Control device for vehicle rearview mirror
OwnerStephane Manzoniinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a control device for a vehicle rearview mirror, in which a mirror, mounted for pivoting inside a casing, is controllable from inside the vehicle. The casing is pivotally mounted on a support member integral with the bodywork of the vehicle, about a substantially vertical axis, the said support member comprising a pivoting bearing inside which is slidably and rotatably mounted a handle of which one end is provided with an operating lever, whereas the other end is connected via a connection with two orthogonal pivoting axles, to an arm of the mirror support.
Claims8
Control device for a vehicle rearview mirror in which a mirror support holding the mirror is hingedly mounted in a casing so as to pivot about two orthogonal axes and whose orientation is controlled from inside the vehicle by means of an operating handle with said mirror support having an arm cooperating with said operating handle, comprising
- a support member constructed integral with the bodywork of the vehicle, and supporting a pivoting bearing rotatable about a substantially vertical axis;
- said operating handle in the form of a stem mounted within said pivoting bearing for sliding and rotating in respect thereto, one end of which stem being provided with an operating member;
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- a joint connecting the other end of the operating handle stem to said arm of the mirror support and having two orthogonal axes of rotation, the center of said joint being situated on the pivoting axis of the mirror when said mirror is in a neutral position and said center of said joint being movable in a horizontal plane in an arc whose center is situated on the pivoting axis of the mirror.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.