US 8,147,077 B2
Exterior sideview mirror systemGeneral
US 8,147,077 B2
Exterior sideview mirror system
Tech Center:
2800 Semiconductors/Memory, Circuits/Measuring and Testing, Optics/Photocopying, Printing/Measuring and Testing
Examiner:
Alessandro Amari
Art Unit:
2872 Optics
Inventors:
Niall R. Lynam
Assignee:
Priority:
05/20/03
Filed:
03/24/11
Granted:
04/03/12
Expiration:
05/06/24
Abstract
An exterior sideview mirror system includes an exterior sideview mirror assembly including a plano-auxiliary reflective element having a rearward field of view when attached to a side of an automobile. The plano reflective element and the auxiliary reflective element are mounted adjacently at the reflective element assembly in a side-by-side relationship and not superimposed. The plano reflective element and the auxiliary reflective element are supported at a backing plate element. The rearward field of view of the auxiliary reflective element may be different from and angled to the rearward field of view of the plano reflective element. The plano reflective element and/or the auxiliary reflective element may have one of (a) a glass substrate having a surface coated with a metallic reflector coating and (b) a polymeric substrate having a thin glass element applied to a surface thereof and with an opposing surface thereof having a reflecting layer applied thereto.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G02G02B27/0006G02F1/157G02BB60R1/0602B60R