Door mirror assembly for automotive vehicles
First Claim
1. An assembly for supporting a door mirror of an automotive vehicle comprising:
- a lower case supported about a strut of a vehicle side member;
an upper case fixed to said lower case;
a motor and reduction gears accommodated within a space defined by said lower and upper cases;
a driving gear which meshes with a final gear of said reduction gears and which is held about said strut; and
a spring for biasing said driving gear upward and said lower case downward;
said upper case being supported about an upper portion of said strut, and a case assembly consisting of said lower case and said upper case being supported along at least two axes relative to said strut.
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Abstract
A door mirror assembly for automobiles having a vehicle side member which includes a strut, a lower case supported about the strut, an upper case fixed to the lower case, reduction gears and a motor accommodated in a space inside both cases, a driving gear which meshes with a final gear of the reduction gears and which is held around the strut, and a spring which urges the driving gear upwards and the lower case downwards. The lower case is supported on a lower part of the strut, while the upper case is supported about an upper part of the strut, and a shaft is disposed by the side of the strut and in parallel therewith and has its ends supported by the lower and upper cases.
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13 Claims
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1. An assembly for supporting a door mirror of an automotive vehicle comprising:
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a lower case supported about a strut of a vehicle side member; an upper case fixed to said lower case; a motor and reduction gears accommodated within a space defined by said lower and upper cases; a driving gear which meshes with a final gear of said reduction gears and which is held about said strut; and a spring for biasing said driving gear upward and said lower case downward; said upper case being supported about an upper portion of said strut, and a case assembly consisting of said lower case and said upper case being supported along at least two axes relative to said strut. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An assembly for an automotive vehicle comprising:
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a lower case supported about a strut of a vehicle side member; an upper case fixed to said lower case; a motor and reduction gears accommodated in a space inside both of said cases; a driving gear which meshes with a final gear of said reduction gears and which is held about said strut; a spring which biases the lower case downward; and a ball which undergoes a biasing forces of said spring pressed against said vehicle side member; a lower end of said spring being seated on a lower part of said upper case, while said ball is seated on an upper end of said spring so as to be pressed against a cam plate fixed to an upper part of said strut, whereby only said ball is moved up and down relative to said cam plate during turning of said cases.
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5. An assembly for supporting a door mirror of an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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a strut extending from a vehicle; a case assembly including a lower case rotatably supported about a lower portion of said strut and an upper case fixed to said lower case and rotatalby supported about an upper portion of said strut; means for supporting said case assembly along a plurality of axes relative to said strut; a motor and reduction gear assembly including a final gear disposed within a compartment defined by said case assembly; a driving gear mounted on said strut and drivingly engaged with said final gear said final gear transmitting the rotation of said motor to the driving gear of said strut through said reduction gear assembly; means for biasing said driving gear and said lower case in opposing axial directions. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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