Abstract: A remote control rear view mirror which includes a housing having a mirror receptive opening provided therein and a mounting plate that is received in the opening and is fastened to the back wall of the housing, a drive motor unit that includes two separate electric motors in a common housing that is fastened to the mounting plate and are connected to an electrical power source, a mirror glass supporting frame member that has a ball-and-socket connection with the drive motor unit housing and includes a drive connection with each of the electric motors, and a retainer ring that is adapted to be mounted and supported on the mounting plate and to have a pivotal support and be restrictively engaged with the mirror glass supporting frame member.

Abstract: A rear view mirror assembly comprising a housing shell with a mirror glass receptive member that has a spherical surfaced projection on the back side thereof that is received in snap-lock engagement with a gimbal mounted ring in the housing shell so that the two are afforded relative movement therebetween. A gear toothed segment on an extended arm is provided on the mirror glass receptive member which is engaged by a pinion gear mounted on the gimbal ring so that when the pinion gear is turned, via a single strand bowden wire remote control operating structure, the mirror glass receptive member is actuated relative to the gimbal ring to effect a mirror adjustment, and when the pinion gear is moved axially the gimbal ring and the mirror glass receptive member are actuated together to effect a relatively different mirror adjustment movement.

Abstract: A West coast style mirror for vehicles and which includes a housing having a mirror supporting member mounted therein and which is pivotal about a relatively fixed axis, a mirror member mounted on the supporting member for movement about a second relatively fixed axis, a pinion gear mounted on the supporting member, a gear segment provided on the back of the mirror member and engaged with the pinion gear, and remote control cable means adapted by rotational movement to turn the pinion gear and by push-pull actuation to move the mirror supporting member, on which the pinion gear is mounted, for selective adjustment of the viewing angle of the mirror member.