Patent ID: 7645044

Claim:
A side mirror for an automobile including: a lower housing ( 100 ) in a shape of a circular cup having a convex part ( 101 ), three ribs ( 103 ) that is formed horizontally on the through hole ( 102 ) formed on the upper surface the convex part ( 101 ), and a support bar ( 104 ) is formed with protruding upward on the center of the rib ( 103 ); a glass holder plate ( 110 ) being configured such that the outer circumferential surface thereof has the same radius of curvature as the inner circumferential surface of the lower housing ( 100 ) to be inserted into the inside of the cup-shaped lower housing ( 100 ), and including a plurality of holding holes ( 111 ) for holding a side mirror formed on parallel girths on the upper surface, an inserting hole ( 112 ) into which the support guide ( 140 ) being inserted, on the center of the upper surface, a curved rib ( 113 ) being formed in such a way as to get narrower as proceeding downward on the inner circumferential surface of the inserting hole ( 112 ), and a pair of recess grooves ( 114 ) being formed on both sides of the inner circumferential surface of the inserting hole ( 112 ); a support guide ( 140 ) including the cup-shaped part ( 141 ) being formed in such a way as to be inserted through the inserting hole ( 112 ) of the glass holder plate ( 110 ) and have the same radius of curvature as the curved rib ( 113 ), a cylindrical tube ( 142 ) being formed vertically on the lower side of the cup-shaped part ( 141 ), three vertical cut-off parts ( 143 ) being formed in such a way as for the three ribs ( 103 ) of the lower housing ( 100 ) to be inserted, on the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical tube ( 142 ), a horizontal cut-off groove ( 144 ) being formed by cutting off horizontally the lower part of the respective vertical cut-off part ( 143 ) and provided on the inner side thereof, and a pair of protruding parts ( 145 ) being formed on the upper outer circumferential surfaces of the cup-shaped part ( 141 ) in such a way as to be inserted into a pair of recess grooves ( 114 ) of the inserting hole ( 112 ) of the glass holder plate ( 110 ); a spring ( 120 ) being inserted into the lower surface of the convex part ( 101 ) of the lower housing ( 100 ); and a washer ( 130 ) pressing the spring ( 120 ) and passing through the vertical cut-off part ( 143 ) of the cylindrical tube ( 142 ) of the support guide ( 140 ) disposed on the inside of the spring ( 120 ), wherein the protruding part ( 131 ) thereof is seated on the horizontal cut-off groove ( 144 ) to secure the support guide ( 140 ).