Optical: systems and elements – Mirror – With support
Reexamination Certificate
2000-10-02
2001-11-13
Sikder, Mohammad (Department: 2872)
Optical: systems and elements
Mirror
With support
C359S872000, C359S873000, C359S875000, C359S876000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06315421
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an interior rearview mirror for vehicles, in particular, motor vehicles, comprising a mirror support and a mirror housing which is connected by means of a ball joint comprising a ball head with the mirror support, and further comprising at least one electrically operated part that is connected by an electric line to a power/voltage source.
2. Description of the Related Art
It is known to provide electrically operated components in the mirror housing. The cables or lines, required for power/voltage supply and coming from the power/voltage source of the vehicle, extend along the mirror support and through the hollow mirror housing to the component to be operated. The hollow ball head is provided with a bore through which the cable must be threaded in a cumbersome way. Since the ball head is relatively small the cable must first be guided through the ball head before the required plug connectors can be mounted on the cable. The assembly is thus complex, difficult, and cost-intensive.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to develop an interior rearview mirror of the aforementioned kind such that the cable can be mounted easily and quickly.
In accordance with the present invention, this is achieved in that the ball head has at least one slot via which the electrical line can be inserted from the side into the ball head.
As a result of the configuration according to the invention, the cable or electric line can be provided with one or more plug connectors before it is mounted. The thus preassembled cable is inserted via the slot from the side into the hollow ball head. The plug connector(s) provided on the cable do not interfere during insertion so that a simple and thus cost-efficient assembly is possible. The interior rearview mirror can be mounted with minimal expenditure and minimal costs because the cumbersome, time-consuming threading of the cable into a bore of the ball head is no longer required and the plug connector(s) must not be attached later to the cable. As a result of the configuration according to the invention, one of the most labor-intensive working steps on the assembly line can be saved during mounting of the interior rearview mirror.
REFERENCES:
patent: 6068380 (2000-05-01), Lynn et al.
Apfelbeck Robert
Mertens Jens
Huckett Gudrun E.
Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG
Sikder Mohammad
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