Patent ID: 7204600

Claim:
Outside rear view mirror for a passenger car, comprising: a mirror base to be fastened to the car, a mirror head which can be swivelled relative to the mirror base, an intermediate member whose one end is connected in a hinged manner by way of a first swivel axis with the mirror base, and whose other end is connected in a hinged manner by way of a second swivel axis with the mirror head such that the mirror head can be swiveled in forward and rearward directions of the passenger car, and at least one spring element which extends transversely with respect to the swivel axes and which, in the driving position of the outside rear view mirror, presses the mirror head against the mirror base, wherein a self-centering detent device is provided directly between the mirror head and the mirror base exclusive of the intermediate member such that, in a driving position of the outside rear view mirror, the mirror head is connected only by way of the detent device and the at least one spring element, with the intermediate member not participating in the connection, in a force-transmitting manner with the mirror base, and the self-centering detent device having elements associated with opposite sides of the mirror head and mirror base and being so arranged as that said elements engage along a converging axis.