Device for adjusting the position of a side mirror

• US 6,412,963 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2001
• Issued: 07/02/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Peter Juraschek
• Original Assignee: Peter Juraschek
• Inventors: Juraschek, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): SIKDER, MOHAMMAD YUNUS
• Application Number:
  US09/777,238
• Publication Number:
  US 20010028517A1
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• Field of Search: 359/879, 359/871, 359/872, 359/873, 359/874, 359/876, 359/877, 359/838, 248/476, 248/477, 248/487, 248/488
• US Class Current: 359/879
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/074 for retracting the mirror arrangements to a non-use position alongside the vehicle

Abstract

The device according to the invention is characterized in that a toothed rack (7) is articulated to the mirror foot (2) into which a toothed wheel (6) engages which is moved by a drive (5) fastened to the mirror frame (1). The mirror frame (1) is also articulated to the mirror foot (2) via an intermediate joint (8) articulated via a second rotating axle (10) different from the first. A hooked spring (12) which locks the mirror frame (1) to the mirror foot (2) enables the mirror frame (1) to move between two predetermined positions. The mirror frame can be moved from any position thereof by the drive (5) into the two positions and between the two positions.

Claims

1. A device for adjusting the position of a side mirror on a vehicle comprising:

a mirror foot adapted to be fixedly attached to the vehicle;

a mirror head having a mirror frame supporting a mirror surface member housed within a covering; and

an intermediate joint abutting between said mirror foot and said mirror frame in a driving position and extending longitudinally between a first end articulated to a first rotational axis rotatably interconnecting said mirror frame and said intermediate joint for rotating said mirror head from said driving position to an overstretched position with said mirror frame spaced from said intermediate joint and a second end articulated to a second rotational axis rotatably interconnecting said mirror foot and said intermediate joint for rotating said mirror head from said driving position to a parking position with said intermediate joint spaced from said mirror foot.

2. A device as set forth in claim 1 further including a locking device operably coupled between said mirror frame and said intermediate joint for releasably locking said device in said driving position.

3. A device as set forth in claim 2 wherein said locking device comprises a hooked spring which encompasses said second rotational axis of said intermediate joint as a locking projection to said mirror frame to said second rotational axis.

4. A device as set forth inc claim 1 further including a biasing member interconnected between said mirror head and said intermediate joint generally midway between said first and second ends for biasing said device in said driving position.

5. A device as set forth in claim 1 further including a toothed wheel mechanism having a toothed wheel engaged with a toothed quadrant, which is articulated to an intermediate rotational rotatably coupled on said mirror foot for guiding said mirror head between said driving, parking overstretched positions.

6. A device as set forth in claim 5 further including a drive fixedly supported by said mirror frame and operatively coupled to said toothed wheel for driving said wheel along said toothed quadrant to articulate said mirror head between said driving position and said parking position.