IP Library Granted Patent US 8,041,209
Granted Patent B2
US 8,041,209 · App. 12/619,743 · Granted Oct 18, 2011

Door mirror

Assignee: Murakami Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,041,209
App. No.
12/619,743
Granted
Oct 18, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A door mirror which includes a camera for checking the side of a vehicle which is in a blind spot of a driver, has a door mirror body having a through hole formed for lens side part of the camera to be inserted therein, and a camera cover having an opening part for exposing the lens part formed, and the camera cover has the first abutting surface which abuts on the outer surface of the door mirror body with elasticity.

Claims (7)

1. A door mirror, which includes a camera for checking a side of a vehicle which is in a blind spot of a driver, comprising:

a door mirror body having a through-hole formed for lens part side of the camera to be inserted therein; and

a camera cover which is attached to the door mirror body and having an opening that exposes the lens part, wherein

the camera cover has a first abutting surface that elastically deforms to abut an outer surface of the door mirror body, and wherein

the camera cover has a slot portion into which an edge part of the door mirror body that forms the through-hole enters, and a second abutting surface which elastically abuts an inner surface of the door mirror body and is formed in a wall surface of the slot portion such that the door mirror body is sandwiched by the first abutting surface and the second abutting surface.

2. The door mirror according to claim 1 , further comprising a bracket which is disposed inside the door mirror body for fixing the camera to the door mirror body, wherein

the second abutting surface is pressed onto the inner surface of the door mirror body by the bracket.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2009
From: WATANABE, ATSUSHI
To: MURAKAMI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023527/0034 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-019918 · Jan 30, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100196000A1 · Aug 5, 2010