Exterior rearview mirror for vehicles, in particular, motor vehicles
AssigneeReitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG
InventorVasile Romas
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Abstract
An exterior rearview mirror for motor vehicles has a mirror base and a mirror head mounted thereon. A drive motor is provided to move the mirror head from a position of use into a parking position. The drive motor is connected to the mirror base by being snapped into place on the mirror base in a direction of insertion; preferably a locking plug-in connection is used for this purpose. The plug-in connection has receptacles on the mirror base and counter members on the motor that are received in the receptacles, respectively.
Claims18
An exterior rearview mirror for motor vehicles, the exterior rearview mirror comprising:
- a mirror base (1) and a mirror head mounted thereon;
- a drive motor (2) configured to move the mirror head from a position of use into a parking position;
- wherein the drive motor (2) is snapped Into place on the mirror base (1) In a direction of insertion (P) and connected to the mirror base (1);
- wherein the mirror base (1) has one or more receptacles (3, 4, 5) and the motor (2) has one or more counter members (6, 7, 8) configured to be received in the receptacles (3, 4, 5), respectively;
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- wherein a first one of the receptacles (3) has a securing member (9) configured to engage across a first one of the counter members (6).
The rearview mirror for motor vehicles, the exterior rearview mirror comprising:
- a mirror base (1) and a mirror head mounted thereon;
- a drive motor (2) configured to move the mirror head from a position of use into a parking position;
- wherein the drive motor (2) is snapped into place on the mirror base (1) in a direction of insertion (P) and connected to the mirror base (1);
- wherein the mirror base (1) has one or more receptacles (3, 4, 5) and the motor (2) has one or more counter members (6, 7, 8) configured to be received In the receptacles (3, 4, 5), respectively;
- wherein the mirror base (1) has a first, a second and a third one of the receptacles (3, 4, 5) and wherein the motor (2) has a first, a second, and a third one of the counter members (6, 7, 8), wherein the first, second, and third receptacles (3, 4, 5) are arranged so as to define the corners of a triangle;
- wherein the third receptacle (5) is arranged in front of the first and second receptacles (3, 4) in the direction of insertion (P).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.