Door mirror assembly for a vehicle
First Claim
1. A door mirror assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a housing having a shell with a front aperture, two fixation ports being formed on an inner surface of the shell and an engagement port being integrally formed with the shell;
a frame having a main body provided in the shell , two fixation elements being formed on an outer surface of the main body and an engagement element being integrally formed with the main body, the frame being fixed to a mirror base and supporting the housing, the mirror base fixed to the vehicle;
two fixation sections formed by rigidly fixing the two fixation ports to the two fixation elements with fasteners, respectively; and
an engagement section formed by elastically engaging the engagement port with the engagement element,wherein the engagement section is positioned offset from an axis defined by the two fixation sections, so that a rotational displacement of the housing relative to the frame can be restricted.
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Abstract
A door mirror assembly for a vehicle is provided, which includes a housing, a frame supporting the housing internally. The housing has a shell with a front aperture, two fixation ports and an engagement port. On the other hand, the frame has a main body to be enclosed by the shell, two fixation elements and an engagement element. The door mirror assembly further includes two fixation sections formed by fixing the two fixation ports and two fixation elements with fasteners and an engagement section formed by engaging the engagement port and engagement element. The door mirror assembly has a feature that the engagement section is adapted to be on the circumference of a circle, the center of circle lies on an axis defined by the two fixation sections, so that the rotational displacement of housing relative to the frame can be restricted.
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5 Claims
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1. A door mirror assembly for a vehicle comprising:
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a housing having a shell with a front aperture, two fixation ports being formed on an inner surface of the shell and an engagement port being integrally formed with the shell; a frame having a main body provided in the shell , two fixation elements being formed on an outer surface of the main body and an engagement element being integrally formed with the main body, the frame being fixed to a mirror base and supporting the housing, the mirror base fixed to the vehicle; two fixation sections formed by rigidly fixing the two fixation ports to the two fixation elements with fasteners, respectively; and an engagement section formed by elastically engaging the engagement port with the engagement element, wherein the engagement section is positioned offset from an axis defined by the two fixation sections, so that a rotational displacement of the housing relative to the frame can be restricted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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