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Granted Patent B2
US 11,858,421 · App. 16/940,593 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Vehicle mirror device

Inventors: Joichi Kawanishi (Kanagawa, JP); Yuto Watanabe (Kanagawa, JP); Takashi Nakatani (Kanagawa, JP); Takuro Yuyama (Kanagawa, JP); Ryosuke Iba (Kanagawa, JP); Tetsuya Nagasaki (Okazaki, JP)
Assignees: Misato Industries Co., Ltd.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R1/06B60R2300/10
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Patent No.
US 11,858,421
App. No.
16/940,593
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle mirror device includes a housing; an imaging device including an image light acquisition unit disposed in a lower surface of the housing in a vehicle-mounted state; a light projection device including an infrared irradiation unit disposed in the lower surface of the housing and disposed side by side with the image light acquisition unit in the left-and-right direction; and a plate-like attachment member including a surface on which the imaging device and the light projection device are mounted, and attached to the housing to hold the imaging device and the light projection device between the attachment member and the housing, the imaging device and the light projection device being fastened to the attachment member with screw members in a first direction. The attachment member is configured such that the imaging device and the light projection device are mountable thereon in a second direction different from the first direction.

Claims (16)

1. A vehicle mirror device, comprising:

a housing attached to a side portion of a vehicle and holding a mirror;

an imaging device contained in the housing and including an image light acquisition unit disposed in a lower surface of the housing in a vehicle-mounted state;

a light projection device contained in the housing and including an infrared irradiation unit disposed in the lower surface of the housing and disposed side by side with the image light acquisition unit in a left-and-right direction in the vehicle-mounted state; and

an attachment member having a plate-like shape, including a first surface on which the imaging device and the light projection device are mounted, and detachably attached to the housing to hold the imaging device and the light projection device between the attachment member and the housing, the imaging device and the light projection device being fastened to the attachment member with screw members, a screwing direction of the screw members being a first direction which is a direction parallel to a horizontal plane of the vehicle in the vehicle-mounted state, wherein

the attachment member is configured such that the imaging device and the light projection device are mountable thereon in a second direction different from the first direction, and

a lower surface of the attachment member is flush with the lower surface of the housing, the lower surface of the attachment member being a surface opposite to the first surface.

2. The vehicle mirror device according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared irradiation unit is provided in a state flush with a lower surface of the attachment member.

3. The vehicle mirror device according to claim 1 , wherein the image light acquisition unit projects from a lower surface of the attachment member.

4. The vehicle mirror device according to claim 1 , wherein

the attachment member includes a positioning portion that positions the imaging device and the light projection device,

the imaging device and the light projection device each include a locked portions locked on the positioning portion, and

the locked portion includes a cutout portion on a distal end side in the second direction.

5. The vehicle mirror device according to claim 1 , wherein

when the imaging device and the light projection device are both mounted on the attachment member and the attachment member is attached to the housing, the lower surface of the housing, the lower surface of the attachment member, an outer surface of the imaging device, and an outer surface of the light projection device all share a same design surface.

6. The vehicle mirror device according to claim 1 , wherein the second direction is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane in the vehicle-mounted state and extending top to bottom in the vehicle-mounted state.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2023
From: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MISATO INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063403/0966 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2020
From: KAWANISHI, JOICHI; WATANABE, YUTO; NAKATANI, TAKASHI; YUYAMA, TAKURO; IBA, RYOSUKE; NAGASAKI, TETSUYA
To: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 053326/0844 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-138862 · Jul 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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