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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vasile Romas, Esslingen, DE;
Assignee:
Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG, Esslingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/08 ; G02B 7/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/08 ; G02B 7/18 ;
Abstract
An exterior rearview mirror for motor vehicles has a mirror base and a mirror head mounted thereon. A drive motor is provided to move the mirror head from a position of use into a parking position. The drive motor is connected to the mirror base by being snapped into place on the mirror base in a direction of insertion; preferably a locking plug-in connection is used for this purpose. The plug-in connection has receptacles on the mirror base and counter members on the motor that are received in the receptacles, respectively.