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Automotive outside rearview mirror

  • US 4,684,216 A
  • Filed: 07/29/1985
  • Issued: 08/04/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A rear view mirror mountable on the outside of the driver'"'"'s door of a motor vehicle and being supported for adjustable movement about a substantially vertical axis and a substantially horizontal axis, a first electric motor and a second electric motor operatively connected to said mirror for pivoting said mirror about said vertical axis and said horizontal axis, respectively, a first electric circuit including first switch means connected to said first electric motor and said second electric motor for selectively energizing said first and second motors for positioning said mirror about said vertical and horizontal axes, and a second electric circuit for moving said mirror towards the driver of the motor vehicle from a predetermined driving position of the mirror to a nonglare position so as to eliminate the glare from the headlights of a following vehicle, said second electric circuit being connected to said first electric motor and including second switch means and a timing means for causing said first electric motor to rotate said mirror about said vertical axis from said predetermined driving position to said nonglare position where said mirror automatically stops after said second switch means is momentarily moved to an operative position.

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