Optical: systems and elements – Mirror – With support
Patent
1992-09-22
1993-12-07
Lerner, Martin
Optical: systems and elements
Mirror
With support
359873, 359877, 248486, G02B 7182, B60R 102
Patent
active
052687961
ABSTRACT:
A powered vehicle mirror includes a support shaft securable to a pair of support brackets in a fixed attachment. A mirror housing supports a mirror and defines an interior cavity through which the support shaft extends. A bidirectional motor and speed reduction gear mechanism is coupled to a rotatable threaded shaft having a pair of threaded shuttles supported thereby. A multiple arm linkage mechanism is coupled between the threaded shuttles and the support shaft such that rotation of the threaded shaft during motor energizing causes the threaded shuttles to be drawn closer together or spread farther apart and produce a rotational force against the support shaft which operates to pivot the mirror. A solenoid brake mechanism is operative to captivate a brake plate and prevents run-on or overshoot during mirror angular changes. In an alternate embodiment, a threaded shaft is driven by the motor and speed reduction unit and receives a single threaded shuttle which is coupled to a stationary support shaft to provide rotational motion of the powered mirror. In an still further alternate embodiment, a frictional brake mechanism is continuously operative to minimize overshoot and run-on of the powered mirror during rotation.
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patent: 5111341 (1992-05-01), Keast
Chambers Edward A.
Tomerlin Reg
Ekstrand Roy A.
Jr. John Juba
Lerner Martin
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