Patent ID: 7104660

Claim:
A motorized retractable rearview mirror for a vehicle having a body with a door, comprising: a mirror base configured to be fixed on the body of the vehicle; a motorized retracting unit that is mounted on the mirror base, including a motor that provides a driving power via an output shaft; a shaft holder that is fixed to the mirror base, having a main shaft; a gear case that is rotatably mounted on the main shaft; a plate that is rotatably mounted on the main shaft with the gear case, including a plate member having a surface; a shaft supporting member that rotatably supports the main shaft in such a manner that the main shaft is substantially perpendicular to the surface of the plate member; a motor mounting member on which the motor is mounted in such a manner that the output shaft is substantially perpendicular to the surface of the plate member; and a flexible member that is provided between the shaft supporting member and the motor mounting member, enabling a relative movement of the shaft supporting member and the motor mounting member, the motor mounting member being separated from the shaft supporting member by the flexible member along an entire length of the flexible member; and a transmission mechanism that transmits the driving power of the motor to the main shaft, being housed in the gear case between the output shaft and the main shaft; and a mirror assembly that is linked to the motorized retractable unit.