Patent ID: 6843575

Claim:
An inside rearview mirror apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a mirror assembly having a mirror, a bracket with an opening formed at the back of the mirror and provided with an edge, and a spherical concave portion inside the opening, the edge of the opening being provided with a tilting range limiter; and a stay having a first end and a second end, the first end having a mounting unit for mounting the stay to a mounting surface which is one of an inner surface of a windshield or an inner surface of a front roof panel and the second end including a one-pivot type mechanism having an axial portion and a spherical portion provided at an end of the axial portion, wherein the axial portion is configured such that an angle formed between a horizontal line and an axis of the axial portion is within 10 degrees upward or 10 degrees downward, under a condition where the mounting surface has a tilting angle of 20 to 40 degrees, and the stay is attached to the mounting surface via the mounting unit, the spherical portion of the stay is inserted in the opening of the bracket and coupled with the spherical concave portion so that the mirror assembly is located under the mounting unit under the condition where the stay is mounted to the mounting surface having a tilting angle of 20 to 40 degrees, the tilting range limiter limits the tilting range of the axial portion of the stay thereby controlling a tilting range of the mirror assembly, and the tilting range limiter has a configuration capable of adjusting the tilting range of the mirror assembly enough to obtain a view of the rear side of the vehicle under the condition where the mounting surface has a tilting angle of 20 to 40 degrees.