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 minor footprint by eliminating the need for an external base for attachment of a mirror assembly to a vehicle door.
Claims16
An internal mirror-mounting system for a vehicle door, comprising:
- a mirror-mounting reinforcement member operably coupled to an inner panel of the vehicle door and having a depression with reinforcement apertures disposed thereon providing a first loading surface;
- a belt reinforcement member operably coupled to the mirror-mounting reinforcement member having a mounting aperture aligned with the reinforcement apertures;
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- a reinforcement flange disposed about a rim of the mounting aperture providing a second loading surface.
An internal mirror-mounting system for a vehicle door, comprising:
- a mirror-mounting reinforcement member operably coupled to an inner panel of the vehicle door and having an indented mirror-mounting surface with reinforcement apertures disposed thereon providing a first loading surface;
- a belt reinforcement member operably coupled to the mirror-mounting reinforcement member having a mounting aperture aligned with the first loading surface;
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- a reinforcement flange disposed about the mounting aperture providing a second loading surface.
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 includes a primary loading surface;
- a connecting member connecting the first portion and second portion, wherein the connecting member defines a secondary loading surface;
- a mirror assembly having a mounting member adapted to engage the primary loading surface and wedgingly engage the secondary loading surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.