Patent ID: 7744229

Claim:
An outside rear view mirror assembly for a motor vehicle, said outside rear view mirror assembly comprising: a mirror foot fixedly securable to the motor vehicle, said mirror foot including a bracket; a mirror head pivotable into and against a direction of travel relative to said mirror foot, said mirror head including a housing and a mirror support disposed in said housing; and an articulation wire defining two parallel hinge legs ( 38 , 39 ) allowing said mirror head to pivot into and against the direction of travel thereabout, respectively, said articulation wire including a U-shaped shoulder stop ( 37 ) extending through a plane defined by said two parallel legs for stopping the pivoting of said mirror head after said mirror head pivots a predetermined amount and a connection section ( 36 ) connecting one of said two parallel hinge legs with said U-shaped shoulder stop ( 37 ), said connection section ( 36 ) adapted in its shape to inside contours of said mirror head ( 12 ) and said mirror foot ( 11 ) such that said U-shaped shoulder stop ( 37 ) is disposed between one of said two parallel hinge legs and said connection section ( 36 ); said U-shaped shoulder stop ( 37 ) including (i) arms ( 41 ) that extend orthogonal to said two parallel hinge legs, and (ii) a connector ( 42 ) running parallel to said two parallel hinge legs; a parking lock ( 45 ) operatively connected between said bracket and said mirror head, said parking lock receiving said connector ( 42 ) thereagainst; and a friction-reducing coating covering said connector ( 42 ) of said U-shaped shoulder stop ( 37 ) to reduce friction created between said connector and said parking lock.