FOLDABLE REAR-VIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES

It comprises a base member (120) to be mounted on a motor vehicle, a mirror housing (110), a motor component (150), drive means (215) comprising a ring gear assembly (210) engaging the motor component (150) with the base member (120) for rotation of the mirror housing (110) thereto between mirror operative and folded conditions, and a spring element (170) positioned substantially tangential to the ring gear assembly (210) to cooperate therewith such that in a first direction of rotation the mirror housing (110) is allowed to rotate to the base member (120) and in a second reverse direction of rotation the mirror housing (110) is prevented from being rotated relative to the base member (120), where the spring element (170) resiliently abuts a stop surface (175) formed in the ring gear assembly (210).