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Electric external rear view mirror

US6312135A · kind A · utility

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6References
24Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 10, 1999
Grant dateNov 6, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 10, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R1/07
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an external rear view mirror of a motor vehicle with a glass subassembly, at least one electrical function element, more particularly an adjustment drive and/or a lighting device and/or a folding drive and/or a heating element, and a support element, to which the electrical function element can be secured. In order to increase the electrical operational reliability of the external rear view mirror and to facilitate the assembly of the cabling, the support element (1) includes at least one electrical conductor path (6), to whose first end (7, 13, 14, 15, 17) an electrical function element (3, 4, 5) can be connected and to whose second end (19) a power supply of the motor vehicle can be connected.

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