US 12,187,199 B2
Electric retraction unit, electrically retractable peripheral visibility device for vehicle
Ikuo Sakata, Isehara (JP)
Assigned to MISATO INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., Fujioka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/766,978
Filed by MISATO INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., Fujioka (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/037718
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/070776, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-184510 (JP), filed on Oct. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0075877 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 1/26 (2022.01); B60R 1/074 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/26 (2022.01) [B60R 1/074 (2013.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/20 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric retraction unit mounted on an electrically retractable peripheral visibility device for a vehicle, comprising:
a shaft fixed to a vehicle body via a base;
casings rotatably attached to the shaft; and
a motor, a deceleration mechanism, and a holding member accommodated in the casings,
wherein
the deceleration mechanism includes a gear having a shaft part being attached to a drive shaft of the motor,
the motor and the gear are held by the holding member,
the holding member is configured of an elastic member and held by the casings, and includes a gear holding part to rotatably hold the shaft part of the gear, and
the casings are configured by a member higher in stiffness than the holding member, and includes a receiving part to receive a thrust load of the shaft part of the gear on a side of the motor.