Schefenacker Vision Systems Australia Pty Ltd

Michael Holbrook

Maarten Schuurmans

A pivot assembly for a vehicle external mirror having a mirror head mounted to a mirror base, the assembly comprising a first member (), a second member (), the first and second members () mounted in or being part of the mirror base and the mirror head respectively, the first and second members () having respectively first and second detent sides (), inner sides () and apertures () extending from the detent side () to the inner sides () respectively, detent means (), a spigot (), a spring (), means () for applying a pre-load to the spring (), the initial relative rotation between the second member () and the first member () in a first direction causes loading of the spring (), the pre-load is maintained during subsequent relative rotations between the second () and the first member ().

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Adelaide, Australia

Michael Holbrook