Actuator for a rear view device of a vehicle, rear view device and vehicle

A rear view device comprising an actuator for a rear view device of a vehicle, the actuator comprising:

• a body defining a folding axis for the rear view device relative to the vehicle;
• an actuator housing comprising a base part and a cover part, and the actuator housing being rotatably and axially displaceably supported by the body;
• a drive assembly being supported by the actuator housing and being configured for rotating the actuator housing relative to the body about the folding axis between a first angular position and a second angular position and for axially displacing the actuator housing relative to the body along the folding axis between a first axial position and a second axial position;
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• wherein a clutch gear of the drive assembly is rotatably and axially displaceably supported by the body and has at least one housing catch axially coupling the clutch gear to the actuator housing while allowing a relative rotation of the clutch gear and actuator housing;
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• wherein a shaft section extends along the folding axis and comprises at least one groove circumferentially about a top surface of the shaft section and wherein an interior portion of the cover part comprises at least one slot having at least one pin affixed in at least one slot and engaging at least one groove on the top surface of the shaft section.

A vehicle comprising at least one rear view device having an actuator, the actuator comprising:

• a body defining a folding axis for the rear view device relative to the vehicle;
• an actuator housing comprising a base part and a cover part, and the actuator housing being rotatably and axially displaceably supported by the body;
• a drive assembly being supported by the actuator housing and being configured for rotating the actuator housing relative to the body about the folding axis between a first angular position and a second angular position and for axially displacing the actuator housing relative to the body along the folding axis between a first axial position and a second axial position;
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• wherein a clutch gear of the drive assembly is rotatably and axially displaceably supported by the body and has at least one housing catch axially coupling the clutch gear to the actuator housing while allowing a relative rotation of the clutch gear and actuator housing;
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• wherein a shaft section extends along the folding axis and comprises at least one groove circumferentially about a top surface of the shaft section and wherein an interior portion of the cover part comprises at least one slot having at least one pin affixed in at least one slot and engaging at least one groove on the top surface of the shaft section.