Optical: systems and elements – Mirror – Plural mirrors or reflecting surfaces
Patent
1995-02-08
1996-08-13
Dzierzynski, Paul M.
Optical: systems and elements
Mirror
Plural mirrors or reflecting surfaces
359850, 359508, 359864, 359865, G02B 508, G02B 700, G02B 510
Patent
active
055462391
ABSTRACT:
An exterior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle including an extendable mirror for improved rearward viewing is disclosed. Several embodiments of the rearview mirror assembly each comprise a mirror housing, a mirror disposed in the mirror housing, and some structure to allow extension of the mirror between an inboard position and an outboard position. In one embodiment, the mirror assembly includes structure to allow rotation of the mirror between inboard and outboard positions. The mirror may comprise a post disposed in a mirror shell and extending along a longitudinal horizontal axis which extends through a plane defined by the mirror, offset from a central vertical axis of the mirror. In another embodiment, the means for rotating the mirror comprises a pivot part having a shaft disposed in an aperture in the mirror shell, which is disposed along the longitudinal horizontal axis. In yet another embodiment, the means for extending the mirror from an inboard position to an outboard position comprises a groove in the mirror housing, in which a mirror frame is slidably disposed. The frame may be slid, relative to the mirror housing, from an inboard position to an outboard position.
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Dzierzynski Paul M.
Sikd-er Mohammad Y.
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