INNER MIRROR ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE

• US 20090096235A1
• Filed: 07/31/2008
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Murakami Corporation
• Original Assignee: Murakami Corporation
• Inventors: Tanaka, Yoshito, Fukai, Akira
• Granted Patent: US 7,712,810 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/1.11
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence

Abstract

To improve a force by which a base holds an inner mirror, a base 4 keeping a base inner 6 for holding an inner mirror 2 is constituted by a first base 30 bonded to a front window 3 and a second base 40 clasped by the base inner 6; the second base 40 comprises a recessed mating part 43 where the first base 30 is fitted, and wider parts 41a, 41b abutting against side faces 33a, 33b of the first base 30 and extending outward from the side faces 33a, 33b of the first base 30; when the first base 30 is fitted into the mating part 43 of the second base 40, the mating width of the base 4 mating with the base inner 46 can be expanded by the width of the wider parts 41a, 41b of the second base 40, whereby the force by which the base 4 holds the inner mirror 2 can be improved even if the first base 30 is commoditized.

Claims

1. An inner mirror attachment structure for attaching an inner mirror to a front window by fitting a base inner for holding the inner mirror to a planar base bonded to the front window;

the base comprising;

a first base having a rear face bonded to the front window; and

a second base having a recessed mating part where the first base is fitted and a wider part abutting against a side face of the first base and extending outward from the side face of the first base.

2. An inner mirror attachment structure according to claim 1, wherein the first base has a first flange part projecting along a front face from the side face;

and

wherein a wall forming the mating part in the second base is formed with a first groove part where the first flange part is fitted.

3. An inner mirror attachment structure according to claim 2, wherein the front face of the first base is formed with a first guide groove extending inward from an end part;

and

wherein the second base has a tongue fitted into the first guide groove, the tongue projecting toward the mating part.

4. An inner mirror attachment structure according to claim 3, wherein the first base has a second flange part projecting along the front face from a wall face forming the first guide groove;

and

wherein a side face of the tongue of the second base is formed with a second groove part where the second flange part is fitted.

5. An inner mirror attachment structure according to claim 3, wherein the base inner has a protrusion projecting toward a base accommodation space where the base is inserted and accommodated;

and

wherein a front face of the tongue of the second base is formed with a second guide groove extending along an extending direction of the first guide groove from an end part, such that the protrusion is introduced into the second guide groove when the base is inserted into the base accommodation space.

6. An inner mirror attachment structure according to claim 4, wherein the base inner has a protrusion projecting toward a base accommodation space where the base is inserted and accommodated;

and

wherein a front face of the tongue of the second base is formed with a second guide groove extending along an extending direction of the first guide groove from an end part, such that the protrusion is introduced into the second guide groove when the base is inserted into the base accommodation space.