Koito Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

Yoshihide Yoshida

Atsushi Yamada

Tadayuki Okuda

Masaki Hagiwara

A synthetic resin part integrally formed with metal members manufactured by the steps of integrally forming a plurality of metal member sets through coupling portions, each of the metal member sets comprising a plurality of kinds of metal members, inserting the metal member sets into the molding dyes of a forming machine, injecting synthetic resin for molding into the molding dye, forming a synthetic resin part integrally formed with metal members in sequence to form a synthetic resin part continuum where a plurality of synthetic resin parts are connected, and cutting off the coupling portions to complete the manufacture of the plurality of synthetic resin parts.

Synthetic resin part integrally formed with metal members

A vanity mirror including: a mirror body arranged with a mirror; a cover turnably received by the mirror body so that it may be opened/closed relative to the mirror; and spring means for urging the cover in at least the closing direction. A shaft is fixedly received by one of the mirror body and the cover for receiving the other and is formed with a friction surface part having an enlarged coefficient of friction on the surface to be brought into sliding contact with the other.

Vanity mirror

Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a synthetic resin part integrally formed with metal members, including the steps of: integrally forming a plurality of metal member sets through coupling portions, each of the metal member sets including a plurality of coupled together metal members; inserting the metal member sets into the molding dies of a forming machine; injecting synthetic resin for molding into the molding die, and forming a synthetic resin part integrally formed with metal members in sequence to form a synthetic resin part continuum where a plurality of synthetic resin parts are connected; and cutting off the coupling portions to manufacture the plurality of synthetic resin parts, and a synthetic resin part manufactured according to the above-mentioned manufacturing method. With this manufacturing method, the assembling accuracy of the synthetic resin part to metal members is enhanced, there is no danger of unnecessary contact between metal members, and the time for assembling metal members is saved to contribute to cost reduction.

Method of manufacturing a synthetic resin part integrally formed with

A mounting structure for a vanity mirror includes two screw penetration holes formed in a lamp section of the vanity mirror; positive and negative contacts for supplying a light source in the lamp section with electricity, the positive and negative contacts being formed with through holes and being disposed such that each of the through holes formed in the positive and negative contacts is aligned with a corresponding one of the screw penetration holes of the lamp section; two contacts provided on a sun visor and connected to a power source, the sun visor-side contacts being formed with through holes and being positioned such that each of the through holes of the sun visor-side contacts is aligned with a corresponding one of the screw holes in bosses of the sun visor which are located at positions corresponding to the screw penetration holes of the lamp section; and two mounting screws made of a conductive material which are passed through the through holes of the contacts of the lamp section, the screw penetration holes of the vanity mirror and the through holes of the contacts on the sun visor, in this order, and are screwed to the screw holes in the sun visor, whereby the contacts of the lamp section and the contacts on the sun visors are electrically connected with each other through the mounting screws. Accordingly, the structure for supplying electricity to the lamp section of the vanity mirror is simplified.

Mounting structure for a vanity mirror

A vanity mirror with a pivotally mounted front cover that can be kept opened and closed via a coil spring force. A coil spring and a sliding piece are installed in the main casing of the vanity mirror, and the coil spring presses the sliding piece against a mounting lug of the front cover, thus the pivot-opened front cover is kept opened by the coil spring and the pivot-closed front cover is kept closed by the coil spring.

A covered illuminated vanity mirror including includes a mirror body, a mirror supported on the mirror body, and a cover for exposing and covering the front surface of the mirror and being pivotally mounted on the mirror body. A mounting lug is formed on the cover, and the mirror body is formed to define a space for receiving therein pivotally and movably the mounting lug of the cover. The mounting lug is further formed to have an end surface which is faced faces toward the a rear direction in the open exposed condition of the cover and another end surface which is faced toward the a rear direction in the closed covered condition of the cover. A spring member is received in a space in the mirror body and resiliently selectively engages with corresponding end surfaces of the mounting lug selectively.

Covered illuminated vanity mirror

A vanity mirror including a mirror body formed of a synthetic resin material, a mirror supported on the mirror body, and a lamp supported on the mirror body. The lamp is supported on a lamp body which is supported in an opening formed in the mirror body. The lamp body is also formed of a synthetic resin material, but the temperature of heat resistant thereof is higher than that of the material of the mirror body. A lens formed of a synthetic resin material covers the front opening of the lamp body.

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Shimizu, Japan

Yoshihide Yoshida