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Internal mirror for motor vehicles

  • US 4,948,085 A
  • Filed: 12/15/1988
  • Issued: 08/14/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An internal mirror for a motor vehicle, including a plate that is secured to the vehicle and serves to hold the mirror proper, and also including a detachable part in the form of a mirror base for a mirror housing that accommodates a mirror body, with said mirror base being adapted to be pressed in one direction onto said plate, which for this purpose is provided on opposite sides with parallel undercuts that extend in the direction in which said base is pressed onto said plate;

  • said mirror further comprises;

    a projection disposed on said plate;

    abutment means provided on said plate remote from said projection thereof, with said abutment means extending in a direction transverse to the direction in which said mirror base is pressed directly onto said plate for vibration-proof mounting thereof; and

    a spring that is connected with and within said mirror base, which is hollow, with said spring having bent edges that engage said undercuts of said plate;

    said spring is also provided with a tongue that extends in the direction in which said base is pressed onto said plate, with said tongue having a hook-like end which, when said mirror base is mounted directly on said plate, is bent toward said plate and catches against said projection thereof;

    to be able to release and pull said base off said plate, in a direction opposite to the direction in which said base is pressed onto said plate, said hook-like end of said tongue is capable of being raised from and over said projection of said plate;

    said mirror base is provided with side walls that extend essentially parallel to the direction in which said base is pressed onto and pulled off said plate, and with one end wall that is provided remote from said hook-like tongue end and extends essentially transverse to said side walls;

    when said mirror base is mounted directly on said plate, said side walls and said end wall extend toward said plate, with said side walls resting against said plate, and said end wall resting against said abutment means of said plate;

    said mirror base and said spring both having a predetermined configuration;

    said spring having a crosspiece that is disposed between two side legs on which are provided said bent edges that engage said undercuts of said plate, with said crosspiece of said spring being provided with cutouts to form said tongue;

    said side walls and said one end wall of said mirror base integrally merging into one another, with that end of said base in the region of said hook-like tongue end and remote from said one end wall being open to make said hook-like end accessible; and

    said mirror base being provided with extensions between which said spring is held.

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