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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2009
Kurt Hugh Maxwell, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Alfredo N. Dimichele, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Chandana J. Desilva, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Kurt Hugh Maxwell, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Alfredo N. DiMichele, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Chandana J. DeSilva, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are embodiments of vehicles having forward folding door mirror assemblies. One such embodiment of a vehicle comprises a mirror assembly mounted to a vehicle door and configured to rotate about a substantially vertical axis between at least a first position in which the mirror assembly is extended away from the vehicle door for use while driving and a second position in which the mirror assembly is folded forward toward a front end of the vehicle. The vehicle also comprises a mechanism coupled to the mirror assembly and to a vehicle body and responsive to an opening of the vehicle door to rotate the mirror assembly about the substantially vertical axis from the second position to the first position when the door is opened. Also disclosed herein are mirror assemblies and methods of protecting door-mounted mirrors on vehicles.