Patent · US Expired

Holding device for a tiltable mirror for vehicles

US5098058A · kind A · utility

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1References

2Claims

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Assignee

Hohe GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Herwig Polzer · Miltenberg, DE
Richard Seubert · Burgstädt, DE
Hai J. Fuchs · Dorfprozelten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 1991
Grant date	Mar 24, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2011

Classification

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

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