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US 9,308,866 B2Granted
Group of exterior mirrors
AssigneeMAGNA Auteca GmbH
InventorsMartin Palvoelgyi, Bernhard Schadler, Reinhard Fuchs
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Abstract
A system of exterior mirrors having a mirror head and a mirror foot, the system including a first mirror which is configured to rotate about and also move vertically along a first axis defined by a first drive for the first mirror, and a second mirror which is configured to rotate about a second axis defined by a second drive for the second mirror.
Claims20
An exterior mirror system comprising:
- at least one mirror assembly including a mirror foot, a mirror head having a mirror housing to receive a mirror, the mirror housing having a passage opening with a flat and smooth surface of a border region of the passage opening, and a drive unit received by the mirror housing to drive the mirror head for movement relative to the mirror foot, the drive unit including:
- a motor,
- a drive sleeve extending through the mirror foot and the mirror head to connect the mirror foot to the mirror head, which defines an axis of rotation, and which axially moves the mirror housing along the axis of rotation and also rotate the mirror housing about the axis of rotation,
- a gearwheel concentrically received by the drive sleeve and driven by the motor,
- a drive foot concentrically received by the drive sleeve and connected to the mirror foot, the drive foot having annular extensions with contours axially extending upwardly and circumferentially distributed at a distal surface thereof which define recesses, and circumferential positioning extensions axially extending downwardly and which engage in the mirror foot, and
- a bracing ring concentrically received by the drive sleeve and which is axially displaceable along the axis of rotation and rotatable about the axis of rotation, the bracing ring having supporting contours which are directed towards the gearwheel and which correspond to the recesses of the annular extensions and the contours of the drive foot, and at least one latching element which rests on the flat and smooth surface of the border region of the passage opening, the bracing ring being guided in the annular extensions of the drive foot.
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An exterior mirror system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- at least one mirror assembly including a mirror foot, a mirror head having a mirror housing to receive a mirror, the mirror housing having a passage opening with a flat and smooth surface of a border region of the passage opening, and a drive unit concentrically received by the mirror housing to drive the mirror head for movement relative to the mirror foot, the drive unit including:
- an electric motor,
- a drive sleeve defining an axis of rotation and which connects the mirror foot to the mirror housing so as to move the mirror housing vertically along the axis of rotation and also rotate the mirror housing about the axis of rotation
- a gearwheel concentrically received by the drive sleeve and driven by the electric motor,
- a drive foot concentrically received by the drive sleeve and connected to the mirror foot, the drive foot having annular extensions with contours circumferentially distributed at a distal surface thereof that define recesses,
- a bracing ring concentrically received by the drive sleeve and engages around the annular extensions, the bracing ring being axially displaceable along the axis of rotation and rotatable about the axis of rotation, the bracing ring having supporting contours which are directed towards the gearwheel and which correspond to the recesses of the annular extensions and the contours of the drive foot, and at least one latching element which rests on the flat and smooth surface of the border region of the passage opening, the bracing ring being guided in the annular extensions of the drive foot, and
- a bias mechanism concentrically received by the drive sleeve and which engages the drive sleeve so as to cause the mirror housing to engage the mirror foot.
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An exterior mirror comprising:
- a mirror foot;
- a mirror housing to receive a mirror, the mirror housing having a passage opening with a flat and smooth surface of a border region of the passage opening;
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- a drive unit concentrically received by the mirror housing to drive the mirror head for movement relative to the mirror foot, the drive unit having:
- a drive sleeve defining an axis of rotation and which connects the mirror foot to the mirror housing so as to move the mirror housing vertically along the axis of rotation and also rotate the mirror housing about the axis of rotation,
- a gearwheel concentrically received by the drive sleeve and which is driven by the drive unit,
- a drive foot concentrically received by the drive sleeve and connected to the mirror foot, the drive foot having annular extensions with contours circumferentially distributed at a distal surface thereof which define recesses, and
- a bracing ring concentrically received by the first drive sleeve, and which has on an inner surface thereof inwardly directed guide elements which correspond to the recesses of the annular extensions to form axial guides with the recesses to connect the bracing ring to the drive foot for rotation therewith, supporting contours which are directed towards the gearwheel and which correspond to the depressions of the annular extensions and the contours of the drive foot, and at least one latching element which rests on the flat and smooth surface of the border region of the passage opening, the bracing ring being guided in the annular extensions of the drive foot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.