Socket joint with integrated tube anchors

Socket joint for carrying a mirror head or an indirect vision system, said socket joint comprising:

• a support tube to be attached to a vehicle and comprising at least one anchor opening;
• a joint base with a back side and a front side, wherein said back side contacts the outside of said support tube;
• at least one anchor extending from the back side of the joint base through said at least one anchor opening in said support tube into said support tube, wherein said at least one anchor engages an interior surface of said support tube;
• at least one fastener extending through a fastening hole from the front side of the joint base into said at least one anchor to clamp said support tube between said at least one anchor and the back side of the joint base;
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• a carrier structure on the front side of the joint base for carrying a mirror head or an indirect vision system,
• wherein said carrier structure comprises a convex portion, and wherein a concave portion is provided on the from side of said joint base to receive said convex portion of said carrier structure, said convex portion being complementary to said concave portion, and
• wherein said carrier structure is pressed to said concave portion by connecting means and is pivotally movable.

Socket joint for carrying a mirror head or an indirect vision system, said socket joint comprising:

• a support tube to be attached to a vehicle and comprising at least one anchor opening;
• a joint base with a back side and a front side, wherein said back side contacts the outside of said support tube;
• at least one anchor extending from the back side of the joint base through said at least one anchor opening in said support tube into said support tube, said at least one anchor having a conical shape, wherein said at least one anchor engages an interior surface of said support tube;
• at least one fastener extending through a fastening hole from the front side of the joint base into said at least one anchor to clamp said support tube between said at least one anchor and the back side of the joint base;
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• a carrier structure on the front side of the joint base for carrying a mirror head or an indirect vision system.