IP Library Granted Patent US 11,167,694
Granted Patent B2
US 11,167,694 · App. 16/475,829 · Granted Nov 9, 2021

Vehicle door mirror with a sealing lip part

Inventor: Yukinori Suto (Kiryu, JP)
Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
B60R1/06
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Patent No.
US 11,167,694
App. No.
16/475,829
Granted
Nov 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stay packing ( 12 ) includes a plate-shaped packing main body ( 31 ) formed to correspond to a stay attachment surface ( 22 ), and a lip part ( 35 ) formed in an annular shape along an outer peripheral portion of the packing main body ( 31 ) and formed to protrude from the packing main body ( 31 ) toward an outer panel, in which the lip part ( 35 ) includes two flexion parts ( 54 a ) and ( 54 b ) between a base, which is a portion connected to the packing main body ( 31 ), and a distal end thereof, and the flexion parts ( 54 a ) and ( 54 b ) are formed over the entire circumference of the lip part ( 35 ).

Claims (17)

1. A door mirror comprising:

a door mirror main body;

an attachment stay including an attachment surface attached to a vehicle body by being brought into contact therewith and configured to attach the door mirror main body to the vehicle body; and

a seal part provided between the attachment stay and the vehicle body, wherein

the seal part includes:

a plate-shaped seal main body formed to correspond to the attachment surface; and

a lip part formed in an annular shape along an outer peripheral portion of the seal main body and formed to protrude from the seal main body toward the vehicle body, and

wherein the lip part includes at least two flexion parts between a base end, which is a portion of the lip part connected to the seal main body, and a distal end of the lip part, and the flexion parts are formed over the entire circumference of the lip part, and

the lip part includes:

a first extended part having a first flexion part formed at the base end and extending from the first flexion part outward in a radial direction of the lip part; and

a second extended part extending from a distal end of the first extended part via a second flexion part inward in the radial direction of the lip part.

2. The door mirror according to claim 1 , wherein

a ridge part protruding toward the vehicle body along an outer peripheral edge of the attachment surface is provided, and

the base end of the lip part is disposed at a position facing the ridge part.

3. The door mirror according to claim 1 , wherein

the seal main body includes an annular stay mounting part protruding from the seal main body toward a side opposite to the lip part to cover an outer peripheral surface of the attachment surface, and

the base end of the lip part is disposed close to the stay mounting part.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 18, 2022
From: MITSUBA CORPORATION
To: MURAKAMI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061204/0943 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: SUTO, YUKINORI
To: MITSUBA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049664/0185 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-001570 · Jan 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190351825A1 · Nov 21, 2019
Cited By (1)
US 12,202,408