Patent ID: 6877867
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A door mirror for use in a vehicle including: a base attached to a side door of the vehicle and having a support seat facing upward and a support shaft ( a bearing portion disposed integrally to a bracket for supporting a mirror and supported by way of a click mechanism to the support shaft while enabling the bracket to rotate in the forward and backward directions of the vehicle, in which the bearing portion comprises a first bearing portion and a second bearing portion formed integrally to the bracket being spaced apart from each other along the axial direction of the support shaft, a coil spring located under compression around the support shaft between the first bearing portion and the second bearing portion for urging the bracket downward toward the support seat, and a resilient receptacle movable along the axial direction of the support shaft and placed in contact with the upper end of the coil spring so as to urge the coil spring downward toward the support seat, in which the resilient receptacle is secured to a predetermined axial position of the support shaft when it urges the coil spring to a state compressed to a set load after insertion of the support shaft between both of the bearing portions.