Arrangement for cleaning the mirror element of an outside rear view mirror

US6568414B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Donnelly Hohe GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Hans-Joachim Fuchs · Dorfprozelten, DE
• Peter Fuerst · Freudenberg, DE
• Herwig Polzer · Miltenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2000
• Grant date: May 27, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 20, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R1/0602
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement for cleaning the mirror element of an outside rear view mirror is disclosed. The arrangement includes a washing nozzle, which is disposed in the region of the outside rear view mirror on a motor vehicle and from which a jet of a cleaning liquid may be discharged. The position of the mirror element (1) relative to the body of the motor vehicle is variable, whereas the washing nozzle (9) is connected in a fixed manner to the body. To improve the cleaning action of the washing to nozzle (9), the mirror element (2) may be adjusted between a normal position, in which the driver may observe the traffic behind him in the mirror element (2), and a cleaning position, in which an advantageous angle for cleaning, in particular a steep angle arises between the mirror plane of the mirror element (2) and the jet of cleaning liquid.