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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2003
Keith D. Foote, Kentwood, MI (US);
Kris D. Brown, Lake Odessa, MI (US);
Kenneth C. Peterson, Comstock Park, MI (US);
James A. Ruse, Allegan, MI (US);
Keith D. Foote, Kentwood, MI (US);
Kris D. Brown, Lake Odessa, MI (US);
Kenneth C. Peterson, Comstock Park, MI (US);
James A. Ruse, Allegan, MI (US);
Magna Donnelly Mirrors North America L.L.C., Kentwood, MI (US);
Abstract
A motorized pivoting and extending mechanism for a vehicular mirror assembly includes, alternatively, a force-reduction mechanism for reducing the friction within the mechanism, and a slip clutch mechanism for reducing overloading of the motor when the limits of mirror extension and retraction have been reached. Mirror power functions receive electrical power and control signals through a circular array of electrical contacts incorporated into the pivot connection irrespective of the pivotal orientation of the mirror. A motor shut-off circuit is able to shut off the motor within a predetermined period of time. The mirror can be angularly adjusted upon movement of the mirror between the retracted and the extended positions to maintain a common field of view for a driver of the vehicle to prevent the extension and/or retraction of the mirror from undesirably repositioning the field of view captured by the mirror.