Patents
US 8336845 B1: Pivoting detent joint for a vehicle mirror assembly
- Granted
- 2012-12-25
- Filed
- 2011-07-13 application 13182290
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A support arm carried by a carrier base. A base tooth ring on the carrier base and an arm tooth ring on the support arm, wherein the arm tooth ring releasably interlocks with the base tooth ring. A base column having a hollow interior chamber carried by the carrier base, and an arm column carried by the support arm extending into the hollow interior chamber. A first stop block channel disposed in a bottom surface of the base column, and a second stop block channel disposed in the support arm adjacent an exterior side of the arm column. A first stop block carried by a distal end of the base column received into the second stop block channel, and a second stop block carried by a distal end of the arm column being received into the first stop block channel to define a range of pivotal movement.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg121225.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lang-Mekra North America, LLC 44 patents | US company or organization | Ridgeway, SC | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel Courbon | Columbia, SC | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B60R | Vehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for | B60R1/076 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-06 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION signed 2014-04-28 | LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC RIDGEWAY, SC | 32835/871 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2013-12-05 | Security interest Security interest Notice of grant of security interest in patents | LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC signed 2012-07-18 | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT CHARLOTTE, NC | 31766/711 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2011-07-15 | Correction Corrective assignment to correct the receiving party data address by re-recording assignment previously recorded on reel 026590 frame 0696. assignor(s) hereby confirms the us application no. 13182290, filed july 13, 2011. | COURBON, EMMANUEL signed 2011-07-05 | LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC RIDGEWAY, SC | 26597/73 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2011-07-14 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | COURBON, EMMANUEL signed 2011-07-05 | LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC GREENVILLE, SC | 26590/696 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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