Patent ID: 7448589

Claim:
A vehicular mirror assembly comprising: a mounting frame adapted to be coupled to a vehicle; a mirror shell mounted to the mounting frame and comprising a rearwardly-facing opening; a reflective element mounted within the mirror shell in register with the rearwardly-facing opening; a tilt actuator mounted to the mounting frame, and to the reflective element for tiltably actuating the reflective element; and at least one connector joining at least one of (1) the mounting frame and the mirror shell, and (2) the tilt actuator and the mounting frame; wherein the at least one connector comprises: an elongated annular neck portion tapering gradually inwardly to a flared bulb end portion, the bulb end portion having a bulb diameter greater than a diameter of the neck portion, and a circular aperture having an aperture diameter adapted for slidable registry with the neck portion and smaller than the bulb diameter, to provide a snap-fit connection when the bulb end portion is inserted through the aperture to bring the neck portion into registry with the aperture, which securely retains the at least one of (1) the mounting frame to the mirror shell, and (2) the tilt actuator to the mounting frame.