US 4,213,675 AGranted

Interiorly adjustable outside rear view mirror for vehicles

AssigneeAB Volvo

InventorStig T. L. Pilhall

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Abstract

A device for manually adjusting the setting of an outside vehicle rear view mirror by manually operating a grip member provided in the interior of the vehicle. The device comprises a generally cylindrical holder body rotatably but axially non-displaceably mounted in a through-hole in a front door of the vehicle. In a cavity within the holder body there is pivotally disposed an adjustment arm having a first end portion situated on the outside of the door and carrying the mirror, and a second end portion protruding through a slot in an end cover being biased towards the inside end of the holder body and against the inner surface of the door. On said second end portion the arm carries a grip member on the inside of the door, this member being manually displaceable over the surface of end cover for pivoting the arm horizontally and thereby adjusting the mirror horizontally. When said grip member is turned about the longitudinal axis of the arm the holder body will be rotated thereby adjusting the mirror vertically.

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Dependent claims

An adjustment device, with the aid of which a mirror housing for a vehicle rear view mirror carried on the outer side of the vehicle at one end of the device is manually adjustable within the interior of the vehicle, said device comprising a holder body rotatably mounted in an extending through a through-hole in a wall portion associated with the vehicle body, e.g. a front door, characterized in that the holder body is axially fixed in the through-hole by means of stop means abutting against at least two surfaces associated with the body wall portion and facing in opposite directions, at least one of the stop means being arranged on the holder body, and that in the holder body there is provided a cavity wherein there is pivotally disposed an arm having an outer portion situated outside the body wall portion, said outer portion being torque transmitting interconnected with the mirror housing for pivoting movement thereof in relation to the holder body, and an inner portion protruding from the end of the holder body on the inner side of the body wall portion, there to carry a grip portion which, by means of an adjusting means attached to the arm, is biased against a stop portion disposed at the end of the holder body, one of the stop means being rigidly attached to said stop portion.

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