Powerextend mirror with manual override clutch assembly

Details Powerextend mirror with manual override clutch assembly Powerextend mirror with manual override clutch assembly

2007-08-28

2007-08-28

Robinson, Mark A. (Department: 2872)

Optical: systems and elements

Mirror

Retractable vehicle mirror

C359S877000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11382582

ABSTRACT:
A vehicular mirror assembly comprises a base, a mirror housing, and an actuator. The mirror housing has a reflective element therein, and is coupled with the base for at least a normal path of movement between a retracted position where the mirror housing is adjacent the base and an extended position where the mirror housing is distal to the base. The actuator is operatively mounted between the base and the mirror housing for selectively moving the mirror housing with respect to the base through the normal path of movement. The actuator comprises a motor having a rotatable motor shaft, a gear assembly coupled with the motor shaft and rotatable with rotation of the motor shaft, and a rotatable drive shaft coupled with the gear assembly and the mirror housing for moving the mirror housing through the normal path of movement with rotation of the drive shaft. The mirror housing can be moved between the extended and retracted positions by rotation of the drive shaft and the gear assembly independent of the rotation of the motor shaft, and torque developed by the gear assembly resulting from the rotation of the motor shaft is comparable to the torque developed by the gear assembly resulting from the rotation of the drive shaft.

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