Mirror with improved button construction

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B - Operations, Transporting

60

Q

B60Q 3/02 (2006.01) B60R 1/12 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2422777

An electrified rearview mirror (20) includes a housing (21) supporting a mirror subassembly (22), and a bezel (23) attached to the housing. The bezel includes a plurality of three-sided button openings (25), with the openings extending onto a bottom wall (24) of the housing. A push-button (27) is pivotally supported in each opening with the hinge axis at a low position so the buttons are not accidentally depressed when the housing is grasped to adjust an angle of the mirror. The bezel and buttons include pairs of tabs (48) and slots (51') forming a bottom pivot, and further include stops (49) and hooks (53) at the top forming stroke-limiting mechanisms. A finger rail depression (68) extends along the bottom wall of the housing parallel the buttons to facilitate a driver sliding his/her fingers along the mirror to a desired position for selecting a particular button to depress. The buttons include feel locators (69) that help the driver identify particular buttons without looking.

Cette invention concerne un rétroviseur intérieur électrique (20) comportant un boîtier (21) dans lequel est logé un sous-ensemble miroir (22), et auquel est fixé un cadre (23). Ce cadre comprend une pluralité d'ouvertures (25) pour boutons à trois faces qui sont disposées sur le bord inférieur (24) du boîtier. Chaque ouverture abrite un bouton-poussoir (27) qui pivote sur un axe implanté bas de manière à ce que les boutons ne soient pas enfoncés accidentellement lorsque l'on manipule le boîtier pour régler l'angle du rétroviseur. Le cadre et les boutons comprennent des paires de pions (48) et de fentes (51') faisant office de pivot inférieur, ainsi que des butées (49) et des crochets (53) sur des mécanismes supérieurs limiteurs de course. Le long du bord inférieur du boîtier, parallèlement aux boutons se trouve une rainure longitudinale dans laquelle le conducteur peut faire glisser un doigt pour mieux localiser un bouton avant de le solliciter. Ces boutons comportent des repères tactiles (69) individuels qui permettent de les identifier sans les regarder.

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