Anti-glare rearview assembly for motor vehicles

• US 4,836,648 A
• Filed: 03/03/1988
• Issued: 06/06/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Matsuyama Seisakusho
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Matsuyama Seisakusho
• Inventors: Niwayama, Toshikazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Corbin, John K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gass, Rebecca D.
• Application Number:
  US07/163,767
• Time in Patent Office: 460 Days
• Field of Search: 350/281
• US Class Current: 359/606
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/086 using a mirror angularly movable between a position of use and a non-glare position reflecting a dark field to the user, e.g. situated behind a transparent glass used as low-reflecting surface; Wedge-shaped mirrors

Abstract

An anti-glare rearview mirror assembly for a motor vehicle has a bracket assembly mounted on one end of an external support member with the other end thereof coupled to a vehicle body, a housing molded of resin and swingably supported on the bracket assembly, a prismatic mirror fitted in an inner peripheral edge of the housing, and an operating tab coacting with the bracket assembly for angularly moving the housing with respect to the bracket assembly to shift the mirror between day and night positions. The bracket assembly comprises a block and a resilient small plate, one of which has convex portions or projections. When the housing is moved or flexed with respect to the block under external forces applied, the convex portions or projections engage the rear surface of the mirror to prevent the block and the housing from being released from mutual engagement. The convex portions or projections are positioned near an area where the external support member and the bracket assembly are coupled.

Claims

1. An anti-glare rearview mirror assembly for a motor vehicle having a vehicle body, comprising:

bracket means adapted to be mounted on one end of an external support member with the other end thereof coupled to the vehicle body;

a housing swingably supported on said bracket means;

a mirror fitted in an inner peripheral edge of said housing;

mirror position selecting means coacting with said bracket means for angularly moving said housing with respect to said bracket means to shift said mirror between first and second positions; and

disengagement preventing means disposed near an area where said housing is supported on said bracket means, for preventing said bracket means and said housing from being released from mutual engagement.

2. An anti-glare rearview mirror assembly according to claim 1, wherein said bracket means comprises a block, and said disengagement preventing means comprises at least one projection projecting from said block toward said mirror.

3. An anti-glare rearview mirror assembly according to claim 2, wherein said bracket means is swingably coupled to said external support member.

4. An anti-glare rearview mirror assembly according to claim 3, wherein said projection is positioned near an area where said bracket means is coupled to said external support member.

5. An anti-glare rearview mirror assembly according to claim 1, wherein said bracket means comprises a block and a plate member of metal secured to said block, and said disengagement preventing means comprises at least one projection projecting from said plate member toward said mirror.

6. an anti-glare rearview mirror assembly according to claim 5, wherein said bracket means is swingably coupled to said external support member.

7. An anti-glare rearview mirror assembly according to claim 6, wherein said projection is positioned near an area where said bracket means is coupled to said external support member.

8. An anti-glare rearview mirror assembly according to claim 1, wherein said bracket means comprises a block and a plate member of metal secured to said block, and said disengagement preventing means comprises at least one projection projecting from an inner surface of said housing, and an engaging portion disposed on said plate member and engageable with said projection of said housing.

9. An anti-glare rearview mirror assembly according to claim 8, wherein said engaging portion has at least one ridge.

10. An anti-glare rearview mirror assembly according to claim 8, wherein said bracket means is swingably coupled to said external support member.

11. An anti-glare rearview mirror assembly according to claim 10, wherein said projection and said engaging portion are positioned near an area where said bracket means is coupled to said external support member.