Lang Mekra North America

Kenneth D Sailer

Michael Dean Branham

Benjamin D Kidd

A mirror mounting assembly is disclosed for mounting a mirror glass to a mounting bar, the mirror mounting assembly including a base member for attachment to the mounting bar and defining a spherical surface, and a first slide member secured to the base member and defining a spherical surface. A mirror housing for supporting the mirror glass is disposed between the first slide member and the base member, the mirror housing defining a first spherical surface contacting the spherical surface of the base member and a second spherical surface opposite the first spherical surface. A second slide member is slidably secured to the base member disposed between the first slide member and the mirror housing, the second slide member defining a first spherical surface contacting the spherical surface of the first slide member and a second spherical surface contacting the second spherical surface of the mirror housing. A first mechanism is provided for limiting relative sliding between the first and second sliding elements to a first given orientation, and a second mechanism is provided for limiting relative sliding between the second sliding element and the mirror housing to a second given orientation perpendicular to the first given orientation.

Mirror mounting assembly with biaxial adjustability

A mirror mounting assembly for attaching a mirror mounting bar to a vehicle includes a bracket for attachment to the vehicle and a connector for attachment to the mounting bar. A first detent piece is non-rotatably mounted to the bracket and includes a contact surface defining alternating radial grooves and ridges, the first detent piece also including at least one shoulder. A second detent piece is non-rotatably mounted to the connector and includes a contact surface defining alternating radial grooves and ridges, the contact surface of the second detent piece contacting the contact surface of the first detent piece, the grooves and ridges of each of the first and second detent pieces matingly engageable with the ridges and grooves of the other of the first and second detent pieces in at least two orientations, the second detent piece also including at least one stop for contacting the shoulder of the first detent piece to preclude relative rotational movement between the first detent piece and the second detent piece in a given rotational direction. A spring-loaded axle extends through the bracket, the connector, the first detent piece, and the second detent piece for urging together the first detent piece and the second detent piece.

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Columbia, SC, United States of America

Kenneth D Sailer