Assembly for adjusting the outside mirror

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9580016-B2
Application number	US-201214122066-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2012
Priority date	May 31, 2011
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

An adjustment assembly for adjusting the reflecting surface of a glass assembly in an external rearview vehicle mirror, where two linear adjusting motors act on two points of the glass assembly, where the adjusting motors are positioned between the glass assembly and a mirror carrier in the mirror head. The adjusting motors are connected to the glass assembly and/or the mirror carrier via at least one elastomeric connecting piece.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An adjustment assembly in an external rearview vehicle mirror comprising:
a mirror head comprising a glass assembly and a mirror carrier; and
at least two linear adjusting motors acting on at least two points of a single reflective mirror element of the glass assembly,
wherein the adjusting motors are positioned between the glass assembly and the mirror carrier in the mirror head,
wherein the adjusting motors are connected to the glass assembly and the mirror carrier via at least one elastomeric connecting piece,
wherein the adjustment assembly adjusts the reflecting surface of the glass assembly, and
wherein the adjusting motors comprise rotors that are extrusion coated with at least one elastomeric connecting piece.

2. The adjustment assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting motors are piezo motors.

3. The adjustment assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting motors are actuated using a controller built into the external rearview vehicle mirror.

4. The adjustment assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is part of a vehicle electrical routing bus system.

5. The adjustment assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the glass assembly is a plastic substrate with a reflecting layer.

6. The adjustment assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the glass assembly is a plastic carrier plate with a mineral mirror glass.

7. A method for manufacturing an adjustment assembly according to claim 1 comprising the following steps:
injection molding of a plastic carrier plate or a plastic mirror substrate in a first injection molding die for manufacturing at least a part of the glass assembly;
inserting the adjusting motors into a second injection molding die at a defined distance from the at least one part of the glass assembly; and
molding the rotor of the adjusting motors with an elastomeric plastic to the glass assembly in the second injection molding die.

Assignees

• Herrmann Andreas
• Smr Patents Sarl

Inventors

• Herrmann Andreas

Classifications

• B29C45/14467

  Joining articles or parts of a single article (B29C45/14377, B29C45/14385, B29C45/14581, B29C45/14614 and B29C45/006 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60R1/072 Primary

  for adjusting the mirror relative to its housing · CPC title

• B29L2031/30

  Vehicles, e.g. ships or aircraft, or body parts thereof {(vanes or blades B29L2031/08, air bags B29L2022/027)} · CPC title

• B29C45/14

  incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles {(B29C45/1671 takes precedence)} · CPC title