Door mirror

• US 4,809,561 A
• Filed: 02/12/1986
• Issued: 03/07/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ichikoh Industries Limited (Valeo SE)
• Original Assignee: Ichikoh Industries Limited (Valeo SE)
• Inventors: Tsuyama, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Gary L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lindsey, Rodney M.
• Application Number:
  US06/828,525
• Time in Patent Office: 1,119 Days
• Field of Search: 74/501.5, 74/502.1, 350/625, 350/626, 350/627, 350/614, 350/615, 248/475.1, 248/476, 248/485, 248/DIG. 1, 248/481, 248/483
• US Class Current: 74/502.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/068 using cables
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20432 for moving a mirror

Abstract

Wires which are introduced from an operation rod into a mirror housing to adjust the swinging of a mirror are tensioned to a certain extent by a wire slack preventing member, which is located in the mirror housing, to precisely act the mirror without being loosened. Tubes through which the wires are inserted are positionally defined in a base and a fixed shaft to precisely guide the wires.

Claims

1. A door mirror assembly for use in a vehicle, comprising:

a base fixed to a door;

a fixed shaft erected in said base;

a housing assembled with said fixed shaft through a support means;

a mirror freely swingably supported in said housing by said support means;

plural wires pulled by an operation rod, which is attached to said base, to swing said mirror; and

a wire slack preventing means, located at said housing, for applying a predetermined tension to the wires,

wherein the wire slack preventing means includes a wire pressing body on which said wires are frictionally slid, and a spring member by which said wire pressing body is urged to press against said wires; and

further,

the wires are inserted through tubes respectively and introduced from the operation rod into the housing through the base, and the tubes are held by a holder member located in the base.

2. A door mirror assembly according to claim 1, wherein said wire slack preventing mean further comprises a wire sliding portion provided with grooves through which the wires are guided.

3. A door mirror assembly according to claim 2 wherein the fixed shaft has a hole extending its length, and the wires and tubes extend in said fixed shaft, and the tubes are held in said fixed shaft and closely contacted thereto.

4. A door mirror assembly according to claim 3 wherein a cap member is attached to the wire sliding portion to close a part of the grooves

6. A door mirror assembly according to claim 1 wherein an enlarged point on one end of each of the wires is engaged with an engagement member located at the bottom portion of the operation rod and a washer is located adjacent to the engagement member and on that side of the engagement member which is opposite to the wires to prevent the connection between the enlarged points of the wires and the engagement member from being loosened following the operation of the operation rod.

5. A door mirror assembly for use in a vehicle, comprising:

a base fixed to a door;

a fixed shaft erected on said base;

a housing assembled with said fixed shaft through a support means;

a mirror freely swingably supported in said housing by said support means;

plural wires pulled by an operation rod, which is attached to said base, to swing said mirror; and

a wire slack preventing means, located in said housing, for applying a predetermined tension to the wires,

wherein the wire slack preventing means includes a wire pressing body on which the wires are frictionally slid, and a spring member by which the wire pressing body is urged to press the wires, in which said wire pressing body is a pulley freely rotatably suspended from a spring member; and

further,

the wires are inserted through tubes respectively and introduced from the operation rod into the housing through the base, and the tubes are held by a holder member located in the base.

7. A door mirror assembly for use on a vehicle door, comprising:

an operation rod mounted on one side of the door;

a housing mounting on an opposed side of the door;

a base mounted intermediate the housing and the door;

a mirror secured at a pivot point within said housing and pivotable with respect to said housing;

a plurality of wires interconnecting said operation rod and said mirror, said wires adapted to transmit motion between said operation rod and said mirror; and

tensioning means engaging said plurality of wires, located in said housing and responsive to changes in tension in said wires, for continuously tensioning said wires at a point close to the pivot point of said mirror.