US 12,240,383 B2
Adjusting instrument
Peter Alexander Hamming, Woerden (NL); and Paulus Gerardus Maria Van Stiphout, Woerden (NL)
Assigned to MCI (MIRROR CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL) NETHERLANDS B.V., Woerden (NL)
Appl. No. 17/607,593
Filed by MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V., Woerden (NL)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/NL2020/050270
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/222644, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2023038 (NL), filed on Apr. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219608 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 1/074 (2006.01); B60R 1/076 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/074 (2013.01) [B60R 1/076 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjusting instrument for an exterior vision unit for a vehicle, comprising:
a base shaft;
a housing surrounding the base shaft that is pivotable around a longitudinal axis of the base shaft in an adjustment range;
a housing ring that comprises a bottom section that is rotationally coupled to housing and a top section that is configured to cooperate with at least one force transmission cam, wherein the top section is pivotable around the base shaft relative to the bottom section and an underside of the top section is supported by the bottom section;
a drive ring surrounding the base shaft that includes the at least one force transmission cam, wherein the at least one force transmission cam is configured to:
upon pivoting of the housing relative to the drive ring in a first pivoting direction around the base shaft, move the housing via the housing ring from a high housing position along the base shaft downwards into a low housing position, and
upon pivoting of the drive ring relative to the housing in an opposite pivoting direction around the base shaft, move the drive ring along the base shaft upwards from a low drive ring position into a high drive ring position;
a first run-on surface provided on the top section;
a first run-on surface provided the bottom section, wherein the first run-on surface of the top section and the first run-on surface of the bottom section are configured to pairwise cooperate to move the drive ring via the force transmission cam axially upwards into the high drive ring position;
a second run-on surface provided on the top section that cooperates with the force transmission cam to press the housing axially downwards; and
a respective stop surface provided on each of the top section and the bottom section, wherein the respective stop surface of the top section and the bottom section are configured to through pairwise cooperation limit pivoting of the top section relative to the bottom section in one pivoting direction.