US20050052765A1 - Rearview mirror for motor vehicles - Google Patents
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- B60R1/062—Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior with remote control for adjusting position
- B60R1/07—Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior with remote control for adjusting position by electrically powered actuators
- B60R1/072—Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior with remote control for adjusting position by electrically powered actuators for adjusting the mirror relative to its housing
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- B60R1/0605—Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior specially adapted for mounting on trucks, e.g. by C-shaped support means
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- the purpose of the present invention is to so improve the known rearview mirror of DE 198 40 004 A1, that it is provided with a lighter structure, but which, at the same time, exhibits necessary stability.
- a rimless glass carrier plate is employed, which allows the mirror pane to extend slightly beyond the said glass carrier plate and the carrier plate.
- the glass carrier plate possesses no border or peripherally running rim which encloses the glass pane of the mirror.
- FIG. 5 a side view of a second embodiment of the invention.
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Abstract
A rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle comprises a holding component configured to attach to the vehicle, a first clamping part configured to attach to the holding component and a second clamping part configured to attach to the holding component disposed opposite of the first clamping part. The second clamping part is further configured to fastenably hold a mirror. A first connection element is carried by one of said first and second clamping parts; and a second connection element is carried by the other of the first and second clamping parts. The first and second elements are connectable to secure the first clamping part and the second clamping part together. The first and second clamping parts have a recess, and the recesses generally encase the holding component.
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- The invention concerns a rearview mirror, especially for motor vehicles in accord with the generic concept of Claim 1.
- DE 198 40 004 A1 discloses a rearview mirror for motor vehicles, in which the mirror support element is a carrier plate with a honeycomb structure. The mirror housing with the mirror framing, the mirror element with its pane and the adjustment apparatus is fastened to this carrier plate. The carrier plate with the said honeycomb structure is secured to a holder by means of a clamping mechanism and the holder, in turn, is attached to the body of the vehicle. A mirror of this type possesses a high degree of stability, a relatively low weight, and only a small tendency toward vibration.
- A comparable mirror arrangement has been made known by
EP 0 590 510 A1 andDE 40 10 083, which, likewise, each exhibit a carrier plate as the carrying element, but in which no honeycomb structure is to be found. - A disadvantage of this type of mirror arrangement is found therein, in that the version of
EP 0 590 510 A1 possesses a comparatively high weight. - The purpose of the present invention is to so improve the known rearview mirror of DE 198 40 004 A1, that it is provided with a lighter structure, but which, at the same time, exhibits necessary stability.
- The achievement of this purpose is accomplished through the features of Claim 1.
- In a manner similar to that of the state of the technology, in the case of the present invention, the rearview mirror is secured to a holder, i.e. a holding tube, by means of a first and a second clamping component. The clamping bracket can be screwed to the mirror housing framing. Another possible fastening means is by riveting.
- Since the first clamping part is the mirror housing framing and the second clamping part is the clamping bracket itself, onto which the mirror element is fastened, a carrier plate may be dispensed with. Removing a carrier plate, which plate is conventional in the state of the technology, leads to a reduction in weight.
- Since no carrier plate is required anymore, again in comparison to the state of the technology, the number of the system parts or components is reduced, which results in a simpler mounting procedure and also reduces the costs of manufacture.
- In accord with an advantageous embodiment of the present invention as stated in
Claim 2, the clamping bracket is made out of a more rugged material than is the mirror housing framing, so that the said bracket becomes the essential carrying part of the construction. On to the bracket, as the carrying component, the characteristic mirror pane is fastened along with the positioning apparatus. Since, for the clamping connection, the entire extent of length or width of the mirror housing framing stands available, the clamping bracket can now be fashioned essentially in a large surface mode, so that it is possible to manufacture the said clamping bracket from a reinforced plastic, that is, glass fiber reinforced plastic. Alternatively, the clamping bracket can naturally be made of metal (in this connection, see Claim 3). - In accord with a preferred embodiment of the invention, as shown in
Claim 4, the clamping bracket fits into one side of the mirror framing with slip-in catches, and is screwed into the said mirror framing on the other side. This type of connection reduces the number of screwed connections and simplifies the mounting. - Following another advantageous embodiment of the invention, according to Claim 5, the mirror element includes a mirror pane, upon which a glass carrier plate is installed, which carrier plate is driven by a motor, preferably electric, for positioning adjustment. The positioning adjustment itself and thereby the entire mirror element, are screwed onto the reinforced clamping bracket which acts as the carrying element. This too contributes to simplifying the mounting.
- In accord with yet another advantageous embodiment of the invention, in keeping with
Claim 6, a rimless glass carrier plate is employed, which allows the mirror pane to extend slightly beyond the said glass carrier plate and the carrier plate. Thus the glass carrier plate possesses no border or peripherally running rim which encloses the glass pane of the mirror. By means of dispensing with the enclosing rim for the glass carrier plate, with an outside design of the same dimensioning, optimum use is made of the glass area. - In accord with yet another advantageous embodiment of the invention, as described in Claim 7, the mirror housing includes a mirror housing cover, which is releasably bound, or can be so bound, to the mirror housing framing by means of a snap-in connection. Since the mirror housing cover plate fulfills no carrying function, this may be manufactured very thin walled and light in weight. By means of the snap-in connection, the said cover plate can be easily disconnected and can also be lacquered in a simple manner with colors specified by the customer.
