Rear view device with actuator and gasket sealing head mover
Tom Harris, Portchester (GB); Stephen Beecher, Portchester (GB); David Kershaw, Portchester (GB); Gareth Aspden, Portchester (GB); Levente Kurti, Portchester (GB); Warwick Jones, Portchester (GB); Dong Myeong Park, Portchester (GB); Levente Acs, Stuttgart (DE); Thorsten Staiger, Stuttgart (DE); Zoltàn Huszar, Mosonmagyaróvár (HU); Andrew Lettis, Portchester (GB); Callum Scott-Collins, Portchester (GB); Graham Rehill, Portchester (GB); Andreas Herrmann, Stuttgart (DE); Arne Schmierer, Stuttgart (DE); Simon David Field, Lonsdale (AU); and Francis Charlet, Dammarie les Lys (FR)
Assigned to Motherson Innovations Company Limited, London (GB)
Filed by MOTHERSON INNOVATIONS COMPANY LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/587,931.
Application 17/587,931 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/EP2021/062219, filed on May 7, 2021.
Application 17/587,931 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/757,834, granted, now 11,273,764, previously published as PCT/EP2018/079886, filed on Oct. 31, 2018.
Application PCT/EP2021/062219 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/EP2018/067842, filed on Jul. 2, 2018.
Application PCT/EP2021/062219 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/800,413, filed on Nov. 1, 2017, abandoned.
Application PCT/EP2018/067842 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/603,751, filed on May 24, 2017, granted, now 10,759,345, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Application PCT/EP2018/067842 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/607,894, filed on May 30, 2017, granted, now 10,744,947, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Application 15/603,751 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/000,754, filed on Jan. 19, 2016, granted, now 9,796,333, issued on Oct. 24, 2017.
Application 15/000,754 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/022,896, filed on Sep. 10, 2013, abandoned.
Application 15/607,894 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/439,188, filed on Feb. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,703,281, issued on Jul. 7, 2020.
Application 15/439,188 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/936,024, filed on Nov. 9, 2015, granted, now 9,656,601.
Application 14/936,024 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/374,376, granted, now 9,181,616, issued on Nov. 10, 2015, previously published as PCT/AU2013/000047, filed on Jan. 24, 2013.
Application 17/587,931 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/459,051, filed on Jul. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,479,164.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/021,168, filed on May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/124,987, filed on Dec. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0176878 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/06 (2013.01)
15 Claims
1. A rear view device for a vehicle, said rear view device comprising:
a base adapted to be mounted to a side of the vehicle, wherein said base has a first attachment end disposed at the side of the vehicle and a second attachment end disposed opposite the first attachment end, the base including a base frame and a base cover;
a head for supporting at least one component for providing a rearward field of view to a driver of the vehicle and being disposed at said second attachment end of said base, wherein said head comprises an aperture through which said base can be accessed and a case lower;
an actuator comprising a first attachment component;
a shroud comprising a second attachment component adapted to attach to said first attachment component of the actuator to fixedly attach said shroud to said actuator;
a foot gasket attached to the base frame of the base, the foot gasket including a first lip portion that extends toward the shroud in a vertical direction and a second lip portion that contacts the shroud in a horizontal direction,
wherein the base cover extends toward the first lip such that the foot gasket provides a seal between the shroud, the base frame and the base cover.
