LAMP-EQUIPPED VEHICLE OUTER MIRROR
First Claim
1. A lamp-equipped vehicle outer mirror including a mirror housing with a lamp incorporated therein,the vehicle outer mirror comprising a light emitting section in a front face and/or a side face of the mirror housing as viewed from a front side of a vehicle in a state in which the vehicle outer mirror is mounted in the vehicle and the mirror housing is in a use position, the light emitting section emitting light of the lamp toward an external field, whereinthe mirror housing includes a lustrous downward inclined surface in an outer surface at a position above the light emitting section, the downward inclined surface being inclined obliquely downward, anda relative positional relationship between the light emitting section and the downward inclined surface is set so that, in the state in which the vehicle outer mirror is mounted in the vehicle and the mirror housing is in the use position, the light emitted from the light emitting section and reflected by the downward inclined surface is emitted substantially toward an area on an upper side relative to a horizontal direction in the external field.
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Abstract
This invention provides a lamp-equipped vehicle outer mirror in which a phenomenon is less likely to occur, the phenomenon being the one in which light emitted from a lamp appears in a light emission pattern that is different from that intended by a designer. A side turn signal lamp is incorporated in a minor housing. A downward inclined surface is formed at a position above a lens of the side turn signal lamp in the mirror housing. The downward inclined surface is inclined obliquely downward and is lustrous. A part of turn signal lamp light emitted from the lens to an external field is reflected by the downward inclined surface. A relative positional relationship between the lens and the downward inclined surface is set so that the reflected light passes through an area on an upper side relative to a horizontal direction.
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1. A lamp-equipped vehicle outer mirror including a mirror housing with a lamp incorporated therein,
the vehicle outer mirror comprising a light emitting section in a front face and/or a side face of the mirror housing as viewed from a front side of a vehicle in a state in which the vehicle outer mirror is mounted in the vehicle and the mirror housing is in a use position, the light emitting section emitting light of the lamp toward an external field, wherein the mirror housing includes a lustrous downward inclined surface in an outer surface at a position above the light emitting section, the downward inclined surface being inclined obliquely downward, and a relative positional relationship between the light emitting section and the downward inclined surface is set so that, in the state in which the vehicle outer mirror is mounted in the vehicle and the mirror housing is in the use position, the light emitted from the light emitting section and reflected by the downward inclined surface is emitted substantially toward an area on an upper side relative to a horizontal direction in the external field.
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