Automotive side view mirror attachment structure
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsCraig Pearson, Robert Anthony Brancaleone
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Abstract
An automotive side view mirror attachment assembly includes first and second loading surfaces for engaging a mounting member of a side view mirror assembly, wherein the first and second loading surfaces are disposed within an interior of a vehicle door, such that, in assembly, a mounting member of the mirror assembly is substantially or fully disposed within the interior of a vehicle door, thereby minimizing the overall mirror footprint by eliminating the need for an external base for attachment of a mirror assembly to a vehicle door.
Claims8
A mirror-mounting system for a vehicle door, comprising:
- a mirror-mounting reinforcement member including a first portion laterally spaced-apart from a second portion, wherein the first portion defines a primary loading surface, and further wherein the mirror-mounting reinforcement member is substantially disposed in an interior of the vehicle door in assembly;
- a connecting member connecting the first portion and second portion, wherein the connecting member defines a secondary loading surface;
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- a mirror assembly having a base portion operably coupled to the primary loading surface and wedgingly engaged with the secondary loading surface.
A mirror-mounting system for a vehicle door, comprising:
- a mirror-mounting reinforcement member including a first portion spaced-apart from and interconnected to a second portion by an intermediate connecting member, wherein the intermediate connecting member is tapered inwardly from an outer portion to an inner portion thereof, wherein the first portion defines a primary loading surface, and further wherein the intermediate connecting member defines a secondary loading surface;
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- a mirror assembly having a base portion operably coupled to the primary loading surface, wherein the base portion includes a sidewall having an outwardly extending wedged flange wedgingly engaged with the secondary loading surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.