Socket joint with integrated tube anchors

US9868398B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MEKRA Lang GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Rolf Reitz de Swardt · Blythewood, US
• Alexandre Petroff · Columbia, US
• Andreas Enz · Burgbernheim, DE
• Matthias Zink · Borgo San Lazzaro, DE
• Orhan Kilic · Ansbach, DE
• Werner Lang · Calw, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 30, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 16, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 30, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T403/32196
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A socket joint for carrying a mirror head or indirect vision system on a support tube to be mounted to a vehicle and a mirror or indirect vision arrangement comprising such socket joint and a mirror head or indirect vision system is provided. The socket joint comprises a support tube with at least one opening to be attached to a vehicle, a joint base contacting the support tube, at least one anchor extending through said at least one opening in said support tube, and at least one fastener engaging the at least one anchor and extending through a fastening hole in the joint base into the anchor. By the engagement of the fastener in or with the anchor, the portion of the anchor located within the support tube engages an interior surface of said support tube and said support tube is clamped between anchor and joint base.