Patent ID: 8201800
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
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.