US 12,403,830 B2
External rear-view mirror for vehicles and a set of rear-view mirrors
David Bravo Corbacho, Viladecavalls (ES); and Robert Lopez Galera, Viladecavalls (ES)
Assigned to FICOMIRRORS, S.A.U., Barcelona (ES)
Filed by FicoMirrors, S.A.U., Barcelona (ES)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/302,381.
Claims priority of application No. 22382398 (EP), filed on Apr. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0339398 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 1/072 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/072 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An external rear-view mirror assembly for vehicles, the assembly comprising:
a mirror housing (8,8′) with an opening,
a frame (9,9′) assembled at the opening of the mirror housing (8,8′),
a mirror pane (5,5′),
an actuator (6,6′) accommodated inside the mirror housing (8,8′), and adapted for adjusting the position of the mirror pane (5,5′) relative the mirror housing (8,8′),
wherein the actuator (6,6′) has a fixed part and a movable part relative the fixed part, wherein the mirror pane (5,5′) is coupled to the movable part directly or indirectly through an intermediate or intermediate elements,
wherein the movable part of the actuator (6,6′) has a coupling surface (17) contained in a plane (X′-X′), and
wherein the actuator (6,6′) has a second contact surface (16) that contacts the mirror pane (5,5′) or at least one intermediate element contacting with the actuator's second contact surface (16);
wherein the second contact surface (16) is separate and distinct from the coupling surface (17) and is part of the movable part of the actuator, and
wherein, the actuator (6,6′) is provided with fixing means placed for attaching the actuator inside the mirror housing (8,8′) in a specific fixing direction (11), and
wherein the mirror pane (5,5′) is inclined with respect to the coupling surface (17) of the actuator (6,6′), or wherein the mirror pane (5,5′) is inclined with respect to the second contact surface (16) of the actuator (6,6′);
wherein the external rear-view mirror assembly comprises a single movable part connecting to the mirror pane.