Smr Patents Sarl

Matthew John Reedman

Simon Belcher

Mark Leonid Olijnyk

Daniel Joseph Flynn

Maarten Schuurmans

Garry Fimeri

Maarten Johannes Schuurmans

A foldable rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. The assembly comprises: a mounting bracket mountable to a vehicle, the mounting bracket having a base with detent features disposed on a detent circle on the base; a mirror head frame rotatably mounted to the mirror base for rotation about a mirror head axis, the frame having detent features to match the detent features of the base, the detent features of the base and the frame forming a detent system, the detent system having at least a drive position. The frame is shaped to provide an aperture to receive either of: a manual fold insert; or a power fold mechanism having a clutch mechanism, the aperture at least partially inboard in a radial direction with respect to the detent features on the frame whereby at least the clutch mechanism of the power fold mechanism can be accommodated to operate on a smaller radius than that of the detent features.

Foldable rear view mirror assembly for a vehicle

A vehicle external rear view mirror assembly comprising a bracket and a mirror head, a pair of parallel outer arm assemblies (') having a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion having a rack (&#x2032;), a pair of parallel inner arm assemblies (&#x2032;) and extending into respective outer arm assemblies (&#x2032;), each inner arm assembly (&#x2032;) having a front portion and a rear portion, a pair of driving pinion gears (&#x2032;), each engaging a respective rack (&#x2032;), a pinion drive shaft (), a drive motor (), and a gear train, the drive motor () driving the inner arm assemblies (&#x2032;) to move telescopically with respect to their respective outer arm assemblies (&#x2032;), wherein each outer arm assembly (&#x2032;) is recessed back from the distal end towards the bracket to allow the pinion drive shaft assembly to travel towards the bracket behind the front portion of the outer arm assembly (&#x2032;).

Powered telescoping vehicle external mirror

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Blackwood, Australia

Matthew John Reedman