JP2008302863A - Outside mirror device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an outside mirror device for a vehicle capable of preventing a vehicle body outside sheet and a cover body from strongly interfering with each other. <P>SOLUTION: A base member 32 is covered with a base cover body 40. The end 44A of the base cover body 40 is brought into contact with a door outer panel 12, and contacting pressure between the end 44A of the base cover body 40 and the door outer panel 12 is regulated by a regulation mechanism 50. Accordingly, the end 44A of the base cover body 40 and the door outer panel 12 contact with each other while the contacting pressure between them is regulated by the regulation mechanism 50. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle outer mirror device attached to the outside of a vehicle body.

  In a vehicle door mirror device, a structure in which a support base is attached to an outer reinforcement in a side door by fastening with bolts and nuts, and a base cover (cover body) is attached to the outside of the support base is known. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  However, in this conventional structure, since the outer periphery of the support base is disposed between the outer panel of the side door and the outer periphery of the base cover, it does not look good.

Here, if the outer periphery of the support base is accommodated inside the base cover, there is a possibility that the outer periphery of the base cover strongly interferes with the outer panel due to variations in the distance between the outer reinforcement and the outer panel.
JP-A-9-240374

  In view of the above fact, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle outer mirror device that can prevent strong interference between a vehicle body outer plate and a cover body.

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, an outer mirror device for a vehicle according to the present invention is attached to a vehicle body side, and a base member that supports the outer mirror, a base member that is provided on the base member, covers the base member, and contacts a vehicle body outer plate. It has a cover body and an adjusting means for adjusting a contact pressure between the cover body and the vehicle body outer plate.

  According to the vehicle outer mirror device of the first aspect of the present invention, the base member is covered with the cover body, the cover body is in contact with the vehicle body outer plate, and the contact pressure between the cover body and the vehicle body outer plate is reduced. It is adjusted by adjusting means. For this reason, the cover body and the vehicle body outer plate are in contact with each other while the contact pressure is adjusted by the adjusting means.

  A vehicle outer mirror device according to a second aspect of the present invention is the vehicle outer mirror device according to the first aspect, wherein the adjustment means is configured to apply the urging force of the urging means from the cover body to the vehicle body outer plate. The cover body is brought into contact with the vehicle body outer plate.

  According to the vehicle outer mirror device of the second aspect of the present invention, the adjustment means brings the cover body into contact with the vehicle body outer plate in a state where the urging force of the urging means is applied from the cover body to the vehicle body outer plate. Even if the relative position of the vehicle body outer plate relative to the vehicle body side attachment target of the base member varies, the variation is absorbed by the expansion and contraction of the biasing means, and the contact state between the cover body and the vehicle body outer plate is stably maintained.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the outer mirror device for a vehicle according to the second aspect of the present invention is the configuration according to the second aspect, wherein the adjusting means includes an upper part of the cover body in which the cover body is an upper side in the vertical direction of the apparatus and a lower side in the vertical direction of the apparatus. The cover body lower part is contacted by the biasing means, and the cover body lower part is biased by the biasing means to contact the vehicle body outer plate. It is characterized by having a structure.

  According to the vehicle outer mirror device of the present invention as set forth in claim 3, the adjusting means is divided into the cover body upper part which is the upper side in the apparatus vertical direction and the cover body lower part which is the lower side in the apparatus vertical direction. Since the upper part of the cover body and the lower part of the cover body are connected by the urging means and the lower part of the cover body is urged by the urging means and is in contact with the vehicle body outer plate, Even if the relative position of the vehicle body outer plate with respect to the mounting target varies, the variation is absorbed by the expansion and contraction of the biasing means between the upper part of the cover body and the lower part of the cover body, and the arrangement state of the upper part of the cover body is maintained. The contact state between the lower part of the body and the outer plate of the vehicle body is stably maintained.

