Exterior rear-view automobile mirror

• US 4,488,778 A
• Filed: 03/19/1982
• Issued: 12/18/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: HOHE KG
• Original Assignee: HOHE KG
• Inventors: Seitz, Werner, Polzer, Herwig W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Henry, Jon W.
• Application Number:
  US06/359,700
• Time in Patent Office: 1,005 Days
• Field of Search: 350/288, 350/257, 350/318, 248/466, 248/475 R, 403/349, 279/89, 279/90
• US Class Current: 359/871
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/06 mounted on vehicle exterior B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 279/17863 Shouldered-tang holding
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7007 Bayonet joint

Abstract

The fastening plate (5) of the glass support plate (9) attached to the mirror glass (9.9) is inside the exterior rear-view automobile mirror housing (3), which is shell-shaped and open on one side. This fastening plate is adjustable by means of a Cardan joint. The glass support plate is attached in an adjustable manner to the fastening plate by a clamp ring (7). For mounting the fastening plate, the clamp ring can be turned from the outside with a screwdriver or similar tool, from a position freeing the glass support plate to a position coupling the glass support plate with the fastening plate.

Claims

1. An external rear view automobile mirror comprising:

a shell-shaped mirror housing (3) attachable to the outer side of a car body;

a mirror support (5) pivotally mounted within said housing;

a glass support plate (9) for mounting the mirror glass; and

a clamping ring (7) mounted on said mirror support (5) for reciprocal rotation with respect to said mirror support (5) and glass support plate (9) between a first position in which said clamping ring engages fasteners on said glass support plate for locking said glass support plate to said mirror support and a second position in which said clamping ring frees said fasteners and said glass support plate from said mirror support.

2. The mirror as claimed in claim 1 wherein said mirror support (5) includes radial projections (5.3) engaging positioning elements (9.5) of said glass support plate, said mirror support further including a radially projecting peripheral guide rail (5.2) for mounting said clamping ring (7) on said mirror support.

3. The mirror as claimed in claim 1 or 2 including stop elements on said clamping ring and said mirror support for determining the amount of reciprocal rotation of said clamping ring.