WO2002032723A1 - Outer double rear-view mirror - Google Patents

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WO2002032723A1
WO2002032723A1 PCT/ES2001/000390 ES0100390W WO0232723A1 WO 2002032723 A1 WO2002032723 A1 WO 2002032723A1 ES 0100390 W ES0100390 W ES 0100390W WO 0232723 A1 WO0232723 A1 WO 0232723A1
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Adolfo Caballero Guirado
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B60R1/00—Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
    • B60R1/02—Rear-view mirror arrangements
    • B60R1/08—Rear-view mirror arrangements involving special optical features, e.g. avoiding blind spots, e.g. convex mirrors; Side-by-side associations of rear-view and other mirrors
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  • a subject of the present invention is a double exterior mirror, which is applicable to motor vehicles, particularly passenger cars.
  • patent FR 89 11192 an exterior rear-view mirror corresponding to the right side is described, the purpose of which is to allow viewing of the blind spot area, which comprises a main mirror to which an auxiliary mirror is superimposed, being both joint mirrors one with respect to the other and forming their planes with each other a certain constant angle, while the auxiliary mirror is inclined, according to a constant angle, towards the main mirror.
  • Patent EP 0 900 696 describes various embodiments of exterior rear-view mirrors for motor vehicles, which in each case comprise two or more mirrors, in order to allow viewing of the blind spot area, avoiding image deformations provided by the Exterior mirrors fitted with a curved mirror.
  • a first described embodiment comprises a housing provided with a single housing in which two flat mirrors are arranged superimposed on each other and provided with respective positioning means.
  • two casings are arranged superimposed on each other, each of which is provided with a housing in which a flat mirror is provided, provided with positioning means.
  • the rear-view mirror comprises a housing in which two flat mirrors linked to each other vertically are arranged in a single housing by means of a link mechanism.
  • a housing is described in which three flat mirrors coupled by corresponding articulation mechanisms are vertically arranged in a single housing.
  • the mirrors with which the exterior mirrors are provided are integral with each other, which implies that the positioning of one mirror affects the positioning of the other mirror; - the mirrors are provided with respective positioning means, thereby increasing the cost of the rear-view mirror; and
  • the mirrors are arranged one above the other, in the event that the exterior mirror is provided with two mirrors, or in longitudinal alignment, in the event that the exterior mirror is provided with three mirrors, the mirrors being in any case located in a single housing of the exterior mirror housing, all of which does not facilitate a clear distinction between the different visual fields to be observed by the driver of the vehicle, leading to uncertain observation.
  • the double exterior mirror object of the invention is of the type that consists of a housing that configures a hollow body, in which a mirror is provided, provided with a positioning mechanism that can be operated from inside the vehicle.
  • the double exterior mirror according to the invention is characterized in that the housing comprises an upper housing and a lower housing separated by a transverse partition whose front edge connects to the front edge of the housing, the upper housing being adapted to house said mirror and positioning mechanism.
  • the lower housing is adapted to house an additional mirror, which occupies a fixed position with respect to the housing and that it is adapted so that the driver can view the side of the vehicle, including the corresponding rear wheel, during the vehicle parking maneuver, or so that the driver of the vehicle can view the vehicles behind him, when they are left behind. located in the blind spot area.
  • FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of the double exterior mirror object of the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a view corresponding to that of Fig. 1, in which the rear view mirrors provide corresponding images
  • Fig. 3 is a plan view detailing the angles ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 of the mirror and the additional mirror respectively of the double exterior mirror of the invention
  • Fig. 4 is a front elevation view detailing the viewing angles ⁇ .3 and ⁇ 4 of the mirror and the additional mirror respectively of the double exterior mirror of the invention.
  • Fig. 1 shows a representation of the double exterior mirror corresponding to the right side. It is understood that the double exterior mirror corresponding to the left side does not differ structurally from the one illustrated, except in those aspects derived from symmetry reasons.
  • the double exterior mirror comprises a support 1 attachable to the body of the motor vehicle (not shown), and a housing 2 attachable to the support 1, so that it can be rotated around the latter to occupy, for example and among others, the position vehicle parking.
  • the casing 2 forms a hollow body provided with an upper housing 3 and a lower housing 4 which are completely separated by a transverse partition 5, the front edge 6 of which connects without continuity with the front edge 7 of the casing 2.
