Patent ID: 6866392
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A mirror device for a vehicle, comprising: a pivoting member which is supported so as to be freely pivotable at a supporting shaft fixed to a vehicle body, and which is connected to a mirror for viewing a region substantially to a rear of the vehicle, and which always pivots integrally with the mirror; a base member at which a motor is set, and which is provided at the pivoting member and pivots together with the pivoting member; a rotating gear spanning between the pivoting member and the base member so as to be freely rotatable, and being rotated by driving of the motor; an output gear provided at the supporting shaft in a state in which rotation of the output gear is impeded, and meshing with the rotating gear, such that due to the rotating gear moving around a periphery of the output gear due to the rotating gear rotating, the pivoting member and the base member are pivoted around the supporting shaft and the mirror is one of retracted and extended; an engagement claw provided so as to project at one of the pivoting member and the base member; and an engagement hole provided at another of the pivoting member and the base member so as to correspond to the engagement claw, and the engagement claw engages with the engagement hole.