ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,147, issued on March 3, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Door mirror structure" was invented by Yukihiro Moriyama (Aki-gun, Japan) and Atsushi Yakushinji (Aki-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door mirror structure comprises a door-mirror body portion, a mirror base having a tip-end portion fixed to the door-mirror body portion, and a drive unit to rotate the door-mirror body portion and the mirror base between a mirror-use position and a mirror-storage position. The drive unit is provided at the side door. The housing of the door-mirror body portion has a shape such that the door-mirror body portion t...