Patents

US 7883225 B2: Mirror stabilizer arm connector assembly

Granted
2011-02-08
Filed
2007-10-24 application 11977381
Type
Utility · 24 claims
Elsewhere
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Abstract

A connector assembly for releasably attaching a stabilizer arm to a support arm of a vehicle exterior rearview mirror. The assembly includes a connector head carried by the stabilizer arm and a connector receiver is carried by the other of said stabilizer arm and support arm. A retention slot is included in said connector receiver for receiving said connector head. A biasing element is carried in said retention slot for biasing against said connector head when received in said retention slot. A catch tongue projects from one of said connector head and said biasing element. A catch recess is carried by the other of said connector head and said biasing element which is complementary to said catch tongue for interlocking said connector head with said biasing element in said retention slot to provide an increased surface area of engagement.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg110208.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
Lang-Mekra North America, LLC 44 patentsUS company or organizationRidgeway, SCPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Emmanuel CourbonColumbia, SC14PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Andreas EnzColumbia, SC25PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
B60RVehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided forB60R1/0617PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2014-05-06Release of security interest
Release of security interest
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION signed 2014-04-28LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC RIDGEWAY, SC32835/871PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2013-12-05Security interest Security interest
Notice of grant of security interest in patents
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC signed 2012-07-18PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT CHARLOTTE, NC31766/711PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2007-12-20Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
COURBON, EMMANUEL signed 2007-12-12
ENZ, ANDREAS signed 2007-12-12
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA LLC RIDGEWAY, SC20278/794ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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