| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 359864000 | Including adjacent plane and curved mirrors | 27 |
| 20080225421 | COMPOUND AUTOMOTIVE REARVIEW MIRROR - A composite mirror adapted for use as an outside rearview mirror of a motor vehicle includes a main or primary viewing mirror and an auxiliary blindzone viewing mirror juxtaposed to expose the vehicle blindzone to the vehicle operator. The main viewing mirror is generally of unit magnification. The auxiliary mirror is composed of a planar array of reflecting facets mimicking a convex mirror. The main and auxiliary mirrors can be combined in constant or variable reflectivity applications. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080247067 | CATOPTRIC REDUCTION PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE - A projection optical system is configured to project a reduced pattern of an object surface onto an image surface. The projection optical system includes, in order of reflecting light from the object surface, a first reflective surface having a concave surface shape, a second reflective surface having a convex surface shape, a third reflective surface having a concave surface shape, a fourth reflective surface, a fifth reflective surface, a sixth reflective surface, a seventh reflective surface, and an eighth reflective surface, and an aperture stop disposed on an optical path between the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface. An intermediate image is formed on an optical path between the fourth reflective surface and the fifth reflective surface. This configuration provides a projection optical system that has eight or more reflective surfaces and a high NA, and secures a disposing space for members, and exhibits a superior imaging performance. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080304170 | EXTERIOR MIRROR ELEMENT WITH INTEGRAL WIDE ANGLE PORTION - A mirror reflective element for an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a mirror substrate having a front surface and a rear surface. The mirror substrate has a first reflector portion and a second reflector portion, with the first reflector portion having a principal reflector portion of the mirror reflective element. The rear surface of the mirror substrate has a curved recess established thereat, and the second curved reflector portion is established at the curved recess. The curved recess has a radius of curvature that is less than a radius of curvature of the first reflector portion, whereby the curved recess, when coated by a reflector coating, provides a wide angle auxiliary reflector portion integrally formed with the mirror reflective element. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090103197 | ADJUSTABLE AUXILIARY MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A mirror assembly comprising primary and auxiliary mirror assemblies having complimentary recesses and protrusions on respective frame portions of the assemblies, the auxiliary mirror assembly adapted to be disposed at a plurality of positions along the primary mirror assembly when the recesses and protrusions are disposed in interfitting engagement. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090174959 | EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - An exterior rearview mirror assembly for a motor vehicle is disclosed having a bracket which is fixedly secured to the motor vehicle. A mirror casing is secured to the bracket. The mirror casing defines a primary opening. A primary mirror is disposed within the primary opening and provides a view rearward of the motor vehicle through a primary field of view. A spotting mirror is disposed adjacent the primary mirror. The spotting mirror is defined by a single radius of curvature differing from the primary mirror such that the spotting mirror provides a secondary field of view rearward of the motor vehicle. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090273852 | IMAGING DEVICE WITH MICRO-SCALE OPTICAL STRUCTURES - An imaging device with micro-scale optical structures comprises a plurality of display units, where each display unit comprises a plurality of micro-scale optical structures, and each micro-scale optical structure comprises a convex part, a planar part, and base part. The convex part is positioned on the base part and has an arc surface, where the arc surface comprises a left side arc face and a right side arc face for reflecting oblique incident lights from the left or the right to form a reflected light toward the front. And different arrangements of micro-scale optical structures are used for reflecting left side and right side incident lights to display different characters or images. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100002321 | REAR-PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A rear-projection-type display apparatus projects an image formed by a display element with a light beam emitted from a light source on a screen that is larger than the display element through a projection lens. The rear-projection-type display apparatus includes a reflective optical-element group having at least two reflecting mirrors provided between the projection lens and the screen to deflect a light from the projection lens. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100079881 | VEHICLE MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH WIDE ANGLE ELEMENT - A mirror reflective element assembly for an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a reflective element and an auxiliary wide angle element. The reflective element has a front surface and a rear surface and a first reflector portion and a second reflector portion, with the first reflector portion having a first reflective coating disposed thereat. The auxiliary wide angle element is disposed at a rear surface of the glass mirror substrate of the reflective element and at the second reflector portion. The auxiliary wide angle element has a glass element having a curved rear surface with a second reflective coating disposed at the curved rear surface. An optical coupling element may be disposed between a front surface of the auxiliary wide angle element and the rear surface of the reflective element, the optical coupling element may be a substantially optically clear and flexible elastomer. