Replaceable automobile interior rearview mirror bracket

• US 10,017,118 B2
• Filed: 07/07/2016
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lei Pang
• Original Assignee: Global Media Industry Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Pan, Lei
• Primary Examiner(s): Marsh, Steven M
• Application Number:
  US15/204,778
• Publication Number:
  US 20160318447A1
• Time in Patent Office: 733 Days
• Field of Search: 2484751, 248476, 248481, 2482051, 2482052, 359871, 359872
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/14 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 ; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2078 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06

Abstract

A replaceable automobile interior rearview mirror bracket comprises a support base (1) arranged in a body (6) of an automobile interior rearview mirror and an Original Equipment Manufacturer base (2) arranged on an automobile windshield (7), and a replaceable support (3) arranged between the support base (1) and the OEM base (2). The replaceable support (3) includes a ball head base (31), a support pipe (32), and a conversion head (35). The ball head base (31) is fixed with the OEM base (2), the support base (1) is provided with a connector (4), the connector (4) is connected with the conversion head (35) on the replaceable support (3), and the connector (4) is fixed with the replaceable support (3) through a fastening screw (5). The present application, realizing replacement of a double-ball-head support or a three-ball-head support, has advantages of easy disassembling and assembling, safety, reliability and the like.

Claims

1. A replaceable automobile interior rearview mirror support, comprising a support base arranged in an automobile interior rearview mirror and an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) base arranged on an automobile windshield, wherein the replaceable automobile interior rearview mirror support further comprises a replaceable support arranged between the support base and the OEM base, the replaceable support comprises a ball head base, a support pipe, and a conversion head, the ball head base is fixed with the OEM base, the support base is provided with a connector, the connector is connected with the conversion head on the replaceable support, and the connector is fixed with the replaceable support through a fastening screw;

the fastening screw passes through the ball head base, the support pipe, a ball pad, a spring, and the conversion head of the replaceable support, to secure the connector, a connecting ball head is located at a bottom of the connector, one end of the connector connected with the conversion head is provided with inner bevel chamfers at two sides, forming a round groove, and one end of the conversion head connected with the connector is provided with outer bevel chamfers at two sides, with the outer bevel chamfers matched with the inner bevel chamfers at two sides of the connector.

2. The replaceable automobile interior rearview mirror support according to claim 1, wherein the spring and the ball pad are arranged in the support pipe of the replaceable support.

3. The replaceable automobile interior rearview mirror support according to claim 1, wherein the connector is provided with a screw hole in a central portion of the connector, with the screw hole having a circular groove.

4. The replaceable automobile interior rearview mirror support according to claim 1, wherein the conversion head is provided with a through hole in a central portion of the conversion head.