  As described above, the vehicle outer mirror device according to the first aspect of the present invention has an excellent effect of preventing strong interference between the vehicle body outer plate and the cover body.

  According to the vehicle outer mirror device of the second aspect, the cover body and the vehicle body outer plate can be stably brought into contact with each other.

  According to the vehicle outer mirror device of the third aspect, there is an excellent effect that the lower part of the cover body and the outer plate of the vehicle body can be stably contacted while maintaining the arrangement state of the upper part of the cover body.

[First Embodiment]
A door mirror device 20 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In these drawings, an arrow FR appropriately shown indicates the vehicle front side, an arrow UP indicates the vehicle upper side, and an arrow IN indicates the vehicle width direction inner side.

  FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a door mirror device 20 as a vehicle outer mirror device, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view (2-2 in FIG. 1) of a main part in an assembled state of the door mirror device 20. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part in a vehicle employing the door mirror device 20.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the door mirror device 20 is provided in the vicinity of the corner portion at the upper front end of the side door 10 of the vehicle, that is, the front lower end portion of the window frame 18 of the door glass 16. As shown in FIG. 2, the side door 10 constitutes a door outer plate in which a door outer panel 12 as a vehicle body outer plate serves as a door body outer side portion, and a door inner panel (not shown) serves as a door body inner portion. A long door belt line outer reinforcement (hereinafter simply abbreviated as “outer reinforcement”) 14 as a mounting target member extends along the door belt line of the door outer panel 12. .

  The door outer panel 12 is formed in a substantially rectangular flat plate shape (see FIG. 3), and an opening 12A for attaching the door mirror device 20 is formed in the upper part of the front end shown in FIG. Further, the outer reinforcement 14 disposed on the door inner side of the door outer panel 12 is a high-strength and high-rigidity member for reinforcing the door upper portion, and a portion substantially corresponding to the opening 12A is formed from the opening 12A side. The tightening surface portion (vehicle mounting surface portion) 14A is formed in a slightly concave shape when viewed.

  The door mirror apparatus 20 shown by FIG. 1 is provided with the door mirror base part 30 attached to the corner part of the side door 10 of a vehicle. As shown in FIG. 2, the door mirror base portion 30 has a metal (for example, aluminum alloy) base member 32 inserted into the opening 12 </ b> A of the door outer panel 12 and attached to the outer reinforcement 14 as the vehicle body side. Yes.

  More specifically, the base member 32 is inclined at the vehicle upper side toward the outer side in the vehicle width direction and bent at the intermediate portion 35 and the upper part 36 extends toward the vehicle upper side. The lower part 34 of the base member 32 is in a state where a plurality of (three in this embodiment) mounting leg parts 34 </ b> A are erected toward the tightening surface part 14 </ b> A side of the outer reinforcement 14. A stud bolt 46 is fixed to the mounting leg portion 34A, and a nut 48 is screwed into a male screw portion 46A that penetrates the tightening surface portion 14A to apply a tightening load to the tightening surface portion 14A. Thereby, the attachment leg portion 34 </ b> A of the base member 32 is fixed to the tightening surface portion 14 </ b> A of the outer reinforcement 14.

  In the base member 32, a bracket 33 extends from the vicinity of the base portion of the mounting leg portion 34A. The bracket 33 presses the lip portion 38 </ b> A of the gasket 38 toward the door outer panel 12 in the door inner direction, thereby bringing the lip portion 38 </ b> A into close contact with the door outer panel 12. The gasket 38 is a black rubber member for preventing wind noise, and is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of the opening 12A of the door outer panel 12 and is disposed around the opening 12A. 38A is provided over the entire circumference of the outer periphery.

  A flange portion 36 </ b> A extending in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction is formed on the upper portion 36 of the base member 32 for mounting a resin base cover body 40 as a cover body. Further, the upper end portion 36B of the base member 32 protrudes to the vehicle upper side from the flange portion 36A.

