Vehicle exterior mirror

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Filed on

1999-10-20

Date issued

2001-02-06

Examiner

Sikder, Mohammad Y. (Department: 2872)

Patent Class

Optical: systems and elements

SubClass

Mirror

SubSubClass

With support

Other Related Categories

C359S872000, C359S874000, C359S841000

Type

Reexamination Certificate

Status

active

Patent number

06183098

Description

ABSTRACT:

FIELD
This invention relates to an exterior mirror assembly for a motor vehicle comprising a mirror head in which a reflective member is mounted, a base including a support surface for the mirror head, and a cylindrical spigot having an outer end projecting from the support surface into the mirror head, wherein the mirror head includes a hollow bearing which is journalled on the spigot.
RELATED ART
Exterior mirror assemblies of this type are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,432,640 and European Patent Office Specification No. 0173113-A.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention, the spigot comprises a cylindrical member having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced radially outwardly projecting detents engaged with said bearing shoulder to retain the mirror head on the spigot, said detents projecting radially outwardly beyond said cylindrical inner bearing surface and being resiliently deformable inwardly to permit insertion of said cylindrical member into said hollow bearing until said detents snap outwardly into co-operative relationship with said bearing shoulder.


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patent: 5639054 (1997-06-01), Gerndt et al.
patent: 0 173 113 A1 (1985-02-01), None

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