This invention relates to a rear view mirror assembly which facilitates installation of components of the rear view mirror assembly on a windshield of a vehicle. The rear view mirror assembly includes a first base member and a unit. The first unit includes a second base member, a spring, a mounting
This invention relates to a rear view mirror assembly which facilitates installation of components of the rear view mirror assembly on a windshield of a vehicle. The rear view mirror assembly includes a first base member and a unit. The first unit includes a second base member, a spring, a mounting member, a second ball member, a bolt and a support arm on which a rear view mirror is rotatably mounted. The first base member has a plurality of flanges on which the second base member of the unit is mounted. The first base member is adhered to the windshield by an adhesive. In addition, the first base member is made of rolled stainless steel so that pores do not exist in a contact surface of the first base member. Therefore, air does not exist between the contact surface and the windshield, the air expanding and destroying the adhesive bond when heated by the sun. Further, the first base member preferably has a similar coefficient of expansion as that of the windshield.
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A rear view mirror assembly of a vehicle comprising: a first base member having a smooth contact surface secured to a windshield of a vehicle by an adhesive means for fixing said first base member on said windshield, said first base member comprising a material having no pores therein, whereby said
A rear view mirror assembly of a vehicle comprising: a first base member having a smooth contact surface secured to a windshield of a vehicle by an adhesive means for fixing said first base member on said windshield, said first base member comprising a material having no pores therein, whereby said lack of pores and said smooth contact surface prevent air from being present between said adhesive means and said contact surface; and a unit of a rear view assembly mounted on said first base member, said windshield having a coefficient of thermal expansion; said first base member having a coefficient of thermal expansion which is similar to the coefficient of thermal expansion of said windshield, wherein the first base member has a side portion with a first flange and a front portion with a second flange; and the unit of the rear view mirror assembly comprises, a second base member mounted on the first and second flanges of said first base member, the second base member having a hook and a mounting portion thereon, a spring member mounted on the hook of said second base member and having an engagement means thereon, the spring member supporting a predetermined amount of a force on the hook of said second base member, a mounting member having a first surface disposed on the mounting portion of said second base member, the mounting member having a first aperture and a first socket portion disposed around the first aperture on a second opposite surface of said mounting member, a support arm having a first end with an outer surface, an inner surface and an inner peripheral edge, and a second opposite end on which a rear view mirror is rotatably mounted, the outer surface of said support arm mounted slidably on the first socket portion of said mounting member, the inner surface of said supporting arm having a second socket portion, the inner peripheral edge defining a second aperture extending from the second socket portion of the inner surface to the outer surface of said support arm, a diameter of the second aperture of said support arm being greater than a diameter of the first aperture of said mounting member, a second ball member mounted slidably on the second socket portion of the inner surface of said support arm, and an engagement member inserted into the second aperture of said support arm and the first aperture of said mounting member, the engagement member having one end engaging with the engagement device of said spring member, and an opposite end of the engagement member connected to said second ball member, the engagement member supporting said second ball member, said support arm and said mounting member on said second base member through said spring member, said unit of the rear view mirror assembly being united by said engagement member, and installed on said first base member.
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