- In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, in accord with Claim 8, the clamping bracket and/or the mirror framing in the area, in which the holding part is located, engages securements in the form of projections or grooves, in/on complementary, respective grooves or projections on the holding tube. In this way, not only is the said slip-in clamping connection still available, but also a form-fit connection to the holding part is created.
- In accord with yet another embodiment of the invention, following Claim 9, the clamping bracket possesses an opening. By corresponding arrangement of the said recess, the achievement may be gained, that when the mirror housing cover is removed, the adjustment apparatus is accessible through said opening. One advantage of this is that wiring to the position adjustment apparatus can be run through this said opening.
- Further details, features and advantages of the invention arise from the following description of preferred embodiments, with the aid of the drawings. There is shown in:
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FIG. 1 a side view of a first embodiment of the invention, -
FIG. 2 a sectional drawing along the section line A-A ofFIG. 1 , -
FIG. 3 a sectional drawing along the section line B-B ofFIG. 1 , -
FIG. 4 a plan view of the mirror housing framing seen from the front, -
FIG. 5 a side view of a second embodiment of the invention, and -
FIG. 6 a view such as inFIG. 2 of a third embodiment of the invention. - The FIGS. 1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the invention in various presentations.
FIG. 1 shows a side view, depicting amirror housing 2, which comprises amirror housing framing 4 and a mirror housing cover 5. In themirror housing 2 is a placed amirror element 6. The entire rear view mirror is fastened by means of a clamping connection 8 on aholder tube 2. The clamping connection 8 comprises a first clamping part in the form of the saidmirror housing framing 4 and a second clamping part in the form of aclamping bracket 12. - As may be inferred from the sectional drawings in
FIG. 2 and 3, themirror housing framing 4 possesses a trough-like recess 14 within which theholder tube 2 is partially encased. Theclamping bracket 12 possesses a similar trough-like recess 16. Thus, as a result of the double, opposed trough-like structures 14, 16, the holder tube 10-is nearly completely circumferentially encased, and a large surface is made available for the transmission of forces. Away from the described trough structure 16 of the holding tube, extend, in a comblike fashion, a plurality ofhook elements 18. On the other side of the trough structure 16 extends apart 20 of thebracket 12 with provision for screw fastenings. Thehook elements 18 fit into a corresponding hook opening 22 in themirror housing framing 4. As one can see inFIGS. 2 and 4 , thepart 20 of theclamping bracket 12 is connected to themirror housing framing 4 by means of fourscrew connections 24.FIG. 3 shows, that themirror element 6, inclusive of amirror pane 30, aglass carrier plate 32 and a electric motor drivenmirror positioning apparatus 34, is connected to theclamping bracket 12. In this way, themirror adjustment apparatus 34 is fastened onto thepiece 20 of theclamp bracket 12. In accomplishing this, themirror positioning apparatus 34 is screwed onto thepart 20 of theclamping bracket 12 by means of fourscrew connections 26. - The four
screw connections 26, i.e. screws, enter thepart 20 of the clamping bracket 12 (inFIG. 3 ) from the side proximal to themirror pane 30. Theglass carrier plate 32, with itsattendant mirror pane 30 is fastened onto themirror positioning apparatus 34 by means of adetent connection 36. Theglass carrier plate 32 is without a surrounding rim construction, as has been made known inEP 0 659 609 B1, and themirror pane 30 extends slightly outward beyond saidglass carrier plate 32. To this extent, acknowledgment is made in completeness to theEP 0 659 609 B1. -
FIG. 4 shows a view of themirror housing framing 4 from the front, without themirror element 6. Themirror housing framing 4 possesses three openings 38 for internal installation purposes and for weight reduction. The somewhatrectangular clamping bracket 12 exhibits in its screwed-onpart 20 an opening 40, which overlaps the central opening 38 in themirror housing framing 4. In the remaining upper and lower edge strips 42, 44, are provided the fourscrew connections 26 for the screw connection of the clamping bracket with themirror housing framing 4. On the upper and the lower edge strips 42, 44, are respectively the fourscrew connections 24 for the screw connection of the mirrorpositioning adjustment apparatus 34 to the clampingbracket 12. - When the mounting of the mirror takes place, first the clamping
bracket 12 is pushed into the snap connections of themirror housing framing 4. Subsequently, the holdingtube 10 is clamped between the clampingbracket 12 and themirror housing framing 4, and the clampingbracket 12 is screw attached to themirror housing framing 4 from the back side of the mirror assembly forward [seeFIG. 2 ] by screws 24. Thereafter, from the front position, themirror positioning apparatus 34 is screwed onto theextensions 48 of the clampingbracket 12 byscrew connections 26. Following this, theglass carrier plate 32 with themirror pane 30 is fastened onto themirror positioning apparatus 34 by means of thedetent connections 36. Finally, the mirror housing cover 5 is snapped onto themirror housing framing 4. - In the case of the embodiment in accord with
