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Hinged joint support, as for a rear view mirror mounting

  • US 3,119,591 A
  • Filed: 06/04/1963
  • Issued: 01/28/1964
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/1963
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A HINGED JOINT SUPPORT FOR RELATIVELY TURNABLE SUPPORTING AND SUPPORTED MEMBERS, AS FOR A MIRROR MOUNTING ON A VEHICLE, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION:

  • A SUPPORTING MEMBER SECURED TO A BASE ANCHORAGE, A SUPPORTED MEMBER, A DOUBLE-HEADED HINGE PIN PASSING THROUGH HOLES IN SAID MEMBERS TO PROVIDE A MAIN HINGE JOINT, A DETENT PLATE LOOSELY CARRIED ON SAID HINGE PIN BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS, ANGULARLY OFFSET PAIRED SETS OF ROCKING BEARING JOINTS BETWEEN SAID DETENT PLATE AND SAID MEMBERS, SAID BEARING JOINTS OF EACH SET HAVING INTERFITTING RELATIVELY TURNTABLE JOINT ELEMENT LOCATED ON A COMMON DIAMETER THROUGH THE AXIS OF THE HINGE PIN AND ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID AXIS, SAID BEARING JOINT ELEMENTS BEING OF SUCH DEPTH AXIALLY AS TO PROVIDE CLEARANCE SPACE ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID DETENT PLATE EXCEPT AT THE BEARING JOINTS TO PERMIT ANGULAR MOVEMENT ABOUT EACH SET OF ANGULARLY OFFSET PAIRS OF BEARING JOINTS, ONE SET OF BEARING JOINTS PROVIDING SEPARATION OF THE BEARING JOINT ELEMENTS BY RELATIVE CIRCUMFERENTIAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE JOINT ELEMENTS TO ACT AS DETENTS AS WELL AS ROCKING BEARINGS, AND MEANS INCLUDED IN SAID HINGE JOINT IMPOSING AXIAL PRESSURE ON SAID SETS OF BEARING JOINT ELEMENTS URGING THEM TOGETHER.

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