Patent ID: 11958412
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of mounting a flag-type side mirror to a door of a vehicle, where a mirror neck of the flag-type side mirror is fastened to the door formed by a plurality of panels bonded to each other, the method comprising:
passing a wiring mounted to the flag-type side mirror through through-holes formed in an outer belt rail, an inner panel of the door, and a quadrant reinforce provided between the inner panel of the door and the outer belt rail;
placing the flag-type side mirror at a position to be installed;
arranging the mirror neck of the flag-type side mirror to abut on a convex portion of the quadrant reinforce through an outer panel of the door, wherein the convex portion bulges outward towards the outer panel;
circumferentially bonding the convex portion of the quadrant reinforce to the inner panel to form a closed cross-section;
passing a fastening member through the outer belt rail and the quadrant reinforce; and
fastening the fastening member to an end of the mirror neck by operating a tool in a direction from inside to outside of the vehicle.