Electrically adjustable exterior rear-view mirror

US6612707B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Donnelly Hohe GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Rudolf Kaspar · Collenberg, DE
• Herwig Polzer · Miltenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 2, 2003
• Expiry date: Dec 21, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R1/072
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an exterior rear-view mirror comprising an adjustably held glass subassembly and at least one electrical drive motor (2), with the glass subassembly being adjustable via at least one adjustment mechanism arranged between the drive motor (2) and the glass subassembly. The adjustment mechanism comprises a drive shaft (7, 8) with an eccentrically shaped shaft section (9, 10) and a drive bar (12, 13) arranged between the glass subassembly and the eccentrically shaped shaft section (9, 10) of the drive shaft (7, 8). The drive shaft (7, 8) and the drive bar interact in such a way that a rotatory actuating movement of the drive shaft (7, 8) is converted to a linear actuating movement, acting on the glass subassembly, of the drive bar (12, 13) as a result of excursion of the eccentrically shaped shaft section (9, 10).