Mirror base cover

US8919973B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SMR Patents S.à.r.l. · LU

Inventors

• Arne Schmierer · Stuttgart, DE
• Raimund Negel · Unterensingen, DE
• Andreas Herrmann · Stuttgart, DE
• Istvan Szmolenszki · Schwaikheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 30, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B7/182
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A mirror base cover for an exterior rear view mirror assembly of a motor vehicle is described, which is provided with an opening for a part on the mirror base side of an articulated connection of a base bracket, which is preferably housed in an exterior rear view mirror housing, to a mirror base, which is covered by the mirror base cover. The opening has a larger design than is necessary for the part on the mirror base side of the articulated connection. A section of the opening remaining between the edge of the opening and the part on the mirror base side of the articulated connection is closed by a mirror base cap assembly. The mirror base cap assembly consists of a mirror base cap, only partly covering the remaining section of the opening, and a seal, moulded onto the mirror base cap, overlapping a gap remaining between the mirror base cap and the edge of the opening. The mirror base cap extends at least partly to the edge of the opening, so that contact between the mirror base cap and the edge of the opening is made, at least in places.