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US 5,327,294 AGranted
External mirror for vehicle
AssigneeMercedes-Benz AG
InventorsJorg-Uwe Koske, Volker Nickel, Robert Schwed, Richard Merz, Arnold Klimas
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Abstract
An external mirror assembly for vehicles, which can be fastened to a fixture on the bodywork side and which exhibits a mirror casing in which a mirror glass is securable to a holding part. The mirror casing, following the fitting of the holding part to the vehicle, can be pushed over the holding part and can be detachably secured in an end position.
Claims10
External mirror assembly for vehicles comprising:
- a mirror glass support subassembly including:
- (i) a mirror glass holding part attachable to a fixture on a vehicle bodywork part, and
- (ii) a mirror glass securable to the holding part independently and separately from any exterior mirror casing, and
- a separate exterior mirror casing which can be pushed over the mirror glass support subassembly and be detachably secured thereto subsequent to and separately from attachment of the mirror glass support subassembly to the vehicle bodywork part;
- wherein the mirror casing can be detachably fixed by at least one leaf spring to the holding part or to a vehicle body panel of the vehicle;
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- wherein said at least one leaf spring includes a leaf spring disposed along a cover plate on the side of the body panel, which leaf spring acts upon a catch on the mirror casing which is actuable from a cavity of the mirror casing through an opening in the cover plate, as a result of which a catch-locking of the mirror casing can be disabled.
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External mirror assembly for vehicles comprising:
- a holding part attachable to a fixture on a vehicle bodywork part,
- a separate mirror casing surrounding the holding part, and
- a mirror glass securable to the holding part,
- wherein the mirror casing can be pushed over the holding part and can be detachably secured following the fitting of the holding part supporting the mirror glass to the vehicle,
- wherein the mirror casing can be detachably fixed by at least one leaf spring to the holding part or to a vehicle body panel of the vehicle, and
- wherein said at least one leaf spring includes a leaf spring disposed along a cover plate on the side of the body panel, which leaf spring acts upon a catch on the mirror casing which is actuable from a cavity of the mirror casing through an opening in the cover plate, as a result of which a catch-locking of the mirror casing can be disabled.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.