FIGS. 1-4 , the connections, more closely defined as screw connections, between, first, themirror housing framing 4 and the clampingbracket 12 and second, themirror element 6, that is, more exactly themirror positioning apparatus 34 are made by means of two independent sets of screws. - Alternative to this, but not shown, the
mirror positioning apparatus 34, themirror housing framing 4 and the clampingbracket 12 can also be bound together by a screw connection common to all. -
FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the invention, in side view, similar to the presentation ofFIG. 1 . This second embodiment of the invention differs from the first embodiment, in that the holding element is not a continuous holding tube, but is rather constructed as a two-piece holding component with a first and asecond holding arm 50 and 52. In this case, the first holding arm 50 is secured by theupper edge strip 42 of the clampingbracket 12 and thesecond holding arm 52 is secured by the lower edge strip 44 of the saidclamping bracket 12. Otherwise, the construction of the second embodiment agrees in all details with the first embodiment. -
FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment of the invention in a drawing similar toFIG. 3 . The third embodiment differs from the first or the second embodiment essentially therein, in that the connection between the holdingparts bracket 12 are not made as auxiliaries to the clamping connection by means of a form-fit binding. In this case, in the trough-like recesses 14 and 16,additional projections 56 are provided which fit intocomplementary recesses 58 in the holdingparts elements parts - The
mirror housing framing 4 and the mirror housing cover 5 are advantageously made of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). The clampingbracket 12 advantageously is manufactured from glass fiber reinforced plastic, polyamide (PA 6.6) glass fiber (GF 35). Theglass carrier plate 32 is advantageously made of ABS with a 30% portion of glass fiber and possesses a thickness in a range between 1 and 1.5 mm. The wall thickness of the remaining components varies within the limits of 2 and 2.5 mm. By means of these measures, weight and cost reductions are achieved. Furthermore, the vibration tendencies are also reduced. - In certain cases, it can also be advantageous, to reinforce the trough shaped recess 14 and the area of the
screw connections 24 of themirror housing framing 4 by means of an inlay of reinforced material or to make these areas out of glass fiber reinforced plastic. - 2 Mirror housing
- 4 Mirror housing framing
- 5 Mirror housing cover
- 6 Mirror element
- 8 Clamping connection.
- 10 Mirror holder, i.e. mirror holding tube
- 12 Clamping bracket
- 14 Trough-like recess (in 4)
- 16 Trough-like recess (in 12)
- 18 Hook elements
- 20 Part for screw fastening
- 22 Hook opening
- 24 Screw connection between 12 and 4
- 26 Screw connection between 12 and 34
- 30 Mirror pane
- 32 Glass carrier plate
- 34 Mirror position adjustment apparatus
- 36 Detent
- 38 Opening in 4
- 40 Opening in 12
- 42 Upper edge strip of 12
- 44 Lower edge strip of 12
- 48 Extensions on 42 and 44
- 50 A first holding arm
- 52 A second holding arm
- 56 Projections in 14, 16
- 58 Recesses in 10, 50, 52
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10. A rearview mirror assembly for attachment to a vehicle via a holding tube, the assembly comprising:
a housing including a framing element configured to attach to the holding tube; and
a clamping part configured to receive the holding tube disposed opposite of the framing element;
said framing element and said clamping part cooperating to at least circumferentially enclose and clamp around said holding tube and releasably attach to each other, said clamping part further configured to fastenably hold a mirror element, a hook element carried on one of said clamping part and by the other of said clamping part and framing element, and framing element, a snap connection carried, said hook element and snap connection connectable to secure the framing element and the clamping part together.
11. The rearview mirror assembly of claim 10 , wherein the clamping part is a bracket element having a recess adapted for receiving a portion of the circumference of the holding tube.
12. A rearview mirror assembly with a mirror element for a vehicle, the assembly comprising:
a holding component configured to attach to the vehicle;
a first clamping part configured to attach to the holding component; and
a second clamping part configured to attach to the holding component disposed opposite of the first clamping part;
said first and second clamping parts cooperating to clamp about the holding component and releasably attach to each other;
said second clamping part further configured to fastenably hold the mirror element;
a first connection element carried by one of said first and second clamping parts;
a second connection element carried by either of said first and second clamping parts; and
said first and second element being connectable to secure the first clamping part and the second clamping part together;
said first clamping part having a recess, and said seconding clamping part having a recess, and said recesses of said first and second clamping parts generally encasing said holding component.
13. The rearview mirror assembly of claim 12 , wherein the holding component is substantially circular in axial cross section.
14. The rearview mirror assembly of claim 12 , wherein the bracket element is a material selected from the group consisting of reinforced plastic, fiberglass and metal.
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