Remote control rearview mirror

Claim 2

A new and improved remote control rearview mirror structure for automotive vehicles comprising: a cylindrical actuator housing having flanking plural clustered sheath pockets at one end and being longitudinally slotted whereby said slots extend radially from said pockets and into a central cavity formed in the other end of said housing over the length of said housing; a spring loaded spherical headed pin centrally and axially in said cavity of said housing; an actuator element in said cavity bearing spherically against said pin and; Bowden wire elements in each of said pockets of said housing and the core elements extending therefrom through said slots and each connected at the ends thereof to said actuator element; an escutcheon ring fastener over said cylindrical actuator housing and preventing escape of said core elements from said slots; and a spring cage supported mirror structure remote from said actuator housing and operably connected to said actuator element by means of said core pieces of said Bowden wire elements and the sheath portions of each of said Bowden wire elements buttressed in compression between said mirror structure and said actuator element.

Claim 3

An actuator construction for three wire tensioned Bowden wire systems in remote control rearview mirror combinations comprising: a cylindrical housing flanking plural sheath pockets at one end and open at the other end, said open end including a plurality of concentric recesses therein around a central axial opening therethrough, and said housing longitudinally and radially slotted for the entire length radially into said sheath pockets in the flanks of said housing and radially into said housing; a compression spring surrounding the central axial opening in said housing; a pin having a spherical segment head resting against said spring and in said central opening; an actuator element in said recess and radially confined by said housing and having fastening means in radial register with said slots and having a spherical segment port in mating with said spherical portion of said pin; Bowden wire elements, the sheath of which rests in said pockets and the core of which passes through said slots to connection with said actuator element; and an escutcheon ring secured to said housing at the end opposite said sheath pockets and providing a barrier over said slots in said housing.

Claim 4

An actuator construction for three wire tensioned Bowden wire systems in remote control rearview mirror combinations comprising: a cylindrical housing flanking plural sheath pockets at one end and open at the other end, said open end including a plurality of concentric recesses therein around a central axial opening therethrough, and said housing longitudinally and radially slotted for the entire length radially into said sheath pockets in the flanks of said housing and radially into said housing; a compression spring surrounding the central axial opening in said housing; a pin having a spherical segment head resting against said spring and in said central opening; an actuator element in said recess and radially confined by said housing and having fastening means in radial register with said slots and having a spherical segment port in mating with said spherical portion of said pin; Bowden wire elements, the sheath of which rests in said pockets and the core of which passes through said slots to connection with said actuator element; and an escutcheon ring secured to said housing at the end opposite said sheath pockets and providing a barrier over said slots in said housing.

Claim 5

In a three cable remote control rearview mirror structure, the improvement comprising: a generally cylindrical actuator housing externally threaded at one end having an axial opening therethrough, a spring recess coaxially around said opening and in spaced relation thereto; a control knob chamber extended coaxially in said housing; radially disposed sheath pockets at one end of and flanking said housing and a plurality of elongate radial slots running the entire length of said housing and into said chamber; a compression spring in said recess of said housing and extending axially therefrom; a pivot pin in said opening and the head thereof resting on said spring and said head portion having a spherical surface; a plurality of Bowden wire elements of core wire and sheath, said sheath resting in buttress relation in said pockets of said housing and said core pieces extending through said slots; an actuator knob element in said knob chamber having a female spherical surface matching said spherical surface of said pivot pin and slotted to receive said core wires; ferrules on the end of said core wires nestably positioned in said actuator control knob whereby said core wires cannot be withdrawn while said control knob is in said chamber of said housing; an escutcheon nut threadably over said threaded portion of said housing securing said core wires against displacement from said slots; and a remotely located mirror assembly operably connected to said Bowden wire elements and selectively movable in accord with movement of said actuator knob.

Claim 6

In a three cable remote control rearview mirror structure, the improvement comprising: a generally cylindrical actuator housing externally threaded at one end having an axial opening therethrough, a spring recess coaxially around said opening and in spaced relation thereto; a control knob chamber extended coaxially in said housing; radially disposed sheath pockets at one end of and flanking said housing and a plurality of elongate radial slots running the entire length of said housing and into said chamber; a compression spring in said recess of said housing and extending axially therefrom; a pivot pin in said opening and the head thereof resting on said spring and said head portion having a spherical surface; a plurality of Bowden wire elements of core wire and sheath, said sheath resting in buttress relation in said pockets of said housing and said core pieces extending through said slots; an actuator knob element in said knob chamber having a female spherical surface matching said spherical surface of said pivot pin and slotted to receive said core wires; ferrules on the end of said core wires nestably positioned in said actuator control knob whereby said core wires cannot be withdrawn while said control knob is in said chamber of said housing; an escutcheon nut threadably over said threaded portion of said housing securing said core wires against displacement from said slots; and a remotely located mirror assembly operably connected to said Bowden wire elements and selectively movable in accord with movement of said actuator knob.

Claim 7

In the combination of claim 3 including a mirror and back therefor; a spherical bodied spider spring nested against said mirror back; a support bracket receiving said Bowden wire elements in buttress relation against said sheaths and said core elements extending to connection with said back of said mirror and nestably supporting said spherical portion of said spider in a spherical pocket provided in said support bracket; anti-rotation elements extending from said bracket in prevention of rotation of said back; and said spider in compressed relation between said back and said bracket.