  • the upper housing 3 is adapted to house a mirror 8 equipped with a positioning mechanism (not shown) operable from the inside of the vehicle and adapted to place the mirror 8 in any one of the usual positions of use while driving the vehicle.
  • the lower housing 4 is adapted to house an additional mirror 9, provided so that the driver of the vehicle can view the blind spot area of the mirror 8 arranged in the upper housing 3, thus allowing the vehicle or vehicles that follow it to view.
  • the additional mirror 9 is adapted to allow the driver of the vehicle to view the side of the vehicle and the corresponding rear wheel, thereby greatly facilitating parking maneuvers. It is understood that both purposes of the additional mirror 9 are mutually exclusive, and that the adoption of one or another type of visual field provided by the additional mirror 9, will be originating on demand.
  • the additional mirror 9 occupies a fixed position with respect to the housing 2, which can, for example, be originally determined for each type of vehicle, so that the image displayed from the driver's position, both that corresponding to the exterior rear-view mirror left as well as to the right side, is the one that corresponds to the previously detailed purposes of additional mirror 9.
  • Fig. 2 the double exterior mirror of the invention is shown, which is described as an example of embodiment, it being appreciated that the mirror 8 provides an image given by the angles ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 3 detailed in Figs. 3 and 4 respectively, determining the conventional area of vision or field of view of the rear-view mirror, while the additional mirror 9 provides an image given by the angles ⁇ 2 and ⁇ 4 also detailed in Figs. 3 and 4 respectively, determining the viewing area on the side of the vehicle and the corresponding rear wheel thereof. As previously indicated, the additional mirror 9 can be adapted for viewing the blind spot area, not shown, of the mirror 8.
  • the double exterior mirror according to the invention which has been described as an example of embodiment, thus provides an integral solution to the aforementioned drawbacks presented by the known embodiments of exterior mirrors, provided with various mirrors for the visualization of areas of blind spot and / or sides of the vehicle.
  • the characteristic arrangement of the mirror 8 (conventional) and the additional mirror 9 in two independent housings, upper 3 and lower 4 respectively, separated by a transverse partition 5 whose front edge 6 connects with the front edge 7 of the housing 2, provides a clear and intuitive distinction of the visual fields that both mirrors 8 and 9 offer the driver of the vehicle, limiting, when not making it impossible, the confusion regarding the visual field observed.
  • the fact that the additional mirror 9 is independent of the mirror 8 and that it occupies a fixed position with respect to the housing 2, greatly reduces production costs by dispensing with a corresponding positioning mechanism.

Abstract

The outer double rear-view mirror can be used in automobiles and comprises a housing (2) that can be coupled to a support (1) that is mounted on the structure of the vehicle. The housing (2) forms a hollow body provided with an upper location (3) and a bottom location (4) that are separated by a transversal partition (5) whose front edge (6) is linked to the front edge (7) of the housing (2). A mirror (8) provided with a positioning mechanism that can be actuated from inside and/or outside the vehicle is located in the upper location (3), said mechanism making it possible to position the mirror (8) in any commonly used positions. An additional mirror (9) having a fixed position relative to the housing (2) is placed in the bottom location (4), said mirror being adapted in such a way that the driver can see the side of the vehicle and the corresponding rear wheel or that the driver of the vehicle can see the vehicles behind him when said vehicles are located in the blind spot area. The invention can be used in the automobile industry.

Description

"RETROVISOR EXTERIOR DOBLE" "DOUBLE EXTERIOR MIRROR"
Sector técnico de la invención. -Technical sector of the invention. -
La presente invención tiene por objeto un retrovisor exterior doble, que es de aplicación en vehículos automóviles, particularmente en vehículos de turismo.A subject of the present invention is a double exterior mirror, which is applicable to motor vehicles, particularly passenger cars.
Antecedentes de la invención.Background of the invention.
