US 12,227,132 B2
Door mirror structure
Yukihiro Moriyama, Hiroshima (JP); and Atsushi Yakushinji, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,487.
Prior Publication US 2023/0111823 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60J 1/08 (2006.01); B60R 1/074 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/074 (2013.01) [B60J 1/08 (2013.01); B60J 5/04 (2013.01); B60J 5/0411 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door mirror structure of a side door for a vehicle provided with an outer panel, comprising:
a door-mirror body portion provided with a mirror to obtain a rearward visual field of the vehicle;
a mirror base having a tip-end portion fixed to the door-mirror body portion and a base-end portion provided away from the tip-end portion;
a rotational support axis connected to the base-end portion of the mirror base and rotatably supporting the door-mirror body portion and the mirror base between a mirror-use position where the mirror is visible from a cabin inside and a mirror-storage position which is located on an inward side, in a vehicle width direction, of the mirror-use position;
an electromotive rotational unit provided to rotate the door-mirror body portion and the mirror base between the mirror-use position and the mirror-storage position around an axis line of the rotational support axis; and
a support member to fix said electromotive rotational unit to said side door,
wherein said electromotive rotational unit is provided at the side door, and said rotational support axis is provided to be inclined such that an upper side thereof is located on the inward side in the vehicle width direction, and
the electromotive rotational unit is fixed to a beltline reinforcement which extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction along a beltline at a window lower-end edge of the side door by said support member.