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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2001
Wataru Horio, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tadashi Ejiri, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshinobu Mizutani, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tadayoshi Kato, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masahide Inayama, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
In a door mirror in accordance with the present invention, at a connecting portion near a driver's seat or a passenger seat, an opposing portion which is a boundary between the connecting portion and a lid is exposed on the surface of a visor at a side toward the substantial rear of a vehicle. Therefore, even if steps are formed at the opposing portion and slight irregularities are thereby formed on the surface of the visor, air flow does not flow over the opposing portion, or orientation of air flow is not rapidly changed or turbulence is not generated over or below the opposing portion. In this way, noise such as wind noise generated near the connecting portion can be reduced or eliminated.