FOLD REAR-VIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES

摘要

A foldable rear-view mirror assembly comprises a base member to be mounted on a motor vehicle, a mirror housing, a motor component, drive means comprising a ring gear assembly engaging the motor component with the base member for rotation of the mirror housing EP-CO-thereto between mirror operative and folded conditions, and a spring element positioned substantially tangential to the ring gear assembly to cooperate therewith such that in a first direction of rotation the mirror housing is allowed to rotate to the base member and in a second reverse direction of rotation the mirror housing is prevented from being rotated relative to the base member, where the spring element resiliently abuts a stop surface formed in the ring gear assembly.

主权项

1. Foldable rear-view mirror assembly for motor vehicles, the mirror assembly comprising:
a base member for being mounted on a motor vehicle; a mirror housing; a motor component; drive means comprising a ring gear assembly and engaging the motor component with the base member for rotation of the mirror housing relative to the base member around a mirror rotation axis between a mirror operative condition and a mirror folded condition, and vice versa; and a spring element positioned in a direction that is substantially tangential to the ring gear assembly and adapted to cooperate with the ring gear assembly such that:
the mirror housing is allowed to rotate relative to the base member (120)-in a first direction of rotation; andthe mirror housing is prevented from being rotated relative to the base member in a second, reverse direction of rotation, where the spring element resiliently abuts a stop surface.