Patent ID: 6789909
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A mirror device for a vehicle, the device comprising:a holding member for holding a mirror; a connecting member connected to a vehicle body, and for supporting the holding member such that the holding member is tiltable; an elastically deformable claw member which is provided at the connecting member, the claw member having an engagement projection formed at a distal end portion thereof; and a shaft-shaped rod member having at a peripheral surface thereof a valley-shaped groove extending in a spiral shape along an axial direction of the rod member, one end of the rod member being held at the holding member, and the rod member being supported by the claw member due to the engagement projection being engaged with the groove, wherein the groove has a surface at a side toward a mirror and a surface at a side opposite the mirror, and given that an angle of inclination of the surface at the side toward the mirror, with respect to a direction orthogonal to an axis of the rod member, is &thgr;1, and an angle of inclination of the surface at the side opposite the mirror, with respect to the direction orthogonal to the axis of the rod member, is &thgr;2, &thgr;1>&thgr;2.