Son muy conocidos los inconvenientes que derivan de la limitación del campo visual que proporcionan las realizaciones conocidas de retrovisores exteriores para vehículos automóviles provistos de un único espejo, afectando tales limitaciones del campo visual muy particularmente a las condiciones de marcha del vehículo en cuanto a visionado de vehículos que lo siguen por detrás y situados en la zona de ángulo muerto, y afectando también tales limitaciones del campo visual a aquellas maniobras del vehículo en las que, como en las de aparcamiento, el conductor no puede visionar el lateral del vehículo ni, en consecuencia, visionar la posición ocupada por la rueda posterior correspondiente. En el primer caso, la falta de visionado de vehículos situados en la zona de ángulo muerto, implica una disminución de la seguridad en el orden de marcha del vehículo, en tanto que en el segundo caso, la falta de visionado del lateral del vehículo durante la maniobra de estacionamiento, determina un incremento de la dificultad de la maniobra.The drawbacks deriving from the limitation of the visual field provided by the known embodiments of exterior rear-view mirrors for motor vehicles provided with a single mirror are well known, such limitations of the visual field affecting particularly the driving conditions of the vehicle in terms of viewing Vehicles that follow behind and located in the blind spot zone, and also affecting such limitations of the visual field to those maneuvers of the vehicle in which, as in parking, the driver cannot see the side of the vehicle or, in Consequently, view the position occupied by the corresponding rear wheel. In the first case, the lack of viewing of vehicles located in the area of blind spot, implies a decrease in security in the vehicle's running order, while in the second case, the lack of viewing of the side of the vehicle during the parking maneuver determines an increase in the difficulty of the maneuver.
En la patente FR 89 11192 se describe un retrovisor exterior correspondiente al lado derecho, cuya finalidad es la de permitir el visionado de la zona de ángulo muerto, el cual comprende un espejo principal al que está superpuesto un espejo auxiliar, siendo ambos espejos solidarios uno respecto del otro y formando sus planos entre sí un cierto ángulo constante, al tiempo que el espejo auxiliar está inclinado, según un ángulo también constante, hacia el espejo principal.In patent FR 89 11192 an exterior rear-view mirror corresponding to the right side is described, the purpose of which is to allow viewing of the blind spot area, which comprises a main mirror to which an auxiliary mirror is superimposed, being both joint mirrors one with respect to the other and forming their planes with each other a certain constant angle, while the auxiliary mirror is inclined, according to a constant angle, towards the main mirror.
La patente EP 0 900 696 describe varias formas de realización de retrovisores exteriores para vehículos automóviles, que comprenden en cada caso dos o más espejos, con la finalidad de permitir el visionado de la zona de ángulo muerto, evitando las deformaciones de imagen que proporcionan los retrovisores exteriores provistos de un espejo curvo. Una primera forma de realización descrita comprende una carcasa provista de un único alojamiento en el que están dispuestos dos espejos planos superpuestos entre sí y provistos de respectivos medios de posicionamiento. Según una segunda forma de realización, están dispuestas dos carcasas superpuestas entre sí, cada una de las cuales está dotada de un alojamiento en el que está dispuesto un espejo plano, provisto de medios de posicionamiento. En una tercera forma de realización, el retrovisor comprende una carcasa en la que en un único alojamiento están dispuestos verticalmente dos espejos planos enlazados entre sí mediante un mecanismo de articulación. Finalmente en una cuarta forma de realización se describe una carcasa en la que en un único alojamiento están dispuestos verticalmente tres espejos planos acoplados mediante correspondientes mecanismos de articulación. Las realizaciones conocidas de retrovisores exteriores antes descritas presentan, total o parcialmente, los inconvenientes que se detallan a continuación:Patent EP 0 900 696 describes various embodiments of exterior rear-view mirrors for motor vehicles, which in each case comprise two or more mirrors, in order to allow viewing of the blind spot area, avoiding image deformations provided by the Exterior mirrors fitted with a curved mirror. A first described embodiment comprises a housing provided with a single housing in which two flat mirrors are arranged superimposed on each other and provided with respective positioning means. According to a second embodiment, two casings are arranged superimposed on each other, each of which is provided with a housing in which a flat mirror is provided, provided with positioning means. In a third embodiment, the rear-view mirror comprises a housing in which two flat mirrors linked to each other vertically are arranged in a single housing by means of a link mechanism. Finally, in a fourth embodiment, a housing is described in which three flat mirrors coupled by corresponding articulation mechanisms are vertically arranged in a single housing. The known embodiments of exterior mirrors described above have, in whole or in part, the following drawbacks:
- los espejos de los que están provistos los retrovisores exteriores son solidarios entre sí, lo que implica que el posicionado de un espejo afecta al posicionado del otro espejo; - los espejos están provistos de respectivos medios de posicionamiento, con lo que se encarece el coste del retrovisor; y- the mirrors with which the exterior mirrors are provided are integral with each other, which implies that the positioning of one mirror affects the positioning of the other mirror; - the mirrors are provided with respective positioning means, thereby increasing the cost of the rear-view mirror; and
- los espejos están dispuestos uno encima del otro, en el caso de que el retrovisor exterior esté provisto de dos espejos, o en alineación longitudinal, en el caso de que el retrovisor exterior esté provisto de tres espejos, estando los espejos en cualquier caso situados en un único alojamiento de la carcasa del retrovisor exterior, todo lo cual no facilita una clara distinción de los diferentes campos visuales a observar por el conductor del vehículo, lo que conduce a una observación incierta.- the mirrors are arranged one above the other, in the event that the exterior mirror is provided with two mirrors, or in longitudinal alignment, in the event that the exterior mirror is provided with three mirrors, the mirrors being in any case located in a single housing of the exterior mirror housing, all of which does not facilitate a clear distinction between the different visual fields to be observed by the driver of the vehicle, leading to uncertain observation.
