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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2005
Jorge Errando Smet, Barcelona, ES;
Santiago Miguel Sanz, Barcelona, ES;
Angel Perez Trujillo, Barcelona, ES;
Jorge Errando Smet, Barcelona, ES;
Santiago Miguel Sanz, Barcelona, ES;
Angel Perez Trujillo, Barcelona, ES;
Fico Mirrors, S.A., Barcelona, ES;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a folding mechanism for exterior rear-view mirrors in an automotive vehicle, comprising a housing integral with a mirror-carrying casing, and an actuated ring acting as an axis of rotation of the mentioned casing with respect to a support chassis fixed to the vehicle, the ring being provided with first positional fixing means susceptible to coupling the mentioned ring to the support chassis and with second positional fixing means which, in collaboration with a stop element integral with the housing and loaded by un elastic member, limit the rotation of the mentioned casing around the ring and according to one rotating direction, all this with the stop element and the elastic member being integrated in a single piece with elastic properties.