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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2004
Heinrich Lang, Ergersheim, DE;
Wolfgang Seiboth, Bad Windsheim, DE;
Georg Hecht, Weihenzell, DE;
Stefan Centmayer, Ergersheim, DE;
Heinrich Lang, Ergersheim, DE;
Wolfgang Seiboth, Bad Windsheim, DE;
Georg Hecht, Weihenzell, DE;
Stefan Centmayer, Ergersheim, DE;
Lang Mekra North America, Ridgeway, SC (US);
Abstract
A detent joint interconnecting first and second hinge pieces of vehicle mirrors. The detent joint includes an axis of rotation around which the hinge pieces are pivoted. A spring urged detent element carried by one of the hinge pieces for movement along a plane transverse to the axis of rotation and is movable in a direction of engagement. The detent element includes a surface with at least two protruding teeth. The hinge also includes a counter surface with complementary cuts formed therein which act with the teeth of the detent element to provide that at least two teeth of the detent element engage with the complementarily cuts in the counter surface to provide a detent position.