IP Library Granted Patent US 9,580,016
Granted Patent B2
US 9,580,016 · App. 14/122,066 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Assembly for adjusting the outside mirror

Inventor: Andreas Herrmann (Winnenden-Baach, DE)
Assignee: SMR PATENTS S.A.R.L.
B60R1/072B29C45/14B29C45/14467B29L2031/30
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Patent No.
US 9,580,016
App. No.
14/122,066
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (16)

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.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2013
From: HERRMANN, ANDREAS
To: SMR PATENTS S.A.R.L.
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 103 198 · May 31, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140098437A1 · Apr 10, 2014