Title:
手動で調整可能な車両ミラー機構
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004536747
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
An external mirror assembly for a motor vehicle with a base ( 16 ) and an adjustable mirror head ( 12 ) and a pivot and vibration absorption mechanism ( 14 ) on the base ( 16 ) allowing manual adjustment of the mirror head ( 12 ) with respect to the base ( 16 ). The pivot and vibration absorption mechanism ( 14 ) has a ball joint ( 22, 26 ) to enable pivoting and frictionally engaging faces ( 36, 38, 42 ) spaced apart from the ball joint ( 22, 26 ) on the base ( 16 ) and the mirror head ( 12 ) to provide vibration absorption. The respective faces ( 36, 38, 42 ) are part spherical surfaces resiliently urged together by resilient means ( 46 ).
Inventors:
Flynn, Daryl
Application Number:
JP2003518873A
Publication Date:
December 09, 2004
Filing Date:
August 06, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Scheffenaker Vision Systems Australia Proprietary Limited
International Classes:
B60R1/02; B60R1/06; F16C11/06; (IPC1-7): B60R1/06; F16C11/06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuo Shamoto
Tadashi Masui
Yasushi Kobayashi
Akio Chiba
Hiroyuki Tomita
Fujihiro Kanda
Tadashi Masui
Yasushi Kobayashi
Akio Chiba
Hiroyuki Tomita
Fujihiro Kanda