Interior rearview mirror for vehicles
AssigneeReitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsJens Mertens, Klaus Weller
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Abstract
An interior rearview mirror for a vehicle. The mirror includes a mirror bracket that by means of a ball-and-socket joint carries a mirror housing that is provided with a mirror glass mounted on a glass carrier that together with the housing can be shifted between a first position and a second position by a knob. The glass carrier is pivotably connected to a support, and a swivel plate is fixedly connected to the knob. A guide pin is disposed on the swivel plate and engages a guide of the support for interconnecting the support and the swivel plate. A stop is disposed on the swivel plate and in one of the positions of the glass carrier rests against the outer surface of the guide.
Claims12
An interior rearview mirror for a vehicle, including a mirror bracket that by means of a ball-and-socket joint carries a mirror housing that is provided with a mirror glass mounted on a glass carrier that together with said mirror housing can be shifted between a first position and a second position by means of a knob, said mirror further comprising:
- a support means to which said glass carrier is pivotably connected;
- a swivel means that is fixedly connected to said knob;
- a guide means disposed on said support means;
- a guide pin that is disposed on said swivel means and engages said guide means of said support means for interconnecting said support means and said swivel means;
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- a stop means that is disposed on said swivel means and that in one of said positions of said glass carrier rests against an outer surface of said guide means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.