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Two ball mount with wiring passage

  • US 8,201,800 B2
  • Filed: 08/06/2008
  • Issued: 06/19/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of constructing a plurality of rearview mirror assemblies comprising:

  • providing a plurality of connectors, each of the connectors having at least one pivot ball thereon;

    providing a plurality of receivers, each of the receivers having a plurality of fingers defining a ball receiving area;

    providing a plurality of springs, each of the springs forming a circle and having an interior diameter, with the interior diameter of each of the springs being equal;

    at least a first one of the springs having a first characteristic and at least a second one of the springs having a second characteristic, the first characteristic being different than the second characteristic;

    placing one of the springs around the plurality of fingers of one of the receivers; and

    placing the at least one pivot ball into the ball receiving area of the one of the receivers having the spring around the fingers thereof;

    wherein the first characteristic is a first gauge of a wire of the first one of the springs; and

    the second characteristic is a second gauge of a wire of the second one of the springs, whereby the first one of the springs and the second one of the springs comprise wires having different gauges.

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