Abstract Exterior rear-view mirror for motor vehicles, with a streamlined housing and with a mirror adjustable therein. In an exterior rear-view mirror for motor vehicles, with a streamlined housing and with a mirror adjustable therein, the flow round which is improved via air-guide devices located on the housing in the form of air-guide surfaces, the streamlined housing (3, 5) is arranged, in a manner known per se, to rest against the front side window (2) and consists of a fixed housing part (5) circumscribing the mirror surface (4) and of a movable housing part (6) adjoining said fixed housing part and carrying the mirror (4), the fixed housing part (5) being provided, especially in its lower region, with an air-guide surface, the movable housing part (6) having a drawn-in outer contour and the air-guide surface (8) being arranged to prevent separation from this outer contour.
An exterior rear-view mirror for motor vehicles, having a streamlined housing including a mirror adjustable therein, and wherein the flow around the rear-view mirror is improved by air-guide devices located on the housing in the form of air-guide surfaces, characterized in that the streamlined housing is arranged to rest against the front side window and consists of a fixed housing part circumscribing the mirror and of a movable housing part adjoining said fixed housing part and carrying the mirror, the fixed housing part being provided, at least in its lower region, with an air-guide surface, and the movable housing part having a drawn-in outer contour and the air-guide surface being arranged to prevent air flow separation from this outer contour.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
An exterior rear-view mirror for motor vehicles, having a streamlined housing including a mirror adjustable therein, and wherein the flow around the rear-view mirror is improved by air-guide devices located on the housing in the form of air-guide surfaces, characterized in that the streamlined housing is arranged to rest against the front side window and consists of a fixed housing part circumscribing the mirror and of a movable housing part adjoining said fixed housing part and carrying the mirror, the fixed housing part being provided, at least in its lower region, with an air-guide surface, and the movable housing part having a drawn-in outer contour and the air-guide surface being arranged to prevent air flow separation from this outer contour.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
An exterior rear-view mirror according to claim 1, characterizewd in that the air-guide surface has an inflow orifice and an outflow orifice, and a channel defined therebetween, said channel being positioned to contain the region adjacent said housing wherein said air flow separation impends.