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公开(公告)号：US12214728B2
公开(公告)日：2025-02-04
申请号：US18543039
申请日：2023-12-18
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Matthew V. Steffes
Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head accommodating a mirror reflective element, a support structure configured for attachment at a side of a vehicle, and an adjustment mechanism operable to move the mirror head along the support structure between a retracted position and an extended position. A shutoff device includes a base portion and a movable portion movably disposed at the base portion. With the adjustment mechanism operating to move the mirror head along the support structure, the shutoff device stops movement of the mirror head toward the retracted position responsive to the movable portion engaging a first electrical element at a first end region of the base portion, and stops movement of the mirror head toward the extended position responsive to the movable portion engaging a second electrical element at a second end region of the base portion.
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公开(公告)号：US20240239266A1
公开(公告)日：2024-07-18
申请号：US18408889
申请日：2024-01-10
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Matthew V. Steffes , Darryl P. De Wind , Kenneth C. Peterson , Justin E. Sobecki
CPC classification number: B60R1/074 , B60R1/1207
Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head movable relative to a mounting base between an extended position and a folded position. An actuator is electrically operable to move the mirror head between the folded and extended positions. A pivot tube extends from the mounting base and through a base portion of the actuator. The pivot tube includes a tapered portion at least partially received at a channel of the mounting base. An inner surface of the channel includes a shape that corresponds to a shape of an outer surface of the tapered portion. A biasing element disposed between a housing of the actuator and an upper end of the pivot tube biases the tapered portion toward engagement with the inner surface of the mounting base along the channel.
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公开(公告)号：US11970112B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-30
申请号：US18301288
申请日：2023-04-17
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Matthew V. Steffes , Mitchell J. Wesley
Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a powerfold actuator electrically operable to pivot a mirror head relative to a mounting base. The powerfold actuator includes a biasing element disposed between an upper housing and an upper end of a pivot tube and releasably retains the powerfold actuator in at least one detent state. The powerfold actuator includes (i) a lower detent disposed between the base portion and a lower housing, (ii) an output gear disposed between the lower housing and the upper housing and (iii) an upper detent disposed between the lower housing and the upper housing. When the powerfold actuator is in a primary detent state, the lower detent and the output gear are rotationally fixed relative to the pivot tube and the upper detent is axially movable along the pivot tube. When the mirror head is manually moved, a secondary detent state is engaged.
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公开(公告)号：US20240116444A1
公开(公告)日：2024-04-11
申请号：US18543039
申请日：2023-12-18
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Matthew V. Steffes
Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head accommodating a mirror reflective element, a support structure configured for attachment at a side of a vehicle, and an adjustment mechanism operable to move the mirror head along the support structure between a retracted position and an extended position. A shutoff device includes a base portion and a movable portion movably disposed at the base portion. With the adjustment mechanism operating to move the mirror head along the support structure, the shutoff device stops movement of the mirror head toward the retracted position responsive to the movable portion engaging a first electrical element at a first end region of the base portion, and stops movement of the mirror head toward the extended position responsive to the movable portion engaging a second electrical element at a second end region of the base portion.
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公开(公告)号：US20220334348A1
公开(公告)日：2022-10-20
申请号：US17659849
申请日：2022-04-20
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Kurtis M. Larson , Matthew V. Steffes , John T. Uken
Abstract: A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head and a mounting assembly having a mirror mount and a mounting arm, which is configured to attach at an interior portion of a vehicle. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element. The mounting arm is attached to the mirror head and the mounting arm is pivotally attached at the mirror mount via a first pivot joint. The mirror mount includes an anti-camout element protruding from an interior surface of a socket element of the first pivot joint and at least partially received in a recess of a ball member of the first pivot joint to limit pivotal movement of the ball member when the ball member engages the anti-camout element. The mirror mount comprises a metallic support element forming at least a portion of the anti-camout element.