  On the upper side of the upper portion 36 of the base member 32, a door mirror main body portion 22 that is supported and retractable so as to be rotatable about an axis in the vehicle vertical direction with respect to the base member 32 (door mirror base portion 30) is disposed. ing. As shown in FIG. 1, the door mirror main body portion 22 includes a door mirror (mirror surface portion) 24 as an outer mirror. The outer edge side and the rear side (the vehicle front side in FIG. 1) of the door mirror 24 are covered with a resin door mirror visor 26, and the door mirror visor 26 constitutes an outer shell of the door mirror main body 22. The door mirror 24 and the door mirror visor 26 are held by an intermediate member (not shown) and supported by a base member 32 (see FIG. 2) of the door mirror base portion 30 through the intermediate member.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a base cover body 40 is provided on the outer peripheral side of the base member 32. The base cover body 40 as a whole is formed in a substantially box shape covering the outer periphery on the upper portion 36 side of the base member 32 and opening toward the door outer panel 12 side, and the cover body upper portion 42 which is the upper side in the vertical direction of the apparatus. And a cover body lower part 44 which is the lower side in the vertical direction of the apparatus.

  The cover body upper portion 42 of the base cover body 40 is disposed on the upper side of the flange portion 36A in the upper portion 36 of the base member 32 and is attached to the flange portion 36A by bolts 39. Further, the cover body upper part 42 is formed in a substantially flat plate shape, and an upper opening part 42A for penetrating the upper end part 36B of the base member 32 is formed. The outer peripheral upper part of the cover body upper part 42 has a chamfered circular arc shape, and the outer peripheral end surface 42B of the cover body upper part 42 is in contact with the outer peripheral side upper end part 44C of the cover body lower part 44.

  The cover body lower portion 44 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape surrounding the base member 32, and the upper corner portion of the outer peripheral side upper end portion 44C is chamfered to have an arc surface shape. Moreover, the cover body lower part 44 is formed in the level | step difference shape which the inner peripheral side upper end part 44B goes down one step | paragraph to the apparatus downward side with respect to the outer peripheral side upper end part 44C. A front end portion (opening front end portion) 44A of the cover body lower portion 44 (base cover body 40) directed toward the door outer panel 12 side is in contact with the door outer panel 12. The front end portion 44A has a substantially arcuate surface shape (R shape) and is in contact with the door outer panel 12 in a line contact state in order to prevent or suppress the door outer panel 12 from being damaged. Further, the radially inner portion of the distal end portion 44 </ b> A that is annular in bottom view is in contact with the outer peripheral portion of the gasket 38.

  Between the inner peripheral upper end 44B of the cover body lower part 44 and the outer peripheral side lower surface part 42C of the cover body upper part 42, a spring 52 as an urging means constituting a part of the adjustment mechanism part 50 as an adjustment means. The upper end portion 44 </ b> C on the outer peripheral side of the cover body lower portion 44 is disposed on the side opposite to the base member 32 side of the spring 52. The spring 52 is a leaf spring disposed in an annular shape along the inner peripheral upper end 44B of the cover body lower portion 44 and is bent (bent) along the circumferential direction.

  Here, the adjustment mechanism unit 50 causes the base cover body 40 to contact the door outer panel 12 in a state where the biasing force of the spring 52 is applied from the base cover body 40 to the door outer panel 12. The cover body 40 includes a split structure in which the cover body 40 is divided into two, the cover body upper part 42 and the cover body lower part 44 are connected to each other by a spring 52, and the cover body lower part 44 is urged by the spring 52 to the door outer panel 12. It has a contacted structure. Thereby, in the door mirror base part 30, the adjustment mechanism part 50 adjusts the contact pressure of the front end part 44A of the cover body lower part 44 (base cover body 40) and the door outer panel 12.

(Action / Effect)
Next, the operation and effect of the above embodiment will be described.

