Holding device for a tiltable mirror for vehicles

US4896859A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Herwig Polzer · Miltenberg, DE
• Richard Seubert · Burgstädt, DE
• Hans-Joachim Fuchs · Dorfprozelten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 1, 1988
• Grant date: Jan 30, 1990
• Expiry date: Sep 1, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S248/90
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

To reliably reduce the risk of injury in the return tilting of a mirror housing from a tilted end position into a position for normal use, the mirror housing initially swings against an overcomable stop, which ensures a safety distance between the lifted mirror housing edge and the mirror base. This safety distance is dimensioned such that a trapping of fingers between the mirror housing edge and the mirror base does not occur. The stop can only be overcome by the mirror housing by renewed application of force to the mirror housing, after which the mirror housing then tilts into the position for normal use.