Explicación de la invención.Explanation of the invention.
El retrovisor exterior doble objeto de la invención, es del tipo de los que están constituidos por un carcasa que configura un cuerpo hueco, en el que está dispuesto un espejo dotado de un mecanismo de posicionamiento accionable desde el interior del vehículo. El retrovisor exterior doble según la invención se caracteriza porque la carcasa comprende un alojamiento superior y un alojamiento inferior separados por un tabique transversal cuyo borde frontal enlaza con el borde frontal de la carcasa, estando el alojamiento superior adaptado para alojar dichos espejo y mecanismo de posicionamiento, en tanto que el alojamiento inferior está adaptado para alojar un espejo adicional, que ocupa una posición fija respecto de la carcasa y que está adaptado para que el conductor pueda visionar el lateral del vehículo, incluida la correspondiente rueda posterior, durante la maniobra de aparcamiento del vehículo, o para que el conductor del vehículo pueda visionar los vehículos que van por detrás de él, cuando éstos quedan situados en la zona de ángulo muerto.The double exterior mirror object of the invention is of the type that consists of a housing that configures a hollow body, in which a mirror is provided, provided with a positioning mechanism that can be operated from inside the vehicle. The double exterior mirror according to the invention is characterized in that the housing comprises an upper housing and a lower housing separated by a transverse partition whose front edge connects to the front edge of the housing, the upper housing being adapted to house said mirror and positioning mechanism. , while the lower housing is adapted to house an additional mirror, which occupies a fixed position with respect to the housing and that it is adapted so that the driver can view the side of the vehicle, including the corresponding rear wheel, during the vehicle parking maneuver, or so that the driver of the vehicle can view the vehicles behind him, when they are left behind. located in the blind spot area.
Breve descripción de los dibujos.Brief description of the drawings.
En los dibujos adjuntos se ilustra, a título de ejemplo no limitativo, una forma de realización del retrovisor exterior doble objeto de la invención. En dichos dibujos: la Fig. 1 , es una vista en alzado frontal del retrovisor exterior doble objeto de la invención; la Fig. 2, es una vista correspondiente a la de la Fig. 1 , en la que los espejos del retrovisor proporcionan correspondientes imágenes; la Fig. 3, es una vista en planta que detalla los ángulos α1 y α2 del espejo y del espejo adicional respectivamente del retrovisor exterior doble de la invención; y la Fig. 4, es una vista en alzado frontal que detalla los ángulos de visión α.3 y α4 del espejo y del espejo adicional respectivamente del retrovisor exterior doble de la invención.The attached drawings illustrate, by way of non-limiting example, an embodiment of the double exterior mirror object of the invention. In said drawings: Fig. 1 is a front elevation view of the double exterior mirror object of the invention; Fig. 2 is a view corresponding to that of Fig. 1, in which the rear view mirrors provide corresponding images; Fig. 3 is a plan view detailing the angles α1 and α2 of the mirror and the additional mirror respectively of the double exterior mirror of the invention; and Fig. 4, is a front elevation view detailing the viewing angles α.3 and α4 of the mirror and the additional mirror respectively of the double exterior mirror of the invention.
Descripción detallada del ejemplo de realización.Detailed description of the embodiment example.
