DIRECTION INDICATOR AND REARVIEW MIRROR STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE

• US 20170015378A1
• Filed: 07/05/2016
• Published: 01/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: TAKAKUWA, Dai
• Granted Patent: US 9,988,120 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/2665 on rear-view mirrors lighting devices for vehicle interior on or for rear-view mirrors B60Q3/258
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/34 for indicating change of drive direction B60Q1/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/38 using immovably-mounted light sources, e.g. fixed flashing lamps
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/06 mounted on vehicle exterior B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/1207 with lamps; with turn indicators
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 29/00 Adaptations or arrangements of mirrors for use on cycles
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/055 Electrical means, e.g. lamps
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 43/14 Light emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 43/26 Refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters not provided in groups F21S43/235 - F21S43/255
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 45/43 using gas
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/14 Adjustable mountings
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A direction indicator and rearview mirror structure for a vehicle includes a direction indicator and a rearview mirror having a mirror housing. The direction indicator angularly and adjustably supports the mirror housing. The mirror housing is mounted with at least a part thereof disposed above and in front of the direction indicator. In a plan view, the mirror housing overlaps the direction indicator at least partially and covers the direction indicator from above. A recessed portion housing an upper part of a vehicle-widthwise outer part of the direction indicator is formed in a lower part of the mirror housing. In a side view, a front part of the recessed portion with respect to a vehicle body protrudes forward and downward with respect to the vehicle body and serves as an eaves portion covering a front upper part of the direction indicator.

Claims

1. A direction indicator and rearview mirror structure for a vehicle, comprising:

a direction indicator for a vehicle that emits a forward blinking light for announcing a change of direction of said vehicle; and

a rearview mirror having a mirror housing which supports a mirror body,

wherein the direction indicator angularly and adjustably supports said mirror housing, and

wherein said mirror housing is mounted with at least a part of said mirror housing disposed above and in front of said direction indicator.

2. The direction indicator structure of a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein an outer end part of said direction indicator in a vehicle widthwise direction is located at a position outside a center of said mirror housing in the vehicle widthwise direction.

3. The direction indicator structure of a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein at least one light source is placed in said direction indicator at a position overlapping said mirror housing in a plan view.

4. The direction indicator structure of a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a housing support portion which is provided on said direction indicator and angularly adjustably supports said mirror housing is placed, facing upward, at a position inward of the end part of said direction indicator.

5. A direction indicator and rearview mirror structure for a vehicle, comprising:

a direction indicator for a vehicle that emits a forward blinking light for announcing a change of direction of said vehicle; and

a rearview mirror having a mirror housing which supports a mirror body,

wherein the direction indicator angularly and adjustably supports said mirror housing,

wherein said mirror housing is mounted with at least a part of said mirror housing disposed above and in front of said direction indicator, and

wherein, in a plan view, said mirror housing overlaps said direction indicator at least partially and covers said direction indicator from above.

6. The direction indicator structure of a vehicle according to claim 5, wherein an outer end part of said direction indicator in a vehicle widthwise direction is located at a position outside a center of said mirror housing in the vehicle widthwise direction.

7. The direction indicator structure of a vehicle according to claim 6, wherein at least one light source is placed in said direction indicator at a position overlapping said mirror housing in a plan view.

8. The direction indicator structure of a vehicle according to claim 5, wherein

a recessed portion which houses an upper part of a vehicle-widthwise outer part of said direction indicator is formed in a lower part of said mirror housing, and

in a side view, a front part of said recessed portion with respect to a vehicle body protrudes forward and downward with respect to the vehicle body and serves as an eaves portion which covers a front upper part of said direction indicator.

9. The direction indicator structure of a vehicle according to claim 8, wherein

said direction indicator includes a heat sink which is exposed on a rear side of said direction indicator with respect to the vehicle body, and

a direction indicator lens surface of said direction indicator

has a wedge shape splitting traveling wind into upper and lower streams, and

is configured so as to allow the traveling wind introduced through a space between said eaves portion and said direction indicator lens surface to be discharged to a rear through a space between said direction indicator and said recessed portion while cooling said heat sink.

10. The direction indicator structure of a vehicle according to claim 9, wherein an outer end part of said direction indicator in a vehicle widthwise direction is located at a position outside a center of said mirror housing in the vehicle widthwise direction.

11. The direction indicator structure of a vehicle according to claim 5, wherein a housing support portion which is provided on said direction indicator and angularly adjustably supports said mirror housing is placed, facing upward, at a position inward of the end part of said direction indicator.

12. A direction indicator and rearview mirror structure for a vehicle, comprising:

a direction indicator for a vehicle that emits a forward blinking light for announcing a change of direction of said vehicle; and

a rearview mirror having a mirror housing which supports a mirror body,

wherein the direction indicator angularly and adjustably supports said mirror housing,

wherein said mirror housing is mounted with at least a part of said mirror housing disposed above and in front of said direction indicator,

wherein a recessed portion which houses an upper part of a vehicle-widthwise outer part of said direction indicator is formed in a lower part of said mirror housing, and

wherein in a side view, a front part of said recessed portion with respect to a vehicle body protrudes forward and downward with respect to the vehicle body and serves as an eaves portion which covers a front upper part of said direction indicator.

13. The direction indicator structure of a vehicle according to claim 12, wherein an outer end part of said direction indicator in a vehicle widthwise direction is located at a position outside a center of said mirror housing in the vehicle widthwise direction.

14. The direction indicator structure of a vehicle according to claim 13, wherein at least one light source is placed in said direction indicator at a position overlapping said mirror housing in a plan view.

15. The direction indicator structure of a vehicle according to claim 12, wherein

said direction indicator includes a heat sink which is exposed on a rear side of said direction indicator with respect to the vehicle body, and

a direction indicator lens surface of said direction indicator

has a wedge shape splitting traveling wind into upper and lower streams, and

is configured so as to allow the traveling wind introduced through a space between said eaves portion and said direction indicator lens surface to be discharged to a rear through a space between said direction indicator and said recessed portion while cooling said heat sink.

16. The direction indicator structure of a vehicle according to claim 15, wherein an outer end part of said direction indicator in a vehicle widthwise direction is located at a position outside a center of said mirror housing in the vehicle widthwise direction.

17. The direction indicator structure of a vehicle according to claim 12, wherein a housing support portion which is provided on said direction indicator and angularly adjustably supports said mirror housing is placed, facing upward, at a position inward of the end part of said direction indicator.