  The base member 32 is covered with the base cover body 40, and the front end portion 44A of the base cover body 40 is in contact with the door outer panel 12, and the contact pressure between the front end portion 44A of the base cover body 40 and the door outer panel 12 is adjusted. It is adjusted by the part 50. For this reason, the front end portion 44A of the base cover body 40 and the door outer panel 12 are brought into contact with each other without a gap while the contact pressure is adjusted and suppressed by the adjusting mechanism portion 50.

  That is, the adjustment mechanism unit 50 brings the base cover body 40 into contact with the door outer panel 12 in a state where the biasing force of the spring 52 is applied from the base cover body 40 to the door outer panel 12. More specifically, the adjustment mechanism unit 50 is divided into a cover body upper part 42 that is the upper side of the apparatus vertical direction and a cover body lower part 44 that is the lower side of the apparatus vertical direction and the cover body 40 Since the upper part 42 and the cover body lower part 44 are connected to each other by a spring 52 and the cover body lower part 44 is urged by the spring 52 to come into contact with the door outer panel 12, the vehicle body side of the base member 32 is provided for each product. Even if the relative position of the door outer panel 12 with respect to the fastening surface portion 14A (outer reinforcement 14) to be attached varies, in other words, even if the interval between the outer reinforcement 14 and the door outer panel 12 varies, the variation is covered. It is absorbed by the expansion and contraction of the spring 52 between the body upper part 42 and the cover body lower part 44, and the arrangement of the cover body upper part 42 There being maintained, the contact state of the cover body bottom 44 and (the tip portion 44A of the base cover 40) and the door outer panel 12 is stably maintained.

  Thus, in the door mirror device 20, the front end portion 44A of the base cover body 40 and the door outer panel 12 can be stably brought into contact with a low contact pressure, and the door outer panel 12 and the base cover body 40 strongly interfere with each other. Can be prevented.

  As a result, it is possible to prevent the base cover body 40 from being deformed or damaged due to the base cover body 40 strongly interfering with the door outer panel 12, and the gap between the base cover body 40 and the door outer panel 12 can be reduced. By maintaining at zero, it is possible to obtain a sense of unity and continuity between the base cover body 40 and the door outer panel 12 and to improve appearance quality (commercial quality and appearance).

  Furthermore, since the outer peripheral side upper end 44C of the cover body lower part 44 is disposed on the side opposite to the base member 32 side in the spring 52, the outer side upper end part 44C of the cover body lower part 44 is on the side opposite to the base member 32 side in the spring 52. As shown in FIG. 1, the line 49 between the cover body upper part 42 and the cover body lower part 44 is hidden by the door mirror visor 26 or the base cover body 40 and the door mirror. Since it looks like a parting gap with the visor 26, the design is good.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a door mirror device 60 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The second embodiment is characterized in that the division position and the shape of the divided portion of the cover body upper portion 42 and the cover body lower portion 44 in the base cover body 40 are different, and other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment. It has almost the same configuration. Therefore, components that are substantially the same as those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the cover body upper part 42 is formed in a relatively shallow bottomed cylindrical shape that is open on the lower side of the apparatus, and the outer peripheral side lower end part 42 </ b> D is opposed to the inner peripheral side lower end part 42 </ b> E. It is formed in a step shape that goes down one step toward the lower side of the apparatus. Further, the cover body lower portion 44 is formed in a stepped shape in which the inner peripheral upper end 44D rises one step upward from the outer peripheral upper end 44E.

  In the adjustment mechanism section 62 in the present embodiment, the shapes of the divided cover body lower portion 44 and cover body upper portion 42 (divided portion shape) are as described above (see FIG. 4 for an external view), and are shown in FIG. A spring 52 is disposed between the inner peripheral upper end 44D of the cover lower portion 44 and the inner peripheral lower end 42E of the cover upper portion 42, and the cover upper portion 42 is opposite to the base member 32 side of the spring 52. The outer peripheral side lower end portion 42D is disposed. Also with the above configuration, the same operations and effects as those of the first embodiment described above can be obtained.

