either chamfer. Since these chamfers, formed by grinding, are opaque and ground glass-like, respectively, the light ray reflected outward thereby is soft and free of glare.

Mirror assembly

A connecting structure for connecting a motor for driving the mirror main body of an automobile outside mirror assembly such as an electric door mirror and a fender mirror and the power source of the motor to each other. A driving unit accommodating the motor is provided on the rear side of the mirror main body in the mirror visor. A power cord extends from a battery installed on an automobile main body into the mirror visor. A connector containing power terminals is mounted on the top portion of the power cord. The connection terminals of the motor project outward through the through-holes from a rear wall of a unit case of the driving unit to the rear side of the driving unit. The connector has through-holes for allowing the connection terminals to pass therethrough. The connection terminals are inserted through the through-holes and connected with the power terminals in the connector. Projecting walls formed on the connector and the unit case are fitted into each other with a waterproofing member provided therebetween. The power terminals contained in the connector are held to extend in the direction perpendicular to the connection terminals of the motor.

Connecting structure for connecting motor for driving mirror main body

A rear view mirror assembly for a motor vehicle, includes a mirror holder for supporting a mirror body, an operating threaded shaft movable backward and forward along an approximate axial direction thereof in a mirror case, and a nut member connected with a driving device in the case. The holder is supported to be inclinable around a lateral and/or a vertical incline center axes with respect to the case. The head of the shaft is fitted in the fitting portion of the holder to be inclinable relative to the fitting portion. The screwed portion of the shaft is screwed in the nut member. The nut member has an annular projecting portion for sliding on a circumferential surface of the shaft. The specified portion of the shaft, which is positioned at the opposite side to the holder and away from the screwed portion, is penetrated through a through hole formed by the projecting portion to be movable backward and forward along the approximate axial direction of the shaft and inclinable therearound. By driving of the device, the nut member is rotated either backward or forward to move the shaft along the approximate axial direction thereof relative to the case and then to incline the holder relative to the case.

Rear view mirror assembly for motor vehicle

A door mirror assembly having a sealing arrangement between opposed faces of mirror stay and mirror case to seal a clearance therebetween. The sealing arrangement includes annular outer and inner flexible lip members projecting, respectively, from a curved end face of case in parallel and neighboring with each other. The outer lip member is slightly higher than the inner lip member to contact the opposed end face in a normal condition, that is, when centers of the curved end faces are concentrically arranged. When the center of the curved end face is erroneously arranged to be eccentric to the center of the curved end face so as to be too close to the stay, the inner lip comes to be in contact with the end face of the stay.

Door mirror assembly

An outer mirror for use in a motor vehicle is designed to prevent or attenuate chattering vibrations which a mirror holder holding a mirror produces against a mirror visor. This outer mirror assembly is provided with a first vibration-preventive member which is used in the mirror holder and with a second vibration-preventive member which is housed in a mirror visor and held in slidable contact with the first vibration-preventive member. The slidable surface of the first vibration-preventive member forms a curve which satisfies a condition that the inclination .alpha.' of the tangential line at each contact point of the two vibration-preventive members is always larger than the angle of friction .lambda. between the two vibration-preventive members. According to this structure, the first vibration-preventive member or the mirror holder is always given an outwardly acting force by the second vibration-preventive member which is provided with a spring. The force acting only in one direction assuredly prevents a mirror holder from producing chattering vibrations.

Outer mirror for motor vehicle

A connection arrangement for a mirror back supporting plate and a mirror support member in a mirror case for an automobile outer mirror assembly comprises a connecting portion of the mirror back supporting plate being held between a connecting portion of the mirror support member and a clutch member and these members being connected to each other by a connecting member. The connecting member extends through a through-hole of the clutch member and also through a through-hole of the mirror back supporting plate. After being passed through the through-holes, the connecting member is rotated 90 degrees about its axis so that it is mounted to the mirror back supporting plate. Therefore, the mirror back supporting plate and the mirror supporting member can be easily connected together.

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Aichi, Japan

Morihiko Ogasawara