STAY FOR THE INSIDE MIRROR OF THE VEHICLE

• US 20100302661A1
• Filed: 05/21/2010
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SMR Patents Sarl (SMR Patents)
• Original Assignee: SMR Patents Sarl (SMR Patents)
• Inventors: Lee, Kyung Jun
• Granted Patent: US 8,157,238 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/872
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32032 Plural ball and socket
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32196 Articulate joint is ball and socket

Abstract

The present invention discloses a stay device for a vehicle comprising a mount having a ball formed protrudely on a front surface thereof and a wire passage formed therein and extended into the ball; a body coupled to the mount through the ball of the mount, the body having a wire passage formed therein; a plate spring provided for pressurizing the body; a body cover for wrapping the body and the plate spring; and a pivot ball assembly having a ball protrudely formed on a rear surface thereof, the pivot ball assembly being coupled to the body.

Claims

1. A mirror stay device for an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle, comprising;

a mount (1) having a ball formed protrudely on a front surface thereof and a wire passage formed therein and extended into the ball;

a body (2) coupled to the mount through the ball of the mount, the body (2) having a wire passage formed therein;

a plate spring (3a, 3b) provided for pressurizing the body;

a body cover (4) for wrapping the body (2) and the plate spring (3a, 3b); and

a pivot ball assembly (5) having a ball protrudely formed on a rear surface thereof, the pivot ball assembly (5) being coupled to the body.

2. The mirror stay device for an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle claimed in claim 1, wherein the body (2) has a hollow cylindrical shape, and each of both end portions of the body (2) consists of a plurality of pieces (23a, 23b, 23c, 24a, 24b, 24c) spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction.

3. The mirror stay device for an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle claimed in claim 1, wherein the plate spring is divided into a first plate spring (3a) and a second spring (3b) provided on both end portions of the body (2), respectively, each of the first and second plate springs (3a, 3b) has a hollow cylindrical shape.

4. The minor stay device for an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle claimed in claim 1, wherein the body (2) has stoppers (21a, 21b) formed on outer surfaces of both end portions thereof to restrict a movement of the plate spring.

5. The mirror stay device for an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle claimed in claim 1, wherein the body cover consists of a first body cover and a second body cover.

6. The mirror stay device for an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle claimed in claim 4, wherein each of the first body cover and the second body cover has a hollow semi-cylindrical shape.