[Supplementary explanation of the embodiment]
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the vehicle outer mirror device is applied to the door mirror devices 20 and 60 has been described. It may be an outer mirror device for vehicles.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the adjustment mechanism portions 50 and 62 as the adjustment means are divided into the cover body upper part 42 and the cover body lower part 44 and the cover body upper part 42 and the cover body lower part 44. Are connected to each other by the spring 52, and the cover body lower portion 44 is urged by the spring 52 to come into contact with the door outer panel 12. However, the adjusting means includes, for example, the flange portion of the base member and the cover body. The cover body may be in contact with the vehicle body outer plate with the urging force of the urging means being applied from the cover body to the vehicle body outer plate, and the cover body may be arranged in the vertical direction of the apparatus. The cover body constituent parts that are divided into more than the body and that are divided and are adjacent to each other are connected by the biasing means, and the cover body constituent part that is further on the lower side of the device is the biasing hand. May be other adjustment means such as are urged device downward side in contact with the vehicle body outer panel structure by. Further, as another example, the adjusting means may have a structure in which the cover body includes an elastic body that can be elastically deformed as an urging means at the lower end portion of the cover.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the urging means is the leaf spring 52, but the urging means may be another urging force such as another spring (for example, a compression coil spring) or an elastic body such as rubber. It may be a means.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the outer peripheral side upper end 44C (see FIG. 2) of the cover body lower part 44 and the outer peripheral side lower end part 42D of the cover body upper part 42 on the side opposite to the base member 32 side of the spring 52 as the biasing means. (See FIG. 5), for example, the biasing means for connecting the upper part of the cover body and the lower part of the cover body is made of an elastic body having the same color and the same thickness as the upper part of the cover body and the lower part of the cover body. A part of the upper part of the cover body or the cover on the side opposite to the base member side in the urging means, such as arranging the outer peripheral side surfaces of the upper part of the cover body and the lower part of the cover body and the outward face of the elastic body. It is good also as a structure which does not arrange | position a part of lower body.

1 is a perspective view showing a door mirror device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view (enlarged sectional view which follows the 2-2 line of FIG. 1) which shows the principal part in the assembly | attachment state of the door mirror apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the principal part in the vehicle which employ | adopted the door mirror apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the door mirror apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view (enlarged sectional view which follows the 5-5 line of FIG. 4) which shows the principal part in the assembly | attachment state of the door mirror apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

12 Door outer panel (body plate)
14 Outer reinforcement (vehicle side)
20 Door mirror device (outer mirror device for vehicle)
24 Door mirror (outer mirror)
32 Base member 40 Base cover body (cover body)
42 Cover body upper part 44 Cover body lower part 50 Adjustment mechanism part (adjustment means)
52 Spring (biasing means)
60 Door mirror device (vehicle outer mirror device)
62 Adjustment mechanism (adjustment means)

Claims (3)

A base member attached to the vehicle body and supporting the outer mirror;
A cover body provided on the base member to cover the base member and to contact a vehicle body outer plate;
Adjusting means for adjusting a contact pressure between the cover body and the vehicle body outer plate;
A vehicle outer mirror device characterized by comprising:   2. The vehicle outer mirror according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment unit causes the cover body to contact the vehicle body outer plate in a state where a biasing force of the biasing unit is applied from the cover body to the vehicle body outer plate. apparatus.   The adjusting means is divided into a cover body upper part which is an upper side in the apparatus vertical direction and a cover body lower part which is a lower side in the apparatus vertical direction, and the upper part of the cover body and the lower part of the cover body are separated from each other. 3. The vehicle outer mirror device according to claim 2, wherein the outer mirror device for a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the outer mirror device has a structure that is communicated by an urging means and that the lower portion of the cover body is urged by the urging means and is in contact with the vehicle body outer plate.

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