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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1994
Karl-Heinz Leonberger, Hochdorf, DE;
Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG, Esslingen, DE;
Abstract
An external rearview mirror for motor vehicle has a housing and a mirror support plate connected in the housing so as to be pivotable about two axes perpendicular to one another. A pivot joint is connected to the mirror support plate for pivoting the mirror support plate. An actuating lever for pivoting the mirror support plate is provided. Two push rods are pivotably connected with a first end to the mirror support plate at a distance from the pivot joint. An intermediate lever is pivotably connected to the actuating lever and to the push rods. The intermediate lever has a transverse rod with two ends in the form of bearing balls. The push rods have at a second end thereof a bearing cup, wherein each bearing ball of the transverse rod rests in one of the bearing cups.