Patent ID: 7318650
Filing Date: 2008-01-15
Classification: B60R,F16B

Abstract:
1. In a vehicle mirror assembly including a mirror support arm and a mirror head carried on the mirror support arm, a mirror mounting connector comprising: a tapered tube lock bore formed in said mounting connector; a connector tube included in said mirror support arm adapted to be received in said tube lock bore in a pressure fit arrangement; and, a longitudinal compression slot included in said connector tube extending along a portion of the length of said connector tube for being inserted into said tube lock bore; a fracture control opening positioned at a terminal end of said compression slot for preventing the formation and propagation of cracks in said connector tube resulting from deformation during fitting with said tube lock bore; and wherein said compression slot is deformed under pressure during fitting of said connector tube into said tube lock bore causing said connector tube to conform to the taper of said tube lock bore so that the pressure between said connector tube and tube lock bore locks them together.