Patent ID: 6626548
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A rear-view mirror assembly for motor vehicles, comprising:a base member (70) having a vertical pivot post (60) and a plate structure (71), said plate structure secured to a lateral side (80) of said vehicle and having a flange portion (72), of said motor vehicle, wherein a first free end of said pivot post is incorporated into said flange portion (72), wherein said pivot post (60) has a radial opening (62) in an intermediate region of said pivot post (60); a mirror set (1) connected to said base (70) in an articulated manner, said mirror set comprising a mirror plate (2); a regulating device (10; 11; 12) with an activator for regulating a selected position of said mirror plate; and a support structure (20), wherein said activator is secured to said support structure; a housing (30) fixed to said support structure and surrounding said mirror set (10); a stabilizing member (40) for stabilizing said position of said mirror plate (2), said stabilizing member (40) incorporated into said support structure (20) and disposed in an articulated manner around said vertical pivot post (60), wherein said stabilizing member (40) stabilizes the mirror set (1) through an axially applied squeezing force on the pivot post (60), said stabilizing member (40) comprising a sleeve (41) incorporated into said support structure (20) and articulated in said pivot post (60), said sleeve (41) having a first indented surface (42); a ring member (43â€²) having a central opening (90), said pivot post (60) received through said ring member (43â€²), said ring member (43â€²) further having a radial opening (91) aligned to the radial opening (62) of the pivot post (60), wherein a second indented surface (43) is incorporated into a face of said ring member (43â€²), wherein said first indented surface (42) and said second indented surface (43) are profiled to correspondingly engage one another; a pin (92) for securing said ring member (43â€²) about said pivot post (60), wherein said pin (92) is received through said aligned radial openings (91, 62) of said ring member (43â€²) and said pivot post (60), respectively.