Combined actuator for mirror folding and lifting, rear view device and vehicle

US11214198B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Motherson Innovations Company Limited · GB

Inventors

• Tom Harris · Lightwater, GB
• Gareth Aspden · London, GB
• Stephen Beecher · London, GB
• Levente Kurti · Boarhunt, GB
• Warwick Jones · London, GB
• Dong Myeong Park · London, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 13, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 4, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H25/16
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An actuator for a rear view device of a vehicle, a rear view device and a vehicle with such an actuator includes a body defining a folding axis for a rear view device of a vehicle, an actuator housing being rotatably and axially displaceably borne by the body and a drive assembly being supported by the actuator housing and being configured for automatically rotating the actuator housing relative to the body about the folding axis between a first angular position and a second angular position and for axially displacing the actuator housing relative to the body along the folding axis between a first axial position and a second axial position.