Rear view mirror unit for a vehicle
AssigneeGilardini S.p.A.
InventorElio Lupo
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Abstract
A rear view mirror unit for a commercial vehicle, comprising a mirror, a support element to which this mirror is fixed, pivot means for connecting the support element in such a manner as to project from at least one region of the vehicle body defining at least one preferential angular position of the support element itself with respect to the body, and a cable slidably engaging a bushing fixed to the support element and connected to a coil spring with its front end, the free ends of the cable and the spring are connected to respective brackets fixed to the body to the sides of the said pivot means.
Claims8
A rear view mirror unit for a commercial vehicle, comprising:
- a mirror;
- a support element to which said mirror is fixed;
- a bracket connected to said support element, said bracket having a bushing, said bushing having a through cavity;
- pivotal means for connecting said support element to project from at least one region of a vehicle, said pivotal means defining at least one preferential angular position of said support element with respect to said vehicle,
- at least one flexible restraint element of elongate form, said at least one flexible restraint element being fixed at its respective ends to said vehicle at opposite sides of said pivotal means, and
- said at least one flexible restraint element including a cable slidable in said through cavity;
- said at least one flexible restraint element further including a spring attached to one of said respective ends of said cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.