US 12,466,319 B2
Apparatus for operating mirror assembly of vehicle comprising a driving gear disposed coaxially with a detent member
Yong Hwan Kim, Siheung-si (KR); Yong Hei Kim, Siheung-si (KR); and Yeong Kook Cho, Siheung-si (KR)
Assigned to SL Mirrortech Corporation, Siheung-si (KR)
Filed by SL Mirrortech Corporation, Siheung-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/158,292.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0039034 (KR), filed on Mar. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0347824 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 1/074 (2006.01); G02B 7/182 (2021.01)
CPC B60R 1/074 (2013.01) [G02B 7/182 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for operating a mirror assembly of a vehicle, comprising:
a fixing member fixed to a mirror base of the vehicle; and
a driving member fixed to a mirror housing of the vehicle and configured to rotate the mirror housing with respect to the fixing member by generating a driving force,
wherein a position of the mirror housing includes a first position where the mirror housing is unfolded with respect to the mirror base and a second position where the mirror housing is folded with respect to the mirror base,
wherein the driving member is configured to:
decrease a gap between the mirror housing and the mirror base when the mirror housing is changed from the second position to the first position; and
increases the when the mirror housing is changed from the first position to the second position, and
wherein the driving member comprises:
a drive body coupled to the fixing member and fixed to the mirror housing;
a driving motor for generating the driving force to rotate the drive body with respect to the fixing member;
a detent member coupled to the fixing member to move in a direction parallel to a rotation axis of the mirror housing and prevented from rotating with respect to the fixing member, wherein the detent member includes at least one detent groove; and
a driving gear disposed coaxially with the detent member along the direction parallel to the rotation axis of the mirror housing for receiving the driving force from the driving motor, wherein the driving gear includes at least one detent protrusion capable of being inserted into the detent groove.