Vehicular door mirror device

• US 8,016,437 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2008
• Issued: 09/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock
• Inventors: Wakabayashi, Shinichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Shafer; Ricky D
• Application Number:
  US12/056,009
• Publication Number:
  US 20080247068A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,266 Days
• Field of Search: 359/841, 359/871, 359/872, 359/877
• US Class Current: 359/871
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/06 mounted on vehicle exterior B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence

Abstract

A vehicular mirror device includes a housing which is comprised of two housing components at least partially opposed to each other, and which is adapted to cover a mirror from the front during traveling of a vehicle. A collar is integrally and projectingly provided on one of the housing components to extend so that it is superposed onto the other housing component at opposed portions of both the housing components, and a plurality of recesses are provided in a juxtaposed manner in a tip end of the collar. This suppresses to the utmost the generation of a wind roar due to traveling wind flowing into between opposed portions of the housing components.

Claims

1. A vehicular mirror device comprising:

a housing that includes two housing components at least partially opposed to each other, the housing is adapted to cover a mirror from a front side relative to a traveling direction of a vehicle,

wherein at least one collar is integrally and projectingly provided on one of said two housing components to extend so that the at least one collar slidably fits within a receiving portion defined within the other housing component at opposed portions of both of said two housing components, and

wherein a plurality of open ended recesses are defined at a free end of said at least one collar.

2. A vehicular mirror device according to claim 1, wherein said at least one collar is superposed on the other housing component from an inner side.

3. A vehicular mirror device according to claim 2, wherein said at least one collar is integrally provided on said one housing component to extend in a direction of assembling of said two housing components.

4. A vehicular mirror device according to claim 1, wherein said at least one collar is integrally provided on said one housing component to extend in a direction of assembling of said two housing components.

5. A vehicular mirror device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of open ended recesses are arcuate shaped.

6. A vehicular mirror device according to claim 1, wherein a planar surface separates neighboring recesses.

7. A vehicular mirror device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of open ended recesses engage a groove defined in an opposing collar provided on the other of said two housing components.

8. A vehicular mirror device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of open ended recesses are located above a contact point where the at least one collar engages the other of said two housing components.

9. A vehicular mirror device according to claim 1, wherein the receiving portion is a groove.

10. A vehicular mirror device according to claim 1, wherein the receiving portion is a recess.