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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2014
Mekra Lang Gmbh & Co. KG, Ergersheim, DE;
Rolf Reitz de Swardt, Blythewood, SC (US);
Alexandre Petroff, Columbia, SC (US);
Andreas Enz, Burgbernheim, DE;
Matthias Zink, Ohrenbach, DE;
Orhan Kilic, Ansbach, DE;
Werner Lang, Ergersheim, DE;
Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG, Ergersheim, DE;
Abstract
A socket joint for carrying a mirror head or indirect vision system on a support tube to be mounted to a vehicle and a mirror or indirect vision arrangement comprising such socket joint and a mirror head or indirect vision system is provided. The socket joint comprises a support tube with at least one opening to be attached to a vehicle, a joint base contacting the support tube, at least one anchor extending through said at least one opening in said support tube, and at least one fastener engaging the at least one anchor and extending through a fastening hole in the joint base into the anchor. By the engagement of the fastener in or with the anchor, the portion of the anchor located within the support tube engages an interior surface of said support tube and said support tube is clamped between anchor and joint base.