Exterior rearview mirror assembly for vehicles with positioning

Details Exterior rearview mirror assembly for vehicles with positioning Exterior rearview mirror assembly for vehicles with positioning

1997-12-19

1999-09-07

Spyrou, Cassandra

Optical: systems and elements

Mirror

Retractable vehicle mirror

359872, 248478, 248479, 248900, G02B 508

Patent

active

059495910

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle exterior rearview mirror assembly provides a break-away housing which exhibits increased dampening, reduce vibration, and consistent break-away force while requiring simplified tooling to manufacture. The mirror assembly includes a housing having a reflective element supported and a mounting bracket adapted for mounting to a vehicle. The mounting bracket includes a pivot extending between the mounting bracket and the housing, for pivotally mounting the housing to the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket and housing include a plurality of detent assemblies for releasably coupling the housing to the mounting bracket. At least two detent assemblies have a longitudinal extent which is substantially parallel to a line which extends through a center of rotation of the pivot. Preferably, the at least two detent assemblies are positioned on opposite sides of the pivot and are positioned on opposed sides of mounting bracket. Preferably, the detent assemblies each comprises a recess positioned on one of the mounting bracket and the housing and a projecting member provided on the other of the mounting bracket and the housing.

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patent: 5669698 (1997-09-01), Veldman et al.
patent: 5669705 (1997-09-01), Pastrick et al.

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