Fastening Device for an Internal Rear View Mirror of Motor Vehicles on an Inner Side of a Windshield

• US 20080315060A1
• Filed: 06/20/2008
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: Muller, Marcus
• Granted Patent: US 7,726,623 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/475.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence

Abstract

A fastening device for an internal rear view mirror of motor vehicles to be installed on an inner side of a windshield contains a holding part which is held in position on the windshield by adhesive bonding, to which holding part is detachably fastened a mirror foot of the internal rear view mirror. In order to obtain a statically precisely defined, highly rigid connection between the holding part and mirror foot, it is provided that the mirror foot, in its mounted operating position, is supported directly on the holding part merely by a six-point support and is fastened to the holding part by a separate retaining device.

Claims

1. A fastening device for an internal rear view mirror of motor vehicles to be installed on an inner side of a windshield, the fastening device comprising:

a six-point support;

a separate retaining device; and

a holding part held in position by adhesive bonding provided on the windshield, to said holding part is detachably fastened a mirror foot of the internal rear view mirror, the mirror foot, in a mounted operating position, being supported directly on said holding part merely by said six-point support and being fastened to said holding part by said separate retaining device.

2. The fastening device according to claim 1, wherein:

said six-point support has in each case three support elements disposed offset with respect to one another, which are of a projecting configuration, and are provided on each of said holding part and on the mirror foot;

said support elements of one of said holding part and the mirror foot have in each case projecting prismatic guides; and

said support elements of the other one of said holding part and the mirror foot have correspondingly configured holding grooves formed therein and being recessed, said projecting prismatic guides interact in a form-fitting manner with said correspondingly configured holding grooves.

3. The fastening device according to claim 2, wherein said projecting prismatic guides have a shape of a triangular prism.

4. The fastening device according to claim 2, wherein said projecting prismatic guides are provided on said support elements of the mirror foot.

5. The fastening device according to claim 2, wherein said correspondingly configured holding grooves are formed in said support elements of said holding part.

6. The fastening device according to claim 2, wherein said projecting prismatic guides each have two projecting side faces running at an angle with respect to one another, with said angle being between 60°

and 120°

.

7. The fastening device according to claim 2, wherein said three support elements of said holding part and of the mirror foot run in each case at an angle of 120°

with respect to one another.

8. The fastening device according to claim 2, wherein said holding part has a collar being annular in regions, and said support elements of said holding part are integrally formed on that side of said collar facing away from the windshield.

9. The fastening device according to claim 2, wherein said support elements of the mirror foot are formed on that end side of the mirror foot which faces toward said holding part.

10. The fastening device according to claim 2, further comprising insertion bevels in each case on said support elements of said holding part and of the mirror foot in front of said projecting prismatic guides and said correspondingly configured holding grooves.

11. The fastening device according to claim 8, wherein:

said holding part has radially disposed latching grooves formed therein; and

said separate retaining device has a retaining element connected to the mirror foot, said retaining element has at least two resilient retaining tongues bent in a direction of said holding part and which, when the mirror foot is mounted, engage into said radially disposed latching grooves of said holding part.

12. The fastening device according to claim 11, wherein said retaining element has an annular base section supported on and connected to an end side of the mirror foot.

13. The fastening device according to claim 11, wherein said retaining element has three profiled retaining tongues disposed in a stellate fashion with respect to one another.

14. The fastening device according to claim 11, wherein said radially disposed latching grooves are provided locally on an outer side of said collar of said holding part.

15. The fastening device according to claim 14, wherein said holding part has free cut-out regions formed therein disposed in front of said radially disposed latching grooves.