Powered telescoping vehicle external mirror

US7748857B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SMR Patents S.à.r.l. · LU

Inventors

• Garry Gordon Leslie Fimeri · Adelaide, AU
• Mark Olijnyk · McLaren Vale, AU
• Matthew John Reedman · Blackwood, AU
• Simon Belcher · Clarendon, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 28, 2005
• Grant date: Jul 6, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 4, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R1/074
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle external rear view mirror assembly comprising a bracket and a mirror head, a pair of parallel outer arm assemblies (20, 20′) having a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion having a rack (28, 28′), a pair of parallel inner arm assemblies (40, 40′) and extending into respective outer arm assemblies (20, 20′), each inner arm assembly (40, 40′) having a front portion and a rear portion, a pair of driving pinion gears (50, 50′), each engaging a respective rack (28, 28′), a pinion drive shaft (53), a drive motor (60), and a gear train, the drive motor (60) driving the inner arm assemblies (40, 40′) to move telescopically with respect to their respective outer arm assemblies (20, 20′), wherein each outer arm assembly (20, 20′) is recessed back from the distal end towards the bracket to allow the pinion drive shaft assembly to travel towards the bracket behind the front portion of the outer arm assembly (20, 20′).