US 7,320,527 B2 | ||
Mirror and angle detection device | ||
Ayako Yamada, Fujieda (Japan); and Hidenori Sato, Fujieda (Japan) | ||
Assigned to Murakami Corporation, Shizuoka-shi (US) | ||
Filed on Sep. 27, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/235,211. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 2004-283783 (JP), filed on Sep. 29, 2004. | ||
Prior Publication US 2006/0066966 A1, Mar. 30, 2006 | ||
Int. Cl. G02B 7/182 (2006.01); G60R 1/06 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 359—872 [359/873; 359/874; 359/876; 359/877] | 9 Claims |
5. A vehicle mirror comprising:
a mirror surface;
an actuator configured to tilt the mirror surface;
an interlocking member configured to change a direction together with the mirror surface;
a spring positioned to generate a pressing force due to a tilting movement of the mirror surface;
a pressure sensor configured to detect the pressing force generated by the spring; and
a signal outputting device configured to output a signal based on the pressing force detected by the pressure sensor;
wherein the actuator comprises a slide rod configured to move toward or backward from a rear surface of the mirror surface
to tilt the mirror surface, and the spring is at least partly inserted into the slide rod to apply a resilient force to the
interlocking member via the slide rod.
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