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Rearview mirror assembly for motor vehicles

US5383057A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
6References
13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 4, 1992
Grant dateJan 17, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 4, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R1/066
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An automotive rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror housing adapted to be mounted on a fixed member of an automobile outside of the passenger's compartment, a mirror swingably disposed in the mirror housing, a control mechanism including a control lever adapted to project from the housing into the passenger's compartment, and a rotatable shaft mechanism pivotally coupled to a rear surface of the mirror at a plurality of positions thereon, the rotatable shaft mechanism being rotatable in response to control movements of the control lever, for vertically and laterally adjusting the angle of the mirror with respect to the mirror housing. The mirror housing is angularly movable about the axis of the rotatable shaft mechanism in unison with the mirror within the mirror housing.

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