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100149670 | Rear view mirror for a motor vehicle and method for the production of a rear view mirror - A rear view mirror ( | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100220407 | EXTERIOR MIRROR ELEMENT WITH WIDE ANGLE PORTION - An electrochromic mirror reflective element includes a front glass substrate and a rear glass substrate having an electrochromic medium sandwiched therebetween. A curved recess is established at a second surface of the front glass substrate or a fourth surface of the rear glass substrate. A first metallic reflector is coated at the curved recess, with the reflector-coated curved recess establishing an auxiliary wide angle reflector region of the electrochromic mirror reflective element. A second metallic reflector is coated at a surface of the rear glass substrate, with the reflector-coated surface establishing a principal reflector region of the electrochromic minor reflective element. The reflective element may include a hiding layer that hides at least a portion of a component of the electrochromic mirror reflective element that is behind the hiding layer from view by the driver of a vehicle equipped with the electrochromic mirror reflective element. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100296187 | EXTERIOR SIDEVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - 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. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100328794 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and a method are provided. The apparatus including: a light expander configured to expand light, input into the light expander, in a first dimension, and configured to provide diverging light that diverges in the first dimension; and an optical device configured to redirect diverging light, received from the light expander, to produce converging light that converges in the first dimension. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110051270 | EXTERIOR SIDEVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - An exterior sideview mirror assembly includes a single mirror backing plate element within a mirror housing. A main plano mirror element and an auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element are supported by the backing plate element. The backing plate element has a generally flat portion for supporting the main plano mirror element and a curved portion for supporting the auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element. The curved portion may be angled relative to the generally flat portion in a manner such that, when a driver of the vehicle aligns the rearward field of view of the main plano mirror element, the rearward field of view of the main plano mirror element may be aligned downwardly relative to the vehicle body side. The main plano mirror element includes a generally flat reflector-coated glass substrate or a generally flat polymeric substrate having a thin glass element applied to a surface thereof. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110085256 | EXTERIOR MIRROR ELEMENT WITH WIDE ANGLE PORTION - A mirror reflective element suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a glass substrate with a principal planar reflector portion having a principal mirror reflector disposed at a first or second surface of the glass substrate and with an auxiliary wide angle curved portion having an auxiliary mirror reflector coated at a curved recess established at a region of the second surface of the glass substrate by at least one of grinding and ablating. The curved recess has a cross-dimension size that is in the range from about 30 millimeters to about 80 millimeters, and has a radius of curvature that is in the range from about 200 millimeters to about 1,000 millimeters, and has a maximum recess depth that is in the range from about 0.11 millimeters to about 4.04 millimeters. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110157732 | Exterior Rearview Mirror for Motor Vehicles - An exterior rearview mirror assembly for a motor vehicle is disclosed having a primary mirror and a spotting mirror. Both the primary mirror and the spotting mirror are secured to the same single mirror support, or backing plate. The spotting mirror is snap fit to the backing plate by having a monolithic structure which is receivable by a recess or hole in the backing plate. The recess acts as a securing device by receiving an abutment surface extending outwardly away from the monolithic structure which snaps over the backing plate and prevents the spotting mirror from moving away from the backing plate. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110170206 | EXTERIOR SIDEVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - 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. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170207 | EXTERIOR SIDEVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - 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. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110310503 | MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLES AND VEHICLE HAVING SAID MIRROR ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to a mirror assembly for vehicles comprising a plurality of glass units ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120092783 | EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - An exterior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a bracket fixedly secured to the vehicle, a mirror casing secured to the bracket and defining a primary opening, and a single mirror support movably secured within the mirror casing disposed adjacent the primary opening. A primary mirror is fixedly secured to the single mirror support and disposed within the primary opening for providing a view rearward of the vehicle through a primary field of view, and a spotting mirror is fixedly secured to the single mirror support and disposed adjacent the primary mirror. The spotting mirror is defined by a single radius of curvature differing from the primary mirror such that the spotting mirror provides a second field of view rearward of the vehicle, such that the first field of view of the primary mirror overlaps the second field of view of the spotting mirror. