Vehicle door mirror
First Claim
1. A vehicle door mirror in which an upward facing support seat (10) and a support shaft (11) rising from the support seat (10) are fixedly provided on a side door (5) side of a vehicle (V), a click mechanism (13) is provided between opposing faces of the support seat (10) and a bearing part (12) provided on a bracket (8) supporting a mirror and pivotably supported on a base of the support shaft (11), the click mechanism (13) imparting a click feel to pivoting of the bracket (8), a coil spring (16) is provided in a compressed state between a spring receiving member (14) fixed to the support shaft (11) and a flat spring receiving face (15) formed on a face, on the opposite side to the support seat (10), of the bearing part (12), the coil spring (16) pressing the bearing part (12) toward the support seat (10) side, and a lubricant reservoir (31) for storing a lubricant is formed on the spring receiving face (15), characterized in that the lubricant reservoir (31) has at least a first groove (32) that continues so that one end thereof is disposed closer to the center of the support shaft (11) than the other end.
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Abstract
A vehicle door mirror is provided in which an upward facing support seat and a support shaft rising from the support seat are fixedly provided on a side door side of a vehicle, a click mechanism is provided between opposing faces of the support seat and a bearing part provided on a bracket and pivotably supported on the support shaft, a coil spring is provided between a spring receiving member fixed to the support shaft and a flat spring receiving face formed on the bearing part, and a lubricant reservoir is formed on the spring receiving face. The lubricant reservoir has at least a first groove that continues so that one end is disposed closer to the center of the support shaft than the other end. Thus, a lubricant is always stably supplied to an area of the coil spring that is in sliding contact with the spring receiving face.
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10 Claims
- 1. A vehicle door mirror in which an upward facing support seat (10) and a support shaft (11) rising from the support seat (10) are fixedly provided on a side door (5) side of a vehicle (V), a click mechanism (13) is provided between opposing faces of the support seat (10) and a bearing part (12) provided on a bracket (8) supporting a mirror and pivotably supported on a base of the support shaft (11), the click mechanism (13) imparting a click feel to pivoting of the bracket (8), a coil spring (16) is provided in a compressed state between a spring receiving member (14) fixed to the support shaft (11) and a flat spring receiving face (15) formed on a face, on the opposite side to the support seat (10), of the bearing part (12), the coil spring (16) pressing the bearing part (12) toward the support seat (10) side, and a lubricant reservoir (31) for storing a lubricant is formed on the spring receiving face (15), characterized in that the lubricant reservoir (31) has at least a first groove (32) that continues so that one end thereof is disposed closer to the center of the support shaft (11) than the other end.
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