Stay for the inside mirror of the vehicle

• US 8,157,238 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2010
• Issued: 04/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SMR Patents Sarl (SMR Patents)
• Original Assignee: SMR Patents Sarl (SMR Patents)
• Inventors: Lee, Kyung Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Wood, Kimberly
• Application Number:
  US12/784,680
• Publication Number:
  US 20100302661A1
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• Field of Search: 248/549, 248/544, 248/475, 248/483, 248/476, 248/481, 248/484, 248/900, 248/478, 248/479, 248/181.1, 248/466, 248/288.31, 248/548, 362/494, 362/142, 403/56, 403/76, 403/78, 403/90, 403/122, 403/33, 403/138, 359/265, 359/604, 359/880
• US Class Current: 248/481
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32032 Plural ball and socket
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32196 Articulate joint is ball and socket

Abstract

The present invention discloses a stay device for a vehicle comprising a mount having a ball formed protrudely on a front surface thereof and a wire passage formed therein and extended into the ball; a body coupled to the mount through the ball of the mount, the body having a wire passage formed therein; a plate spring provided for pressurizing the body; a body cover for wrapping the body and the plate spring; and a pivot ball assembly having a ball protrudely formed on a rear surface thereof, the pivot ball assembly being coupled to the body.

Claims

1. A mirror stay device for an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle, comprising;

a mount (1) having a ball (11) formed protrudely on a front surface thereof and a wire passage formed therein and through the ball (11);

a body (2) coupled to the mount through the ball of the mount, the body (2) having a wire passage formed therein;

a plate spring (3a, 3b) provided for pressurizing the body;

a body cover (4) including a first body cover 4(a) and a second body cover (46) for wrapping the body (2) and the plate spring (3a, 3b); and

a pivot ball assembly (5) having a ball (51) protrudely formed on a rear surface thereof, the pivot ball assembly (5) being coupled to the body, wherein said body cover (4) defines two ends having circumferences greater than either of the balls (11, 51) to facilitate disassembly upon impact.

2. The mirror stay device for an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle claimed in claim 1, wherein the body (2) has a hollow cylindrical shape, and each of both end portions of the body (2) consists of a plurality of pieces (23a, 23b, 23c, 24a, 24b, 24c) spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction.

3. The mirror stay device for an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle claimed in claim 1, wherein the plate spring is divided into a first plate spring (3a) and a second spring (3b) provided on both end portions of the body (2), respectively, each of the first and second plate springs (3a, 3b) has a hollow cylindrical shape.

4. The mirror stay device for an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle claimed in claim 1, wherein the body (2) has stoppers (21a, 21b) formed on outer surfaces of both end portions thereof to restrict a movement of the plate spring.

5. The mirror stay device for an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle claimed in claim 4, wherein each of the first body cover and the second body cover has a hollow semi-cylindrical shape.