Patent ID: 6032323
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: B60R,B60S

Abstract:
An exterior rearview mirror assembly for use on a vehicle, comprising:a) a rearview mirror;b) a wiper assembly attached to said rearview mirror comprising a wiper arm base located substantially behind said mirror and extending over a top edge of said mirror to engage a top edge of a substantially resilient wiper arm having at least one flexible wiper blade alone the length thereof for wiping said rearview mirror, wherein a bottom edge of said wiper arm remains free;c) a driver means for bidirectionally driving said wiper arm base which in turn drives said wiper blade across said mirror; andd) a bidirectional moveable means, wherein said wiper arm base is attached to said bidirectional moveable means driven by said driver means, wherein said bidirectional moveable means comprises at least two rods inserted through two corresponding holes in said wiper arm base, whereby said rods provide vertical stability to said wiper arm base thereby vertically aligning said wiper arm with said mirror; wherein at least one of said rods is a spirally threaded rod and its corresponding hole is counter-threaded.