En la Fig. 1 se aprecia una representación del retrovisor exterior doble correspondiente al lado derecho. Se entiende que el retrovisor exterior doble correspondiente al lado izquierdo no difiere estructuralmente del ¡lustrado, salvo en aquellos aspectos derivados de razones de simetría.Fig. 1 shows a representation of the double exterior mirror corresponding to the right side. It is understood that the double exterior mirror corresponding to the left side does not differ structurally from the one illustrated, except in those aspects derived from symmetry reasons.
El retrovisor exterior doble comprende un soporte 1 acoplable a la carrocería del vehículo automóvil (no mostrada), y una carcasa 2 acoplable al soporte 1 , de modo que puede ser girada alrededor de este último para ocupar, por ejemplo y entre otras, la posición de estacionamiento del vehículo. La carcasa 2 configura un cuerpo hueco provisto de un alojamiento superior 3 y de un alojamiento inferior 4 que están completamente separados mediante un tabique transversal 5, cuyo borde frontal 6 enlaza sin solución de continuidad con el borde frontal 7 de la carcasa 2.The double exterior mirror comprises a support 1 attachable to the body of the motor vehicle (not shown), and a housing 2 attachable to the support 1, so that it can be rotated around the latter to occupy, for example and among others, the position vehicle parking. The casing 2 forms a hollow body provided with an upper housing 3 and a lower housing 4 which are completely separated by a transverse partition 5, the front edge 6 of which connects without continuity with the front edge 7 of the casing 2.
El alojamiento superior 3 está adaptado para alojar un espejo 8 dotado de un mecanismo de posicionamiento (no representado) accionable desde el interior del vehículo y adaptado para situar al espejo 8 en una cualquiera de las posiciones habituales de uso durante la conducción del vehículo.The upper housing 3 is adapted to house a mirror 8 equipped with a positioning mechanism (not shown) operable from the inside of the vehicle and adapted to place the mirror 8 in any one of the usual positions of use while driving the vehicle.
El alojamiento inferior 4 está adaptado para alojar un espejo adicional 9, previsto para que el conductor del vehículo pueda visionar la zona de ángulo muerto del espejo 8 dispuesto en el alojamiento superior 3, permitiendo de este modo visionar al vehículo o vehículos que le siguen. Alternativamente, el espejo adicional 9 está adaptado para permitir que el conductor del vehículo pueda visionar el lateral del mismo y la correspondiente rueda posterior, facilitando de este modo en gran medida las maniobras de estacionamiento. Se entiende que ambas finalidades del espejo adicional 9 son entre sí excluyentes, y que la adopción de uno u otro tipo de campo visual proporcionado por el espejo adicional 9, vendrá dada de origen según demanda.The lower housing 4 is adapted to house an additional mirror 9, provided so that the driver of the vehicle can view the blind spot area of the mirror 8 arranged in the upper housing 3, thus allowing the vehicle or vehicles that follow it to view. Alternatively, the additional mirror 9 is adapted to allow the driver of the vehicle to view the side of the vehicle and the corresponding rear wheel, thereby greatly facilitating parking maneuvers. It is understood that both purposes of the additional mirror 9 are mutually exclusive, and that the adoption of one or another type of visual field provided by the additional mirror 9, will be originating on demand.
El espejo adicional 9 ocupa una posición fija respecto de la carcasa 2, que puede, por ejemplo, ser determinada en origen para cada tipo de vehículo, de modo que la imagen visualizada desde la posición del conductor, tanto la correspondiente al retrovisor exterior del lado izquierdo como a la del lado derecho, sea aquella que se corresponda con las finalidades antes detalladas del espejo adicional 9.The additional mirror 9 occupies a fixed position with respect to the housing 2, which can, for example, be originally determined for each type of vehicle, so that the image displayed from the driver's position, both that corresponding to the exterior rear-view mirror left as well as to the right side, is the one that corresponds to the previously detailed purposes of additional mirror 9.
