Patent · US Expired

Exterior mirror for a vehicle

US4884776A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 1988
Grant dateDec 5, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S248/90
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An exterior mirror for a vehicle includes a mirror housing in which a mirror is fixed and which is held in normal use position on a mirror mounting and can be swung forwards and backwards relative to the mirror mounting, with a retention member fixed on the mirror mounting extending into the mirror housing. One part of the mirror mounting protrudes from the vehicle body when fitted on the vehicle body so that, in the normal use position, the mirror housing completely laterally surrounds the one part of the mirror mounting, and an edge of the mirror housing which is at the mirror mounting side, rests without pressure against the vehicle body. Furthermore, a retention member which is fixed on the mirror mounting and extends into the mirror housing has at least one flexible band which is anchored at one end at the mirror mounting and extends through a slot in a transverse wall of the mirror housing, the transverse wall being situated at the mirror mounting side.

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