Patent ID: 6361179
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An external rearview mirror, comprising a mirror set including a mirror plate; a base receiving said mirror set in an articulated way; a regulating device for positioning said mirror plate; a support structure for said regulating device; a housing accommodating components of said mirror set and fixed in said support structure; and a stabilization device for stabilizing a mirror position and incorporated in said support structure, said stabilization device being arranged articulatedly around a vertical pivot post of said base and including a plate structure fixable to a side of a vehicle, and a protuberance mounted on an inferior end of said post, said stabilization device providing an axial force relative to said pivot point and including a sleeve incorporated in said support structure and articulated in said pivot post, a first indented surface provided on said mirror set and disposed in said sleeve, a second indented surface provided on said base adjacent to said first indented surface to said sleeve, said indented surfaces being engageable with one another, said stabilization device further having an axial compression spring arranged around said pivot post and pressing said sleeve for connecting said indented surfaces with one another, said spring pressing said first indented surface against said second indented surface with an axial strength selected to locking said indented surfaces and to stabilize said mirror set and said base in normal condition of use and so that when said mirror set receives an impact with a torque strength 0of balance it is not deflected and does not have its integrity or torque strength endangered, and when Tof balancemaximum it is deflected and has its integrity preserved.