Inside mirror assembly for vehicle

• US 9,403,485 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2014
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Jin Hee, Lee, Bock Cheol, Kong, Nak Kyoung, Oh, Young Sub, Kim, Hyun Sub
• Primary Examiner(s): Shafer, Ricky D
• Application Number:
  US14/570,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20150329053A1
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• Field of Search: 359/604, 359/605, 359/606, 359/608, 359/872
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/083 Anti-glare mirrors, e.g. "day-night" mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/086 using a mirror angularly movable between a position of use and a non-glare position reflecting a dark field to the user, e.g. situated behind a transparent glass used as low-reflecting surface; Wedge-shaped mirrors

Abstract

An inside mirror assembly for a vehicle may include a housing which has an opening portion formed at a front side thereof, a fixed reflective plate which is fixed and mounted to the opening portion of the housing, a tilting reflective plate which is tiltably mounted in the housing, and disposed parallel to a rear surface of the fixed reflective plate in a day reflective mode, or disposed so that an upper end portion of the tilting reflective plate is tiltable rearward at a predetermined angle on a basis of a lower end portion of the tilting reflective plate in order to reduce light reflectivity in a night reflective mode, and a tilting operation mechanism which is connected with the tilting reflective plate, mounted inside and outside of the housing, and adjusts a tilting angle of the tilting reflective plate.

Claims

1. An inside mirror assembly for a vehicle, comprising:

a housing having an opening portion formed at a front side thereof;

a fixed reflective plate fixed and mounted to the opening portion of the housing;

a tilting reflective plate tiltably mounted in the housing, and disposed parallel to a rear surface of the fixed reflective plate in a day reflective mode, or disposed so that an upper end portion of the tilting reflective plate is tiltable rearward at a predetermined angle on a basis of a lower end portion of the tilting reflective plate in order to reduce light reflectivity in a night reflective mode; and

a tilting operation mechanism connected with the tilting reflective plate, mounted inside and outside of the housing, adjusting a tilting angle of the tilting reflective plate,

wherein the tilting operation mechanism includes a tilting bracket hingedly fastened to an inner wall surface of the housing; and

wherein a lever bracket includes;

a body portion having first hinge pins that protrude at both sides of the body portion, and are hingedly fastened to first hinge ends formed on the inner wall surface of the housing;

holding ends formed integrally with an upper end portion of the body portion so as to hold the tilting bracket; and

a tilting operation end formed integrally with a lower end portion of the body portion.

2. The inside mirror assembly of claim 1, wherein the fixed reflective plate is manufactured using a transparent plastic material and has a predetermined thickness.

3. The inside mirror assembly of claim 1, wherein four edge portions of the fixed reflective plate are bent rearward to have curved surfaces, and integrally joined to the opening portion of the housing while forming a frameless structure.

4. The inside mirror assembly of claim 1, wherein the tilting reflective plate is manufactured using a plastic material, which has a front surface that is coated with a reflective material, and has a predetermined thickness.

5. The inside mirror assembly of claim 1, wherein the tilting operation mechanism includes:

the tilting bracket integrally joined to a rear surface of the tilting reflective plate;

the lever bracket attached to the tilting bracket; and

a tilting operation lever connected to the lower end portion of the lever bracket so as to tilt the lever bracket on a basis of a hingedly fastened point in order to tilt the tilting bracket and the tilting reflective plate at a predetermined angle.

6. The inside mirror assembly of claim 5, wherein the tilting operation lever includes:

a lever hinge end which has second hinge pins that are formed at both sides of the lever hinge end, and are hingedly fastened to second hinge ends formed on the inner wall surface of the housing; and

a lever handle end which has a locking groove into which a tilting operation end is inserted, is formed integrally with the lever hinge end, and is extended outward from the housing.

7. The inside mirror assembly of claim 1, wherein fixing pins are integrally formed at both upper end portions of the tilting bracket, and fixing holes into which the fixing pins are press-fitted and fastened are formed in the holding ends of the lever bracket.