Snap fit connection in a rear view mirror
AssigneeSMR Patents S.à.r.l.
InventorsRaimund Negel, Arne Schmierer, Andreas Herrmann
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Abstract
The invention is related to an external rear view mirror assembly including a positive connection that fits mirror components as a support frame mounted to a mirror housing or shell. The positive connection is a connector having a two part snap-fit connector with a first snap-fit connector part and a second snap-fit connector part.
Claims12
A rear view mirror assembly with a mirror bracket, a mirror housing with an opening hosting a support frame and at least a reflective element, the mirror housing is connected to the support frame wherein the connector is a two part snap-fit connector with a first snap-fit connector part and a second snap-fit connector part, characterized in that a snap-fit lug of the first snap-fit connector part intrudes into a second aperture of the second snap-fit connector part and the projection of the second snap-fit connector part intrudes into a first aperture of the first snap-fit connector part.
Method to assemble a rear view mirror including wherein a mirror support is inserted into a mirror housing by a rotation of the mirror support in a first axis, inserting the support through the opening of mirror housing, a rotation back around the axis and wherein the mirror housing has a with a first snap-fit connector part and the support frame a second snap-fit connector part, characterized in that the support frame is connected by snap-fit lug of a first snap-fit connector part that intrudes into a second aperture of the second snap-fit connector part and the projection of the second snap-fit connector part intrudes into a first aperture the first snap-fit connector part.
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