Patent ID: 6386717
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An external rearview mirror, comprising a mirror plate, a regulating mechanism for position regulation of said mirror plate, a housing accommodating said mirror plate and said mechanism; a base in which a housing is arranged and which is fixable on a side of a vehicle body, said mechanism including an articulation with the first part associated with said mirror plate and a second part associated with said housing to provide movements of said mirror plate around a vertical geometric axis extending through said mirror plate; a transmission device including a sole transmission cable formed as an internal cable, and an external sleeve; an arm extending substantially perpendicular from said mirror plate and having a free end to which one end of said cable is anchored; a spring located opposite to said cable and anchored in said arm and having one end placed in an end of said arm and another end placed in said housing, said sleeve being fixed in said housing, said mechanism having a mechanism base mountable in a vehicle and fixed to another end of said sleeve of said transmission cable, and button means mounted on said mechanism base and connected with another end of said cable so that said cable can be pulled or pushed inside said sleeve in a direction against a force of said spring and in correspondence with the force of said spring depending of movements of said button means.