EXTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRROR AND PROCESS FOR ITS ASSEMBLY

• US 20120033314A1
• Filed: 08/03/2011
• Published: 02/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SMR Patents Sarl (SMR Patents)
• Original Assignee: SMR Patents SARL
• Inventors: Szmolenszki, Istvan, Herrmann, Andreas
• Application Number:
  US13/197,230
• Publication Number:
  US 20120033314A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/872
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/06 mounted on vehicle exterior B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/062 with remote control for adjusting position B60R1/0607 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

An exterior rear view mirror of an exterior rear view mirror assembly for a motor vehicle is described. The exterior rear view mirror includes: an exterior rear view mirror housing, a base bracket, at least partly accommodated in the exterior rear view mirror housing, a frame with walls, which surround an opening arranged on the rear side of the exterior rear view mirror housing, for a mirror glass, and an adjusting device, attached to the base bracket, for the mirror glass. The frame is attached to the base bracket by means of the adjusting device. In addition, a process for assembly of an exterior rear view mirror of this type is described.

Claims

1. Exterior rear view mirror with

an exterior rear view mirror housing,

a base bracket, at least partly accommodated in the exterior rear view mirror housing,

a frame with walls, which surround an opening arranged on the rear side of the exterior rear view mirror housing, for a mirror glass, and

an adjusting device, attached to the base bracket, for the mirror glass,

wherein

the frame being attached to the base bracket by means of the adjusting device.

2. Exterior rear view mirror according to claim 1,

characterized by

attachment of the frame to the base bracket by means of the adjusting device by means of fastening means at least also provided for the attachment of the adjusting device to the base bracket.

3. Exterior rear view mirror according to claim 2,

characterized in that,

for the attachment of the frame to the base bracket by means of the adjusting device, the frame is held tightly to the base bracket itself by the adjusting device and/or is clamped in a friction-locked manner.

4. Exterior rear view mirror according to claim 3,

characterized in that,

the frame is connected to the adjusting device.

5. Exterior rear view mirror according to claim 4,

characterized in that,

the frame is connected to the adjusting device on the side of the adjusting device which faces the base bracket.

6. Exterior rear view mirror according to claim 5,

characterized in that,

the frame is connected to the adjusting device between the adjusting device and the base bracket.

7. Exterior rear view mirror according to claim 6,

characterized in that,

the frame can comprise a section provided for its attachment to the base bracket by means of the adjusting device.

8. Exterior rear view mirror according to claim 7,

characterized in that,

the section of the frame provided for attachment to the base bracket by means of the adjusting device, seen from the opening provided on the rear side of the exterior rear view mirror housing for the mirror glass, at least partly encompasses and/or engages behind the adjusting device.

9. Exterior rear view mirror according to claim 8,

characterized in that,

in a part of the section at least partly encompassing and/or engaging behind the adjusting device, through-openings are provided at least for the fastening means serving for the attachment of the adjusting device to the base bracket.

10. Exterior rear view mirror according to claim 9,

characterized in that,

the section is designed in a bowl shape, whereby the bowl edge forms or includes the walls surrounding the opening provided on the rear side of the exterior rear view mirror housing, and in the region of the bowl base, the frame is attached to the base bracket by means of the adjusting device.

11. Exterior rear view mirror according to claim 10,

characterized in that,

the bowl-shaped section can have a lattice form, at least between the bowl edge and the bowl base.

12. Exterior rear view mirror according to claim 11,

characterized in that,

the frame forms a housing section surrounding the opening for the mirror glass.

13. Exterior rear view mirror according to claim 12,

characterized in that,

the housing section forms at least one part of an external contour of the exterior rear view mirror housing.

14. Exterior rear view mirror according to claim 13,

characterized in that,

the frame can form or include a housing part, comprising the opening for the mirror glass, of an exterior rear view mirror housing formed in at least two parts, or can be formed or included by a housing part of this type.

15. Process for assembly of an exterior rear view mirror with:

an exterior rear view mirror housing,

a base bracket, at least partly accommodated in the exterior rear view mirror housing,

a frame with walls, which surround an opening arranged on the rear side of the exterior rear view mirror housing, for a mirror glass, and

an adjusting device, fixed on the base bracket, for the mirror glass,

wherein the following process steps;

alignment of the frame and the adjusting device in relation to one another and

attachment of the frame to the base bracket by means of the adjusting device.