Door mirror
A door mirror has a turn lamp that can be mounted easily and without an increased size. The turn lamp ( 2 ) has a housing ( 3 ) and an outer lens ( 4 ) that are formed by molding. A light emitting diode ( 6 ) is mounted in the housing ( 3 ), and the outer lens ( 4 ) covers the housing ( 3 ). The housing ( 3 ) and the outer lens ( 4 ) are integrated by a joint ( 7 ) produced by injection molding and placed at a butt section at which the housing ( 3 ) and the outer lens ( 4 ) are butted together. Steps ( 7 c, 7 d ) are formed at the butt section integrated by the joint ( 7 ) of the turn lamp ( 2 ), and a lower end edge section ( 1 c ) and a left end edge section ( 1 e ) that form an opening ( 1 b ) of a body ( 1 ) of the door mirror (DM) are butted to the steps ( 7 c, 7 d ).
1. A rearview door mirror, comprising:
a body ( 1 ) with a front part having an opening ( 1 b );
a turn signal lamp ( 2 ) installed into the opening ( 1 b ) of the body ( 1 ), the turn signal lamp ( 2 ) comprising:
a base housing ( 3 ) configured for installing a light source,
an outer lens ( 4 ), and
a jointing piece ( 7 ) formed by injecting a resin material between the base housing ( 3 ) and the outer lens ( 4 ) at:
a lower butt joint part where a lower edge ( 3 d ) of the base housing ( 3 ) and a lower edge ( 4 a ) of the outer lens ( 4 ) are adjacent and orthogonal to each other, and
an outer butt joint part where an outer edge ( 3 e ) of the base housing ( 3 ) and an outer edge ( 4 b ) of the outer lens ( 4 ) are adjacent and orthogonal to each other,
the jointing piece ( 7 ) at the lower butt joint part including:
a protrusion ( 7 a ) protruding rearward at an upper part of the jointing piece ( 7 ),
a rearwardly facing butt contact face ( 7 c ), and
a positioning part ( 7 b ) between the protrusion ( 7 a ) and the rearwardly facing butt contact face ( 7 c ) to define an L-shape,
the rearwardly facing butt contact face ( 7 c ) of the jointing piece ( 7 ) at the lower butt joint part butting against a lower edge ( 1 d ) of the opening ( 1 a ) of the body ( 1 ) and the positioning part ( 7 b ) of the jointing piece ( 7 ) at the lower butt joint part butting against a surface of the body ( 1 ) adjacent the lower edge ( 1 d ) of the opening ( 1 ) to position the turn signal lamp ( 2 ) in the opening ( 1 b ) of the body ( 1 ) and to prevent the turn signal lamp ( 2 ) from slipping off the body ( 1 ),
the outer butt joint part including:
an outer surface of the jointing piece ( 7 ) facing away from the outer edge ( 3 e ) of the base housing ( 3 ),
an outer part ( 4 c ) of an edge of the outer lens ( 4 ), and
a side step ( 7 d ) formed between the outer surface of the jointing piece ( 7 ) and the outer part ( 4 c ) of the edge of the outer lens ( 4 ), wherein
the turn signal lamp ( 2 ) is positioned horizontally at the opening ( 1 b ) of the body ( 1 ) by butting the side step ( 7 d ) to an inner part of an edge of the body ( 1 ) at the opening ( 1 b ) of the body 1 and by butting an outer part ( 1 f ) of the edge of the body ( 1 ) at the opening ( 1 b ) to the outer part ( 4 c ) of the lens ( 4 ).