Mirror with adjustment elements including bellows for a motor vehicle
OwnerBernhard Mittelhauserinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable mirror for a motor vehicle, especially a mirror for the outside of the vehicle. The mirror has at least two adjustment elements that act upon the mirror element. These adjustment elements can be selectively actuated by a control element. In order to provide an adjustment mechanism that does not depend upon electrical power, is precise, and reliable, the control element, the adjustment elements, and the associated connections form a closed hydraulic system. A bellows is advantageously the active adjustment element, while the adjustment members themselves can be embodied as working cylinders.
Claims12
An adjustable mirror for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a housing;
- a mirror element adjustably supported in said housing;
- at least two adjustment elements disposed in said housing for effecting adjustment of said mirror element;
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- a control element that is operatively connected, via connection means, with said adjustment elements to form a closed hydraulic system, whereby said adjustment elements can be respectively selectively actuated by said control element, said control element including a displacement element that is movable in all directions;
- said displacement element being surrounded by deformable bellows that are operatively connected to said adjustment elements via said connection means.
An adjustable mirror for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a housing;
- a mirror element adjustably supported in said housing;
- at least two adjustment elements disposed in said housing for effecting adjustment of said mirror element;
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- a control element that is operatively connected, via connection means, with said adjustment elements to form a closed hydraulic system, whereby said adjustment elements can be respectively selectively actuated by said control element, said connection means between said control element and each adjustment element being interrupted, forming adjacent ends that are each provided with a deformable bellows that rests against one another in such a way that deformation of one leads to deformation of the other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.