Outside mirror apparatus for vehicle
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1. An outside mirror apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- a mirror housing that includes a first fixing member and a second fixing member; and
an attachment that includes a third fixing member engaged with the first fixing member to temporarily fix the attachment to the mirror housing; and
a fourth fixing member engaged with the second fixing member to firmly fix the attachment to the mirror housing, wherein when the attachment is temporarily fixed to the mirror housing, the first and third fixing members position and guide the attachment in a setting direction in which the attachment is set on the mirror housing and in first and second directions substantially perpendicular to the setting direction and substantially perpendicular to each other, any one of the first and third fixing members includes a plate substantially parallel to the setting direction with a groove that tapers in the setting direction, and another one of the first and third fixing members includes an insertion portion that engages with the groove and, positions and guides the attachment in the setting direction and the first direction; and
a contacting portion that contacts the plate, and positions and guides the attachment in the second direction.
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Abstract
A mirror housing includes a temporary fixing member that is formed of a plate having a groove. An additional part includes a temporary fixing member that includes an insertion portion engaged with the groove to position and guide the additional part in a setting direction and a first direction, and a contacting portion that contacts the plate to position and guide the additional part in a second direction.
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1. An outside mirror apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
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a mirror housing that includes a first fixing member and a second fixing member; and
an attachment that includes a third fixing member engaged with the first fixing member to temporarily fix the attachment to the mirror housing; and
a fourth fixing member engaged with the second fixing member to firmly fix the attachment to the mirror housing, wherein when the attachment is temporarily fixed to the mirror housing, the first and third fixing members position and guide the attachment in a setting direction in which the attachment is set on the mirror housing and in first and second directions substantially perpendicular to the setting direction and substantially perpendicular to each other, any one of the first and third fixing members includes a plate substantially parallel to the setting direction with a groove that tapers in the setting direction, and another one of the first and third fixing members includes an insertion portion that engages with the groove and, positions and guides the attachment in the setting direction and the first direction; and
a contacting portion that contacts the plate, and positions and guides the attachment in the second direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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