Remote outside rearview mirror

Claim 1

A remotely adjustable outside rearview mirror assembly for motor vehicles, the mirror assembly comprising a housing, a mirror peripherally surrounded by the housing, and an adjuster mechanism within the housing coupled to the mirror and operable from the vehicle interior through a rotatable flexible shaft, characterized in that: the mirror housing surrounDing the mirror is formed integrally with a mirror assembly base of elastomeric material, the mirror housing has a flexible rim to which the mirror is fixed, a mounting plate is attached to the mirror within the housing, a fixed bearing is mounted on the housing, the mounting plate is supported on the bearing through the medium of two central, vertical pins carried on a slider ring journalled on a swash plate, a vertical pin laterally offset from the two central vertical pins is mounted on the mounting plate, a lever arm means articulated to the laterally mounted vertical pin extends to the fixed bearing, a coupling means journals the swash plate on the fixed bearing for rotational and axial movement thereon, and the rotatable flexible shaft is coupled to the swash plate to rotate the latter to cause the same to be displaced on the fixed bearing, the swash plate as it is rotated causing the slider ring to translate the tumble action of the swash plate through the two central, vertical pins into tilting movement of the mirror about a horizontal axis, the swash plate further upon being rotated causing the lever arm means to translate axial movement of the swash plate into pivotal movement of the mounting plate about the vertical axis defined by the two central, vertical pins.