Electromagnetically locking mirror glass adjusting system
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1. A mirror glass adjustment system comprising:
- inner and outer mounting elements arranged in close proximity, at least one of said elements being movable selectively relative to the other;
resiliently biased clamping means for releasably coupling said mounting elements one to the other;
a mirror glass fixedly mounted to a movable one of said mounting elements;
electromagnet means selectively energizable to control the degree of coupling said mounting elements;
a source of electrical power;
switch means connected between said electromagnet means and said electrical power source operates selectively to place said electromagnetic means in energized and deenergized conditions; and
said mirror glass capable of being manipulated to assume a selected orientation upon relative change in the dispositional relationship of said inner and outer elements in one condition of said electromagnet means and fixed at said selected orientation in the other condition of said electromagnetic means.
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Abstract
A side view mirror adjusting system for vehicles of the type having inner and outer semispherical segments nested one within the other for restricted movement one relative to each other is provided with an electromagnet secured to the mounting bracket and operably coupled to the outer segment, an electrical power source coupled to the electromagnet, and an electrical switch arranged between the power source and the electromagnet operable to energize and deenergize the electromagnet for controlling the relative movement of the inner and outer semispherical segments so that the semispherical segments are locked against relative movement upon the energization of the electromagnet.
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1. A mirror glass adjustment system comprising:
- inner and outer mounting elements arranged in close proximity, at least one of said elements being movable selectively relative to the other;
resiliently biased clamping means for releasably coupling said mounting elements one to the other;
a mirror glass fixedly mounted to a movable one of said mounting elements;
electromagnet means selectively energizable to control the degree of coupling said mounting elements;
a source of electrical power;
switch means connected between said electromagnet means and said electrical power source operates selectively to place said electromagnetic means in energized and deenergized conditions; and
said mirror glass capable of being manipulated to assume a selected orientation upon relative change in the dispositional relationship of said inner and outer elements in one condition of said electromagnet means and fixed at said selected orientation in the other condition of said electromagnetic means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- inner and outer mounting elements arranged in close proximity, at least one of said elements being movable selectively relative to the other;
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