The present fold rear-view mirror assembly (100) comprises a fixed base member (120), a mirror housing (130) that can be rotated relative to the base member (120), a shaft (140), an elastic element (160) for applying a force on the base member (120) and the mirror housing (130) through the shaft (140), shaft axially retaining means (200), and safety means for preventing the shaft (140) from being released comprising a first and second stop portions (310, 320) formed in the mirror housing (130) and the shaft (140) respectively and arranged such that in different shaft angular positions the first and the second stop portions (310, 320) do not interfere with one another such that the shaft (140) can be inserted in the shaft housing (130), or the first and second stop portions (310, 320) interfere with one another preventing the shaft (140) from being released from the shaft housing (130) by the action of the elastic element (160) in case of failure of the shaft retaining means (200).
FOLD REAR-VIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
KLAPPBARE RÜCKSPIEGELANORDNUNG FÜR KRAFTFAHRZEUGE
ENSEMBLE RÉTROVISEUR ARRIÈRE PLIABLE POUR VÉHICULES À MOTEUR
2018-09-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |