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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Lang-mekra North America Llc, Ridgeway, SC (US);
Inventors:
Alexandre Petroff, Columbia, SC (US);
Andreas Enz, Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Lang-Mekra North America LLC, Ridgeway, SC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/182 (2006.01); G02B 5/08 (2006.01); F16B 2/12 (2006.01); B60R 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 2/12 (2013.01); B60R 1/06 (2013.01); G02B 7/182 (2013.01); Y10T 24/44017 (2015.01);
Abstract
An exterior vehicle mirror assembly including an housing with a mirror glass disposed in the housing. A glass clamp connects the mirror glass and the housing. The glass clamp is slidably carried on both the mirror glass and the housing for moving between a locked position in which the glass clamp secures the mirror glass to the housing in a friction fit arrangement to resist movement of the mirror glass in the housing, and an unlocked position in which the clamp is free to be removed from the housing and mirror glass.