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Remote control side mirror device for vehicle

  • US 4,786,156 A
  • Filed: 09/09/1985
  • Issued: 11/22/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A remote control side mirror device for a vehicle comprising a mirror housing for rotatably supporting a mirror, a mirror base having a support shaft, said mirror base adapted to be fixedly secured to an automotive body for supporting said mirror housing rotatably substantially in a traveling direction of the vehicle, drive means fixedly secured to said mirror housing for rotating said mirror housing under remote control at the support shaft as a center, a reduction gear mechanism connected to said drive means, first gear means connected to said reduction gear mechanism and having an axis of rotation, second gear means held coaxially with the support shaft and engaged in mesh with said first gear means, first means for releasably engaging said support shaft with said second gear means so that the engagement is released when receiving a predetermined or larger external force to vary the relative angular position to the support shaft of said second gear means and second means for releasably engaging said housing with said base at a location on said axis of rotation.

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