Outside mirror apparatus for vehicle

• US 20050248863A1
• Filed: 05/05/2005
• Published: 11/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ichikoh Industries Limited (Valeo SE)
• Original Assignee: Ichikoh Industries Limited (Valeo SE)
• Inventors: Kawanishi, Joichi
• Application Number:
  US11/122,230
• Publication Number:
  US 20050248863A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/877
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/06 mounted on vehicle exterior B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence

Abstract

An outside mirror apparatus for a vehicle includes a mirror base; a mirror housing that is fixed to the mirror base to cover the stay portion; an electric part that is fixed to at least one of the mirror housing and the stay portion; a harness including a bundle of wires that connects the electric part and a power source; and a hook portion that is arranged at an edge of the base portion, at which the harness is hooked so that the harness is guided to the surface of the base portion. The mirror base includes a base portion of which a surface is fixed to a vehicle body, and a stay portion that is provided integrally with the base portion on a side opposite to the surface of the base portion.

Claims

1. An outside mirror apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a mirror base including

a base portion of which a surface is fixed to a vehicle body; and

a stay portion that is provided integrally with the base portion on a side opposite to the surface of the base portion;

a mirror housing that is fixed to the mirror base to cover the stay portion;

an electric part that is fixed to at least one of the mirror housing and the stay portion;

a harness including a bundle of wires that connects the electric part and a power source; and

a hook portion that is arranged at an edge of the base portion, at which the harness is hooked so that the harness is guided to the surface of the base portion.

2. The outside mirror apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a mirror unit, wherein

the mirror housing includes an opening for disposing the mirror unit,

the mirror unit is mounted on the stay portion,

the hook portion and the harness are arranged on the base portion on a rear side of the stay portion opposite to a side on which the mirror unit is arranged.

3. The outside mirror apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the harness includes

a first connector on a first end of the harness for connecting the harness to the electric part;

and

a second connector on a second end of the harness for connecting the harness to the power source,

the base portion includes a gasket for tightening the base portion to the vehicle body, and

the harness, the first connector, the second connector, and the gasket are assembled into a single unit as a sub-assembly.