Device for mounting an inside rear-view mirror in a vehicle, and vehicle comprising such a mounting arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11590894-B2
Application number	US-202016826951-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2020
Priority date	Sep 21, 2017
Publication date	Feb 28, 2023
Grant date	Feb 28, 2023

Abstract

An arrangement for mounting an inside rearview mirror in a vehicle. The inside rearview mirror has a mirror head that is adjustably mounted, by the agency of a mirror base, on a base plate permanently attached to the vehicle. The mirror base is mounted on the base plate through a first support point so as to be pivotable about a vehicle transverse axis and also through a second, detachable rear support point. The first support point is formed by two bearing side pieces of the base plate. Each of the bearing side pieces has a bearing eye in which the mirror base is mounted by means of bearing axle(s) so as to be pivotable about a vehicle transverse axis. At least one bearing side piece is designed to be slotted toward and transversely to the central axis of the bearing eye for installation of the relevant bearing axle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An arrangement for mounting an inside rearview mirror in a vehicle, the arrangement comprising:
a mirror base;
a mirror head that is adjustably mounted, via the mirror base, on a base plate permanently attached to the vehicle,
wherein, viewed in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the mirror base is mounted on the base plate through a first, front support point so as to be pivotable about a vehicle transverse axis and through a second, rear support point that is detachable as a result of a force “F” that exceeds a specific retaining force,
wherein the first, front support point is formed by two bearing side pieces of the base plate that are spaced apart from each other viewed in a vehicle transverse direction, each of the two bearing side pieces having a bearing eye in which a bearing axle of the mirror base is mounted so as to be pivotable about the vehicle transverse axis,
wherein at least one of the two bearing side pieces has an installation slot that includes the bearing eye and that is slotted toward and transversely to a central axis of the bearing eye for installation of the bearing axle of the mirror base, and
wherein the installation slot is arranged in a region of the at least one of the two bearing side pieces that faces away from a front of the vehicle.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein at least a section of the bearing axle that is insertable, transversely to the central axis of the bearing eye, into the bearing eye of the at least one of the two bearing side pieces, and that is supported in the bearing eye, has a circular cross-section that is reduced by a circular segment, and wherein a clearance of the installation slot in the at least one of the two bearing side pieces is equal to or slightly larger than a diameter “d” of the bearing axle reduced by a height “h” of the circular segment.

3. The arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the circular segment is arranged on the bearing axle such that the bearing axle is insertable into the bearing eye only in a pivoted position “C” of the mirror base that is oriented toward the front of the vehicle during installation of the mirror base on the base plate.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the second, rear support point has at least one retaining element.

5. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one retaining element is composed of a clamp element or clip element or a retaining spring, which is tightly connected at one end to the mirror base and at the other end is attached to the base plate tightly in a form-locking and/or frictional manner, or vice versa, but is detachable as a result of increased application of force.

6. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one retaining element has a predetermined breaking point.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the base plate is mounted on a windshield or another body component of the vehicle.

8. The arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the base plate is mounted on the windshield or the other body component of the vehicle by adhesive bonding.

9. A vehicle, comprising the mounting arrangement according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Kahrens Dietmar

Classifications

• B60R1/04 Primary

  mounted inside vehicle {(B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B60R2011/0001

  characterised by position · CPC title

• B60R11/00

  Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B60R2011/0026

  Windows, e.g. windscreen · CPC title

• B60R2011/0033

  Rear-view mirrors · CPC title