1. A vehicular integrated mirror system that is supported on a vehicle body that includes a door, and has an outside mirror disposed outside a vehicle compartment and an inside mirror disposed within the vehicle compartment at a position proximate the outside mirror so that, in cooperation with the outside mirror, a vehicle rear field of vision is obtained, wherein the system comprises:
a mirror holder retaining the outside mirror and the inside mirror thereon:
a mirror support device mounted on the vehicle body so as to swingably support the mirror holder thereon in order to change a reflection angle of the two mirrors relative to a vehicle driver; and
a remote drive device for making the mirror holder swing by remote operation in order to change the reflection angle of the outside mirror and the inside mirror;
wherein the mirror holder comprises an outside mirror holder and an inside mirror holder respectively retaining the outside mirror and the inside mirror thereon, wherein said outside mirror holder and said inside mirror holder are supported on the mirror support device and are operable so as to swing independently from each other,
wherein the remote drive device comprises:
an outside drive device and an inside drive device for respectively making the outside and inside mirror holders swing;
a control unit for controlling operation of the outside drive device and the inside drive device, the control unit being switchable between a normal operation control state in which the outside and inside drive devices are both operated so as to make the outside mirror holder and the inside mirror holder swing in association, and a specific operation control state in which only the outside drive device is operated so as to make the outside mirror holder swing on its own; and
a remote operation member that enables manual operation by a vehicle driver on a driver’s seat of the vehicle, wherein:
the control unit selects the specific operation control state, and operates the outside drive device only by a predetermined amount toward a side that makes a direction the outside mirror faces change downward only by a predetermined angle, in response to an operation of an operation device operated by the vehicle driver when reversing the vehicle,
the control unit operates the outside drive device so as to return the outside mirror holder to the position the outside mirror holder was in before the specific operation control state started in response to the vehicle driver completing operation of the operation device,
when the operation by the vehicle driver for reversing the vehicle is not detected, the control unit selects the normal operation control state in which the outside mirror holder and the inside mirror holder are made to swing in association with each other in response to a signal input from the remote operation member, and
when the operation by the vehicle driver for reversing the vehicle is detected, the control unit is switched to select the specific operation control state in which only the outside driver device is operated to make the outside mirror holder swing on its own.
2. A vehicular integrated mirror system that is supported on a vehicle body that includes a door, and has an outside mirror disposed outside a vehicle compartment and an inside mirror disposed within the vehicle compartment at a position proximate the outside mirror so that, in cooperation with the outside mirror, a vehicle rear field of vision is obtained, wherein the system comprises:
a mirror holder retaining the outside mirror and the inside mirror:
a mirror support device mounted on the vehicle body so as to swingably support the mirror holder in order to change a reflection angle of the two mirrors relative to a vehicle driver; and
a remote drive device making the mirror holder swing by remote operation in order to change the reflection angle of the outside mirror and the inside mirror;
wherein the mirror holder comprises an outside mirror holder and an inside mirror holder respectively retaining the outside mirror and the inside mirror thereon, said outside mirror holder and said inside mirror holder are supported on the mirror support device and are operable so as to swing independently from each other,
wherein the remote drive device comprises:
an outside drive device and an inside drive device for respectively making the outside and inside mirror mirror holders swing;
a control unit for controlling operation of the outside drive device and the inside drive device, the control unit being switchable between a normal operation control state in which the outside and inside drive devices are both operated so as to make the outside mirror holder and the inside mirror holder swing in association and a specific operation control state in which only the outside drive device is operated so as to make the outside mirror holder swing on its own; and
a remote operation member that enables manual operation by a vehicle driver on a driver’s seat of the vehicle, wherein:
the control unit selects the specific operation control state, and operates the outside drive device only by a predetermined amount toward a side that makes a direction the outside mirror faces change downward only by a predetermined angle, in response to an operation of an operation device operated by the vehicle driver when changing a path of the vehicle,
the control unit operates the outside drive device so as to return the outside mirror holder to the position the outside mirror holder was in before the specific operation control state started in response to the vehicle driver completing operation of the operation device,
when the operation by the vehicle driver for changing the path of the vehicle is not detected, the control unit selects the normal operation control state in which the outside mirror holder and the inside mirror holder are made to swing in association with each other in response to a signal input from the remote operation member, and
when the operation by the vehicle driver for changing the path of the vehicle is detected, the control unit is switched to select the specific operation control state in which only the outside driver device is operated to make the outside mirror holder swing on its own.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A seat for a two-wheeled vehicle, in particular a bicycle, motorcycle and a scooter, comprising a relatively soft saddle support to bear a rider thereon, said saddle support having a longitudinal direction axis and a cross direction axis, a supporting structure connecting said saddle support to a seat-carrying upright of said vehicle, between said supporting structure and said upright there being provided a longitudinal oscillatable pin having an oscillating axis longitudinally extending substantially along a full extension of said longitudinal axis of said saddle support, thereby allowing said saddle support to oscillate about said longitudinal axis of said saddle support, oscillation preventing means for preventing an oscillation of said pin and accordingly of said saddle support being provided between said pin and said supporting structure, said seat further comprising means for adjusting an amplitude of said oscillation of said pin around said longitudinal axis thereof, said pin being connected to said upright and having two pin ends rotatably connected to said supporting structure, said pin being integral with said supporting structure and being connected to said upright in such a manner as to be able to slide and turn, wherein a tubular guide is moreover provided within which said pin is slidably and rotatively mounted and is integrally connected to said upright, means being provided for controlling a sliding of said pin within said tubular guide.
