| 摘要 |
A powerfold mechanism for an external rear view mirror is disclosed. The mechanism comprises: a powerfold housing mountable between a mirror housing and a vehicle mountable mirror base; a clutch member urged into engagement with the mirror, the clutch member allowing the mirror housing to be manually moved with respect to the mirror base; an electric drive train between the powerfold housing and the clutch member; and a drive stop movably mounted to the powerfold housing and having a drive stop face engagable with a drive stop detent mounted to the mirror base, the drive stop face biased axially towards the drive stop detent, the drive stop face arcuately movable with the powerfold housing between: a forward, a rearward and a drive position. In the drive position the powerfold housing and mirror head are in a deployed position, the clutch member is in the engaged position and the drive stop face is sandwiched between the drive stop detent and the powerfold housing so as to provide a positive and repeatable stop. |
