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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Maarten J. Schuurmans, Kingswood, AU;
Inventor:
Maarten J. Schuurmans, Kingswood, AU;
Assignee:
Schefenacker Vision Systems Australia Pty Ltd., Lonsdale, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pivot arrangement between a mirror head and a mirror mounting bracket of a rear vision mirror for a motor vehicle which uses a disc spring with a negative spring rate over part of its travel. The disc spring has a height to thickness ratio of greater than √2(1.414).