Patent ID: 7104662
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: B60Q,B60R

Abstract:
1. An outside mirror assembly for a vehicle, comprising: a mirror housing that encloses a mirror; an accessory part including at least one of an illuminator or an imaging unit; a temporary fixing unit that temporarily fixes the accessory part to the mirror housing; and a permanent fixing unit that permanently fixes the accessory part to the mirror housing, wherein the temporary fixing unit is formed with a first guide positioning part provided in the mirror housing and a second guide positioning part provided in the accessory part, the first guide positioning part and the second guide positioning part perform, when temporarily fixing the accessory part to the mirror housing, a positioning of the accessory part with a first guide in a first direction and a second guide in a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction are substantially perpendicular to each other, wherein either of the first guide positioning part and the second guide positioning part is formed with a plate having a substantially V-shaped groove of which a width becomes narrower along a direction of setting the accessory part to the mirror housing, and an other of the first guide positioning part and the second guide positioning part includes an engagement plate that engages into an edge of the substantially V-shaped groove, and two pieces of holding parts that are provided in opposing ends of the engagement plate which hold the plate having the substantially V-shaped groove from both sides.