Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.

Yoshirou Nagayama

Takao Sekino

Yoshihiro Kubo

An electrically remote-controlled mirror assembly having a pair of plungers driven by first and second motors for tilting the mirror about the horizontal and vertical axes, respectively, and for quick-rear-viewing, there is provided a mirror driving mechanism by which the mirror can be tilted further through a predetermined angle beyond the predetermined range of angulation for the normal car moving to an angular position suitable for viewing the rear wheel of the car and thereafter returned to its initial predetermined angular position. The mirror driving mechanism comprises a nut member which axially guides at least one of the plungers, a rotary member having a drive shaft slidable with respect to but blocked against pivoting relative to the plunger and which is intended to move the plunger forward and backward for the purpose of the quick-rear-viewing, and a third motor to rotate the rotary member, and an electrical control means responsive to the rotation of the rotary member to control the stopping and rotational direction of the third motor. The electrical control means is composed of an electrically conductive ball so disposed as to roll on a predetermined track, and two pairs of electric contacts, one of the pair being disposed at a first position corresponding to one end of the rolling track of the ball and the other pair being disposed at a second position corresponding to the other end of the rolling track.

Electrically remote-controlled mirror assembly

Electrical remote-control mirror assembly

The electrically remote-controlled type mirror assembly has a pair of plungers to tilt the mirror body supporting the mirror horizontally and vertically, respectively, within certain pivoting angles. The mirror assembly has a sliding mechanism including another motor to axially slide at least one of these plungers beyond said certain pivoting angles of the mirror body. The sliding mechanism is so arranged as to have no influence on the adjustment of the mirror angle within the certain pivoting angles of the mirror body. Thus, the mirror posture can be changed quickly from the mirror angle adjusted within the certain pivoting angle for ordinary car driving to the mirror angle with which the mirror is tilted further downward, and also the initially adjusted mirror angle can be restored accurately.

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Isehara, Japan

Yoshirou Nagayama