Supports – Pipe or cable – Extending through plate
Patent
1983-01-21
1985-04-16
Corbin, John K.
Supports
Pipe or cable
Extending through plate
248900, G02B 508, E04G 300
Patent
active
045112142
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to an exterior mirror for vehicles, with a mirror-housing which, in normal operation, is retained in a fixed location on the vehicle and which, in the event of a collision, can fold away, forwards or backwards, until it assumes at least an approximately flat position against the vehicle. Folding occurs about a pair of pivot-axes. A mirror-shell, carrying a reflector, is retained in the interior of the mirror-housing. An aerodynamically efficient fairing is provided on the leading side of the mirror-housing. In order to be able to design the fairing with a shape which is particularly aerodynamically efficient, namely with a shape which is particularly long in the direction in which the vehicle travels and which resembles a wedge, while nevertheless being able, on the other hand, to permit the mirror to fold away effectively and with little overhang, at least one separate pivot-axis is provided for the fairing of the mirror-housing. This pivot-axis is inclined, in side view, at a pronounced angle relative to the pivot-axes of the mirror-housing. The fairing otherwise merely bears against the mirror-housing in a manner permitting detachment. The fairing is spring-loaded towards the mirror-housing and a vibration-damping, resilient interlayer is provided in the contact zone. The pivot-axis is positioned parallel to an edge-rim of the fairing, in the region of the projecting fitting on the vehicle. That wall of the fairing, which is located opposite, is composed of a conventional resilient material.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3990774 (1976-11-01), Gotz
patent: 4350084 (1982-09-01), Azzola
patent: 4380370 (1983-04-01), Mittelhauser
Bauer Wilhelm
Bausch Max
Grabner Christian
Herzog Siegfried
Jordan Hans-Peter
Corbin John K.
Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
Lewis David
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