Adjustable rear-view mirror with a releasable mirror plate
First Claim
1. An adjustable rear-view mirror arrangement for motor vehicles comprisinga housing (5) with a housing opening (72);
- a bearing arrangement (12,
13) arranged in the housing (5);
a retaining plate (40) united with the bearing arrangement and provided with two lateral edges (55,
56) opposite to each other and a plate plane (P);
a mirror supporting plate (42) releasably fastenable to said retaining plate (40); and
a mirror glass (10,
11) mounted on said mirror supporting plate (42) and arranged in said housing opening (72),wherein adjacent to said lateral edges (55,
56), the retaining plate (40) is provided with joining projections (57a, b, c, d), which for being fastened to the mirror supporting plate (42), are insertable in a direction of insertion by clamping (E) into rear-recessed portions (58a, b, c, d) of complementary shape on the mirror supporting plate (42) substantially in parallel to said plate plane (P).
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Abstract
An adjustable rear-view mirror arrangement for vehicles has a housing, a bearing arrangement arranged in the housing with a retaining plate in particular integrally united with the bearing arrangement for the adjustable positioning of a rear-view mirror and a mirror supporting plate fastenable to the retaining plate for the mounting of a mirror glass and arranged in a housing opening. In the vicinity of two opposite parallel lateral edges, the retaining plate is provided with joining projections, which for being fastened to the mirror supporting plate, are insertable by clamping into rear-recessed portions of complementary shape on the mirror supporting plate in parallel to the plate plane.
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18 Claims
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1. An adjustable rear-view mirror arrangement for motor vehicles comprising
a housing (5) with a housing opening (72); -
a bearing arrangement (12,
13) arranged in the housing (5);a retaining plate (40) united with the bearing arrangement and provided with two lateral edges (55,
56) opposite to each other and a plate plane (P);a mirror supporting plate (42) releasably fastenable to said retaining plate (40); and a mirror glass (10,
11) mounted on said mirror supporting plate (42) and arranged in said housing opening (72),wherein adjacent to said lateral edges (55,
56), the retaining plate (40) is provided with joining projections (57a, b, c, d), which for being fastened to the mirror supporting plate (42), are insertable in a direction of insertion by clamping (E) into rear-recessed portions (58a, b, c, d) of complementary shape on the mirror supporting plate (42) substantially in parallel to said plate plane (P). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A rear-view mirror arrangement comprising:
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a housing (5) with a housing opening (72); a bearing arrangement (12,
13) arranged in the housing (5);a retaining plate (40) united with the bearing arrangement and provided with two lateral edges (55,
56) opposite to each other and a plate plane (P);a mirror supporting plate (42) releasably fastenable to said retaining plate (40); and a mirror glass (10,
11) mounted on said mirror supporting plate (42) and arranged in said housing opening (72),wherein adjacent to said lateral edges (55,
56), the retaining plate (40) is provided with joining projections (57a, b, c, d), which for being fastened to the mirror supporting plate (42), are insertable in a direction of insertion (E) by clamping into rear-recessed portions (58a, b, c, d) of complementary shape on the mirror supporting plate (42) substantially in parallel to said plate plane (P), wherein on both sides of the retaining plate (40), the mirror supporting plate (42) is provided with ridges (60,61) projecting inwards and extending parallel to the direction of insertion (E) of the joining projections (57a, b, c, d) from which ridges (60,
61) retaining projections (59a, b, c, d) project in a direction towards each other forming the rear-recessed portions (58a, b, c, d). - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17)
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13. A rear-view mirror arrangement comprising:
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a housing (5) with a housing opening (72); a bearing arrangement (12,
13) arranged in the housing (5);a retaining plate (40) united with the bearing arrangement and provided with two lateral edges (55,
56) opposite to each other and a plate plane (P);a mirror supporting plate (42) releasably fastenable to said retaining plate (40); and a mirror glass (10,
11) mounted on said mirror supporting plate (42) and arranged in said housing opening (72).wherein adjacent to said lateral edges (55,
56), the retaining plate (40) is provided with joining projections (57a, b, c, d), which for being fastened to the mirror supporting plate (42), are insertable in a direction of insertion (E) by clamping into rear-recessed portions (58a, b, c, d) of complementary shape on the mirror supporting plate (42) substantially in parallel to said plate plane (P) on the one hand, in a rear-view position of the bearing arrangement (12,
13), an external edge (71) of the mirror supporting plate (42) is encircled by an edge (46) of the housing forming the housing opening (72) while leaving a spacing gap (73) such that a complete release of a sliding engagement of the mirror supporting plate (42) with the retaining plate (40) is impossible, and in that on the other hand, in an extremely tilted position of mounting of the bearing arrangement (12,
13), the mirror supporting plate (42) is removable out of the housing opening (72) by the releasing of the sliding engagement with the retaining plate (40) and insertable therein by the production of the sliding engagement. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 18)
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