Mirror housing with electrical connector

Details Mirror housing with electrical connector Mirror housing with electrical connector

1999-02-16

1999-10-26

Spyrou, Cassandra

Optical: systems and elements

Mirror

With support

359872, G02B 7182

Patent

active

059715537

ABSTRACT:
An interior rearview mirror is provided for vehicles having electrically operated components requiring connection to a power source with a blind assembly. The mirror includes a mirror housing having a back wall that defines an opening adapted to closely receive an electrical power source connector for operating components in the mirror. An electrical component connector in the housing is aligned with the opening and has substantially parallel sidewalls with a cross-sectional shape configured and adapted to stably engage the power source connector when the power source connector is attached to the component connector. The housing includes a protruding ridge that juts outwardly and protrudes from an exterior surface of the wall on one or more sides of the opening. The ridge includes angled inner surfaces forming a comer leading toward the opening. The ridge forms an enlarged target shaped to provide a feel to an installing person that facilitates assembly by directing the power source connector toward the component connector during a blind assembly.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5178448 (1993-01-01), Adams et al.
patent: 5659423 (1997-08-01), Schierbeek et al.

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