Interior rearview mirror

• US 6,598,980 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2002
• Issued: 07/29/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Murakami Corporation
• Original Assignee: Murakami Corporation
• Inventors: Tsutsumi, Noriyuki, Marusawa, Masahiko
• Primary Examiner(s): CHERRY, EUNCHA P
• Application Number:
  US10/171,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20030011906A1
• Time in Patent Office: 407 Days
• Field of Search: 359/601, 359/602, 359/603, 359/604, 359/872, 359/875, 359/879, 248/476
• US Class Current: 359/604
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/086 using a mirror angularly movable between a position of use and a non-glare position reflecting a dark field to the user, e.g. situated behind a transparent glass used as low-reflecting surface; Wedge-shaped mirrors

Abstract

An interior rearview mirror 10 includes a stay 1 fastened on a ceiling in a vehicle, a mirror 2, a mirror housing 3, a bracket 4, and a lever that engages with the bracket 4 and tilts the mirror 2. At a lower end of the bracket 4 are alternately provided from side to side a first engageable projection having a projection at a front side, and a second engageable projection having a projection at a back side. At an upper end of the lever 5 are alternately provided from side to side a first engageable depression having a depression at a front side that engages with the first engageable projection, and a second engageable depression having a depression at a back side that engages with the second engageable projection.

Claims

1. An interior rearview mirror comprising:

a stay that is fixed in a vehicle;

a bracket that is coupled to the stay with a ball joint formed at a distal end of the stay;

a mirror housing that is tiltably pivoted on the bracket;

a prismatic mirror that is held in the mirror housing; and

a lever that is engaged with the bracket, pivoted in the mirror housing, and operated to pivot so that the bracket may tilt,

wherein a first engageable projection having a projection at a front side and a second engageable projection having a projection at a back side are formed at a lower end of the bracket which the first and second engageable projections are alternately provided from side to side along the bracket; and

wherein a straight engaging ridgeline parallel to a pivot axis of the lever, a first engageable depression that is formed from the engaging ridgeline toward a front side of the engaging ridgeline to engage with the first engageable projection, and a second engageable depression that is formed from the engaging ridgeline toward a back side of the engaging ridgeline to engage with the second engageable projection are formed at an upper end of the lever which the first and second engageable depressions are alternately provided from side to side along the lever.