Device for holding a mirror element for rearview mirror
AssigneeMurakami Kaimeido Co., Ltd.
InventorTadahiko Ozaki
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Abstract
A device for holding a removable mirror plate of a rearview mirror for a motor vehicle and comprising a mirror holder for supporting the mirror plate, a holder plate for supporting the mirror holder, an assembly for tiltably supporting the holder plate and including a pivot provided on a surface of said holder plate and having upper and lower portions, a latch assembly located between the mirror holder and the holder plate at the upper portion of the pivot for latching the mirror holder to the holder plate, and a fixing assembly for fixing the mirror holder to the holder plate.
Claims11
A device for holding a mirror element comprising a mirror plate of a rearview mirror for a motor vehicle, said holding device comprising:
- a mirror holder for supporting the mirror plate;
- a holder plate for supporting said mirror holder;
- means for tiltably supporting said holder plate, said supporting means including a supporting member and pivot means provided on a surface of said holder plate and having upper and lower portions for tiltably supporting said holder plate on said supporting member;
- means located between said mirror holder and said holder plate at the upper portion of said pivot means for latching said mirror holder to said holder plate;
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- means located between opposite surfaces of said mirror holder and said holder plate at the lower portion of said pivot means for fixing said mirror holder to said holder plate, said fixing means comprising a pair of studs projecting from one of said opposite surfaces and a pair of sockets located opposite said pair of studs on the other of said opposite surfaces for resiliently receiving said pair of studs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.