US 11,691,568 B2
Articulating visual aid winglet
Robin Clinet, Rochester Hills, MI (US); and Bruno Lescroart, Troy, MI (US)
Assigned to FICOSA NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION, Madison Heights, MI (US)
Filed by FICOSA NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION, Madison Heights, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/993,581.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/888,028, filed on Aug. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0046877 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 1/076 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/076 (2013.01) [B60R 1/12 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A visual aid winglet for a vehicle comprising:
a visual aid;
a housing adapted to house the visual aid;
a base; and
an articulating structure engaged between the base and the housing, adapted to pivot the housing with respect to the base about an axis, and the articulating structure including a metallic biasing member that is in direct contact with and encapsulated by a damper for the absorption of vibration.