En la Fig. 2 aparece representado el retrovisor exterior doble de la invención que como ejemplo de realización se describe, apreciándose que el espejo 8 proporciona una imagen dada por los ángulos α1 y α3 detallados en las Figs. 3 y 4 respectivamente, determinantes de la zona de visión o campo visual convencional del retrovisor, en tanto que el espejo adicional 9 proporciona una imagen dada por los ángulos α2 y α4 detallados también en las Figs. 3 y 4 respectivamente, determinantes de la zona de visión del lateral del vehículo y de la correspondiente rueda posterior del mismo. Como antes se ha indicado, el espejo adicional 9 puede ser adaptado para el visionado de la zona de ángulo muerto, no representada, del espejo 8.In Fig. 2 the double exterior mirror of the invention is shown, which is described as an example of embodiment, it being appreciated that the mirror 8 provides an image given by the angles α1 and α3 detailed in Figs. 3 and 4 respectively, determining the conventional area of vision or field of view of the rear-view mirror, while the additional mirror 9 provides an image given by the angles α2 and α4 also detailed in Figs. 3 and 4 respectively, determining the viewing area on the side of the vehicle and the corresponding rear wheel thereof. As previously indicated, the additional mirror 9 can be adapted for viewing the blind spot area, not shown, of the mirror 8.
El retrovisor exterior doble según la invención que como ejemplo de realización se ha descrito, aporta pues una solución integral a los inconvenientes antes explicados que presentan las realizaciones conocidas de retrovisores exteriores, provistos de varios espejos para la visualización de zonas de ángulo muerto y/o laterales del vehículo. La característica disposición del espejo 8 (convencional) y del espejo adicional 9 en dos alojamientos independientes, superior 3 e inferior 4 respectivamente, separados por un tabique transversal 5 cuyo borde frontal 6 enlaza con el borde frontal 7 de la carcasa 2, proporciona una clara e intuitiva distinción de los campos visuales que ambos espejos 8 y 9 ofrecen al conductor del vehículo, limitándose, cuando no imposibilitando, la confusión en cuanto al campo visual observado. Por otro lado, el hecho de que el espejo adicional 9 sea independiente del espejo 8 y de que ocupe una posición fija respecto de la carcasa 2, reduce en gran medida los costes de producción al prescindir de un correspondiente mecanismo de posicionamiento. The double exterior mirror according to the invention, which has been described as an example of embodiment, thus provides an integral solution to the aforementioned drawbacks presented by the known embodiments of exterior mirrors, provided with various mirrors for the visualization of areas of blind spot and / or sides of the vehicle. The characteristic arrangement of the mirror 8 (conventional) and the additional mirror 9 in two independent housings, upper 3 and lower 4 respectively, separated by a transverse partition 5 whose front edge 6 connects with the front edge 7 of the housing 2, provides a clear and intuitive distinction of the visual fields that both mirrors 8 and 9 offer the driver of the vehicle, limiting, when not making it impossible, the confusion regarding the visual field observed. On the other hand, the fact that the additional mirror 9 is independent of the mirror 8 and that it occupies a fixed position with respect to the housing 2, greatly reduces production costs by dispensing with a corresponding positioning mechanism.

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1.- Retrovisor exterior doble, del tipo de los que están constituidos por un carcasa (2), que configura un cuerpo hueco en el que está dispuesto un espejo (8) dotado de un mecanismo de posicionamiento, accionable desde el interior y/o exterior del vehículo, que se caracteriza porque la carcasa (2) comprende un alojamiento superior (3) y un alojamiento inferior (4), separados por un tabique transversal (5) cuyo borde frontal (6) enlaza con el borde frontal (7) de la carcasa (2), estando el alojamiento superior (3) adaptado para alojar dichos espejo (8) y mecanismo de posicionamíento, y estando el alojamiento inferior (4) adaptado para alojar un espejo adicional (9), que ocupa una posición fija respecto de la carcasa (2) y que está adaptado para que el conductor pueda visionar el lateral del vehículo incluida la correspondiente rueda posterior, durante la maniobra de aparcamiento del vehículo, o para que el conductor del vehículo pueda vísionar los vehículos que le siguen por detrás, cuando éstos quedan situados en la zona de ángulo muerto. 1.- Double exterior mirror, of the type consisting of a housing (2), which configures a hollow body in which a mirror (8) is provided with a positioning mechanism, operable from the inside and / or exterior of the vehicle, characterized in that the housing (2) comprises an upper housing (3) and a lower housing (4), separated by a transverse partition (5) whose front edge (6) links with the front edge (7) of the housing (2), the upper housing (3) being adapted to accommodate said mirror (8) and positioning mechanism, and the lower housing (4) being adapted to accommodate an additional mirror (9), which occupies a fixed position with respect to the housing (2) and which is adapted so that the driver can view the side of the vehicle including the corresponding rear wheel, during the vehicle parking maneuver, or so that the driver of the vehicle can enter the vehicles that follow him bybehind, when they are located in the blind spot area.
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