Mirror angle control apparatus and power mirror system having the same
AssigneeAsmo Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasaaki Shimizu, Kiyohide Terada
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Abstract
First and second reciprocable members are arranged between a motor and a mirror and are selectively reciprocated by rotational force conducted from the motor to tilt the mirror. When the motor is rotated in a first rotational direction, the second reciprocable member is held stationary, and the first reciprocable member is reciprocated to tilt the mirror in a vertical direction. When the motor is rotated in a second rotational direction, which is opposite from the first rotational direction of the motor, the first reciprocable member is held stationary, and the second reciprocable member is reciprocated to tilt the mirror in a horizontal direction.
Claims10
A mirror angle control apparatus for a power mirror system that includes a mirror, the mirror angle control apparatus comprising:
- a single electric motor;
- and
- first and second reciprocable members that are arranged between the motor and the mirror and are selectively reciprocated by rotational force conducted from the motor to tilt the mirror, wherein:
- when the motor is rotated in a first rotational direction, the second reciprocable member is held stationary, and the first reciprocable member is reciprocated to tilt the mirror in a vertical direction;
- and
- when the motor is rotated in a second rotational direction, which is opposite from the first rotational direction of the motor, the first reciprocable member is held stationary, and the second reciprocable member is reciprocated to tilt the mirror in a horizontal direction.
A power mirror system comprising:
- a mirror;
- a single electric motor;
- and
- first and second reciprocable members that are arranged between the motor and the mirror and are selectively reciprocated by rotational force conducted from the motor to tilt the mirror, wherein:
- when the motor is rotated in a first rotational direction, the second reciprocable member is held stationary, and the first reciprocable member is reciprocated to tilt the mirror in a vertical direction;
- and
- when the motor is rotated in a second rotational direction, which is opposite from the first rotational direction of the motor, the first reciprocable member is held stationary, and the second reciprocable member is reciprocated to tilt the mirror in a horizontal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.