US 8,783,882 B2
Extended field of view exterior mirror element for vehicleGeneral
US 8,783,882 B2
Extended field of view exterior mirror element for vehicle
Tech Center:
2800 Semiconductors/Memory, Circuits/Measuring and Testing, Optics/Photocopying, Printing/Measuring and Testing
Examiner:
Stephone B Allen
Art Unit:
2872 Optics
Inventors:
Niall R. Lynam
Assignee:
Priority:
05/20/03
Filed:
10/15/13
Granted:
07/22/14
Expiration:
05/20/23
Abstract
A vehicular exterior sideview mirror assembly includes a main plano mirror element fixedly disposed at a first portion of a mirror backing plate element and an auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element fixedly disposed at a second portion of the backing plate element. The main plano mirror element and the auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element are adjacently disposed at the backing plate element in a side-by-side relationship. The field of view of the main plano mirror element overlaps the field of view of the non-plano curved mirror element. The overall rearward field of view of the main plano mirror element and auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element is at least about 25 degrees relative to the side of the vehicle. The overall rearward field of view of the main plano mirror element and auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element is less than about 50 degrees relative to the side of the vehicle.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
B60B60R1/0602B60RG02F1/157G02B27/0006G02F