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Mirror adjustment mechanism with electrical connection

  • US 7,473,001 B2
  • Filed: 12/06/2002
  • Issued: 01/06/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A mirror adjustment mechanism for a wing mirror of a motor vehicle, comprising:

  • a base frame which can be fixedly connected with a motor vehicle,a mirror connector adapted to support a mirror element,a hinge construction, that provides more than one degree of rotational freedom andan electrical connection between the base frame and the mirror connector, wherein the electrical connection includes at least one pair of contact parts disposed movably relative to each other, the contact parts jointly forming a sliding contact for maintaining the electrical connection during pivoting of the mirror connector relative to the base frame, and wherein one of the contact parts of the sliding contact is fixedly connected with the mirror connector and a part of the hinge construction is integrated into the mirror connector.

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