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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1996
Toshihiro Mochizuki, Fujieda, JP;
Murakami Kaimeido Co., Ltd., Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Abstract
The electrically powered remote control rearview mirror includes a mirror body (12); an actuator unit (15) including a housing (16, 17) having an outer surface with a convex portion (43) and a concave portion (46); mirror tilting motors (31, 32) inside the housing (16, 17) with motor terminals (31a,31a); wire harnesses (39) for electrical connection to the respective motors, each of which include harness terminals (37, 38) for electrical contact with respective motor terminals (31a,31a), and connectors (40) secured to the housing to maintain the electrical connection of the respective wire harnesses (39) to the motors. Each connector (40) is provided with a concave portion (41) facing the housing (16,17), two containing portions (42,42) on respective opposite sides of the concave portion (41) for holding the harness terminals (37, 38) of the wire harness (39), a concave groove (44) formed in peripheral wall top portions of the containing portions (42,42) in which the convex portion (43) is engaged and a pair of engaging pawls (45) protruding from an inside wall of the concave portion (41) into the housing (16, 17) and engaging the housing to firmly hold the connector (40) on the housing. The housing (16) includes two throughgoing slits (47) for each connector through which the harness terminals (37,38) are passed.