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公开(公告)号：US20220126751A1
公开(公告)日：2022-04-28
申请号：US17452414
申请日：2021-10-27
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Matthew V. Steffes , Mitchell J. Wesley
IPC: B60R1/074
Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a powerfold actuator electrically operable to pivot a mirror head relative to a mounting base. The actuator includes a biasing element disposed between an upper housing and an upper end of a pivot tube and releasably retains the powerfold actuator in at least one detent state. An upper detent is disposed radially outboard of the pivot tube and radially inboard of an output gear and a lower detent, and the upper detent includes a detent lip that engages an upper detent surface of the lower detent. When the actuator is in a primary detent state, a spring load path of the biasing element is through the output gear and lower detent to the base. When the actuator is in a secondary detent state, the spring load path is through the detent lip of the upper detent and lower detent to the base.
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公开(公告)号：US20220024385A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-27
申请号：US17450472
申请日：2021-10-11
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Matthew V. Steffes , Peter Krebs
Abstract: A method for assembling a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes providing a mirror mount, a mirror casing, a mirror reflective element at the mirror casing, and a toggle mechanism, which includes a body portion and a toggle lever joined to the body portion. A lower pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into a lower receiving portion of the mirror casing and an upper pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into an upper receiving portion of the mirror casing. An outer surface of the body portion corresponds with adjacent outer surfaces of the mirror casing. With a pivot element of the toggle mechanism attached at the mirror mount, and when the toggle lever pivots relative to the lower receiving portion of the mirror casing, the mirror casing pivots relative to the body portion to flip the mirror head between a first orientation and a second orientation.
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公开(公告)号：US20200377019A1
公开(公告)日：2020-12-03
申请号：US16947773
申请日：2020-08-17
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Matthew V. Steffes
Abstract: A method of assembling a mirror head for an interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes providing a mirror casing, a prismatic reflective element at the mirror casing, and a toggle mechanism. A pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into an upper or lower receiving portion of the mirror casing, and a body portion of the toggle mechanism is separated from a toggle lever of the toggle mechanism via breaking a frangible portion of the toggle mechanism. After breaking the frangible portion of the toggle mechanism, a second pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into the lower or upper receiving portion of the mirror casing, whereby corresponding engaging surfaces of the body portion and the toggle lever engage one another such that, when the toggle lever pivots relative to the lower receiving portion of the mirror casing, the mirror casing pivots relative to the body portion.
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公开(公告)号：US10543784B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-28
申请号：US15344857
申请日：2016-11-07
Applicant: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
Inventor： Justin E. Sobecki , Kenneth C. Peterson , Darryl P. De Wind , Jake A. Mohan , Matthew V. Steffes , Eric S. Deuel
Abstract: An exterior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror head and a light module disposed at a mirror casing. A blind zone indicator light emitting diode and a turn signal indicator light emitting diode are disposed at a single circuit board and are operable to emit light for a blind zone indicator and a turn signal indicator, respectively. The blind zone indicator and the turn signal indicator are disposed along a forward and sideward portion of the mirror casing, where the turn signal indicator is viewable and the blind zone indicator is not viewable along the forward and sideward portion of the mirror casing. When the blind zone indicator light emitting diode is operated and when the exterior rearview mirror assembly is attached at the side of the vehicle, the blind zone alert is viewable by the driver of the vehicle outboard of the mirror reflective element.
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40.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190193637A1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-27
申请号：US16291006
申请日：2019-03-04
Applicant: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
Inventor： Kenneth C. Peterson , Matthew V. Steffes
IPC: B60R1/078
Abstract: A method for extending and retracting a mirror head of an exterior rearview mirror assembly includes providing an exterior rearview mirror assembly having (i) a mounting base, (ii) a mirror head having a mirror casing and a mirror reflective element and (iii) an electrically-operated actuator. The mirror head is adjustably mounted at the mounting base via first and second links, with the links having respective base ends that pivotally attach at the mounting base and respective head ends that pivotally attach at the mirror head. The actuator is operated to pivot the first link to move the mirror head relative to the mounting base from a retracted position toward an extended position. As the mirror head moves toward the extended position, the first and second links pivot at their respective base ends relative to the mounting base and at their respective head ends relative to the mirror head.
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