2. A seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein said means for controlling the sliding of said pin within said tubular guide comprise pulling means that extend between said upright and at least one end of said pin and are connected to a remote actuation device.
3. A seat in accordance with claim 2, wherein said pin has an outer thread and said tubular guide has an inner thread, manual actuating means being provided at one end of said pin to impart an angular displacement to said pin, to cause said pin to slide within said guide.
4. A seat in accordance with claim 2, wherein said oscillation preventing means comprise an element sliding on said supporting structure and a seating integral with said pin, said sliding element being positioned on said structure in such a way as to be aligned with said seating to become engaged within said seating to prevent said oscillation or to become disengaged therefrom to permit said oscillation.
5. A seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein said oscillation preventing means also allows to regulate the amplitude of the oscillation and comprise at least one sleeve integral with said tubular guide and coaxial with it and at least one sleeve integral with said pin and coaxial with it, said sleeves having opposed ends provided with complementary inclined surfaces that gradually become engaged with each other and reduce the oscillation possibility as the distance between them becomes smaller until they eventually come to constitute a locking fit that prevents one end of said sleeve from rotating with respect to the other end of said sleeve.
6. A seat in accordance with claim 5, wherein a first sleeve with an inclined end is coaxially fixed to one end of said tubular guide and a second sleeve with a complementary inclined end is counterposed to the first coaxially integral with one end of said pin, a pull wire being connected to the other end of said pin and elastic means being interposed between this latter end of said pin and an end of said tubular guide opposite to the one to which said first sleeve is attached.
7. A seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein said supporting structure has a part integral with said saddle support and a part integral with said upright, the part integral with said upright being provided with longitudinal linkage elements rigidly connected to said upright and converging onto two coaxially opposed pins (23, 24) that are rotatably connected to the part of the supporting structure rigidly connected to said saddle support.
8. A seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein said oscillation preventing means also allows to regulate the amplitude of the oscillation and comprise two sleeves with inclined ends coaxially fixed to the two ends of said tubular guide, two corresponding sleeves with complementary inclined ends being coaxially fixed to the ends of said pin, there being provided a remote manually actuated tension cable which has its ends connected to the ends of said pin, said tension cable being slidingly supported by said upright, so that pulling said tension cable in one direction or the other will cause said pin to slide relatively forward or backward until it reaches two limit positions of complete forward displacement or complete rearward displacement of the seat in which the respective pairs of the inclined ends of said sleeves prevent said pin from further rotating, whereas in an intermediate position relative rotation of said pin is possible with an increasing amplitude that depends on a distance between said inclined ends of said sleeves.
9. A seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein from said pin there extends a tooth that projects within a longitudinal slot provided on said tubular guide capable of becoming engaged with a vault delimited by an arcuate portion bridging said tubular guide to prevent rotation of said pin in an intermediate position between an extreme forward position of the seat and an extreme rearward position thereof.
10. A seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein said pin is slidingly and rotatably engaged in a longitudinal groove integral with said supporting structure, there being provided, integral with said structure, pulling means for controlling sliding movements of said pin in both directions and means for locking the oscillation.
11. A seat in accordance with claim 10, wherein said oscillation preventing means comprise a radial rib arranged between two walls situated at a gradually variable distance from each other.
12. A seat in accordance with claim 11, wherein said walls comprise a flared groove of a substantially triangular section provided in a small block that can slide with respect to said pin, said rib being engaged in said groove.
13. A seat in accordance with claim 11, wherein said walls comprise end portions of two setting screws axially facing to each other and screwed into walls integral with said structure.
14. A seat in accordance with claim 10, wherein said oscillation control means comprise a longitudinal groove provided on said pin and a prismatic tooth of a substantially triangular section that can gradually become engaged within said groove.