Patent ID: 9238436
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. A mirror for a vehicle, comprising: a case member housed inside a mirror body to be fixed to a vehicle side, said case member including a joint portion having a hollow hemispherical shape, said joint portion having a spherical portion having a spherical shape; a pivot plate fitted to said case member, said pivot plate comprising a fitting portion mounted to said joint portion; and a mirror fitted to said pivot plate; wherein said joint portion includes: wherein said fitting portion includes: wherein said ceiling portion has a spherical concave portion abutting against said spherical upper surface of said support shaft when said fitting portion is press-fitted to said joint portion, said spherical concave portion being formed at a center portion of said ceiling portion and having a curvature the same as a curvature of said spherical upper surface of said support shaft; wherein said fitting portion is press-fitted to said joint portion while said side wall portion is elastically deformed outwardly in the radial direction; wherein said side wall portion of said fitting portion contacts said outer wall of said joint portion so that said fitting portion is press-fitted to said joint portion, in which state a surface of said spherical concave portion of said ceiling portion is held in contact with said spherical upper surface of said support shaft; wherein said pivot plate is pivotably fitted to said case member by press-fitting said fitting portion and said joint portion together; and wherein said ceiling portion is wave-shaped in cross section such that a rounded inner surface of an outer diameter portion of said ceiling portion is higher than a rounded inner surface of said center portion of said ceiling portion with respect to a base end of said support shaft so as to define a clearance between an upper surface of said outer wall of said joint portion and said rounded inner surface of said outer diameter portion of said ceiling portion, said clearance extending upward with respect to said base end of said support shaft so as to allow adjustment of an angle of said pivot plate relative to said case member.