Patent ID: 8720845

Claim:
A pivoting detent joint for a mirror assembly having a wear compensator, comprising: a carrier base for mounting to the vehicle; a bearing housing included on said carrier base; a bearing ring disposed in an interior channel of said bearing housing; a pivot cylinder rotatably carried within said bearing ring, wherein a cylinder wall of said pivot cylinder engages said bearing ring; an inner cone slidably carried in a cylinder recess of said pivot cylinder; a biasing element disposed in said bearing housing biasing overtop of and engaging said inner cone, wherein said biasing element presses said inner cone into said cylinder recess so that said inner cone forces said cylinder wall laterally outward against said bearing ring; and, a support arm for carrying a mirror head being pivotally mounted to said bearing housing, wherein said support arm includes a lower pivot block receiving and supporting said pivot cylinder in said interior channel, and an upper pivot block having an arm detent ring engaging a base detent ring carried by said bearing housing; whereby rotation of said support arm causes rotation of said pivot cylinder on said bearing ring and said arm detent ring on said base detent ring to adjust the position of the support arm relative to said carrier base.