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US 8,262,240 B2Granted
Rear view mirror
AssigneeSMR Patents S.à.r.l.
InventorRaimund Negel
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Abstract
Then invention is related to a rear view mirror attached to a vehicle comprising a mirror housing. The reflective element is fixed in relation to the mirror housing and the mirror housing is movable versus the vehicle by separately extendable elements.
Claims6
A rear view mirror assembly comprising:
- a vehicle support;
- a mirror housing including a reflective element that is fixed in relation to said mirror housing wherein said reflective element and said mirror housing are movable versus the vehicle by two pairs of elements that are elongated separately and in that each of said two pairs of elements is mounted between said mirror housing and said vehicle support, each of said two pairs of elements being electrical cylinders having a fixed housing and an internal member translating in a direction of said mirror housing, wherein said two pairs of elements can be elongated separately wherein a first pair of said two pairs of elements adjusts said reflective element in a fold forward position by elongating said first pair of said two pairs of elements and where a second pair of said two pairs of elements is shortened and wherein said second pair of elements adjusts said mirror housing and said reflective element in a park position by elongating said second pair of elements in conjunction with said first pair of elements being shortened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.