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120314316 | EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - An exterior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a bracket fixedly secured to the vehicle, a mirror casing secured to the bracket and defining a primary opening, and a primary mirror disposed within said primary opening for providing a view rearward of the motor vehicle through a primary field of view. The primary mirror defines a primary plane. A spotting mirror is spaced apart from the primary mirror and extends through a secondary plane different from the primary plane. A divider extends between the primary mirror and the spotting mirror to separate the primary and secondary mirrors visually | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130188269 | EXTERIOR SIDEVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - An exterior sideview mirror assembly includes a mirror housing and a mirror backing plate element that is movable within the mirror housing by an electrically-operable actuator. A main plano mirror element is fixedly disposed at a first portion of the mirror backing plate element and an auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element is fixedly disposed at a second portion of the mirror backing plate element. The main plano mirror element and the auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element are adjacently disposed at the mirror backing plate element and are not superimposed with one mirror element on top of the other mirror element. The first primary field of view of the main plano mirror element may overlap the second auxiliary field of view of the auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element by between about 2 degrees and about 20 degrees. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130201570 | Compound Automotive Rearview Mirror - A composite mirror adapted for use as an outside rearview mirror of a motor vehicle includes a main or primary viewing mirror and an auxiliary blindzone viewing mirror juxtaposed to expose the vehicle blindzone to the vehicle operator. The main viewing mirror is generally of unit magnification. The auxiliary mirror is composed of a planar array of reflecting facets mimicking a convex mirror. The main and auxiliary mirrors can be combined in constant or variable reflectivity applications. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130265666 | EXTERIOR MIRROR ELEMENT WITH AUXILIARY REFLECTOR PORTION - A mirror reflector sub-assembly for an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a mirror reflective element having a principal reflector portion and an auxiliary reflector portion. The principal reflector portion has a first radius of curvature and the auxiliary reflector portion has a second radius of curvature that is smaller than the first radius of curvature. The mirror reflective element is supported at a side of a mirror back plate and an opposing side of the mirror back plate is adapted for attaching the mirror back plate to a mirror actuator. A heater pad is disposed at a second surface of the glass substrate between the mirror reflective element and the mirror back plate. The mirror reflective element is a fixed reflectance non-electro-optic mirror reflective element and a principal mirror reflector is established at the second surface of the glass substrate at the principal reflector portion. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20140043706 | EXTENDED FIELD OF VIEW EXTERIOR MIRROR ELEMENT FOR VEHICLE - 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. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140098436 | EXTERIOR MIRROR ELEMENT WITH AUXILIARY REFLECTOR PORTION - A mirror reflector sub-assembly for a vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror reflective element having a glass substrate with first and second surfaces. The mirror reflective element has a principal reflector portion and an auxiliary reflector portion. The auxiliary reflector portion of the mirror reflective element includes a curved recess established at the second surface of the glass substrate by at least one of grinding and ablating. A reflector is established at the curved recess and a principal mirror reflector is established at the principal reflector portion. The mirror reflective element is supported at a side of a mirror back plate and an opposing side of the mirror back plate is configured for attaching the mirror back plate to a mirror actuator. The opposing side of the mirror back plate includes an attaching portion that snap attaches to the mirror actuator. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140313606 | EXTERIOR MIRROR ELEMENT WITH AUXILIARY REFLECTOR PORTION - A mirror reflector sub-assembly for a vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror reflective element having a glass substrate. A principal reflector portion has a first radius of curvature and an auxiliary reflector portion includes a curved recess having a second radius of curvature smaller than the first radius of curvature. The curved recess is established at the second surface of the glass substrate by physical removal of glass from a portion of the substrate. The mirror reflective element is supported at a side of a mirror back plate and an opposing side of the mirror back plate is adapted for attaching the mirror back plate to a mirror actuator of an exterior rearview mirror assembly equipped with the mirror reflector sub-assembly. A heater pad is disposed at the second surface of the glass substrate between the mirror reflective element and the mirror back plate. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20160016517 | Intercepting Interior Side Mirror Assembly - A multiple layer angled mirror assembly to provide wide-angle view of side traffic status including blind spots for a vehicle. The mirror assembly will intercept out the interior image of B-pillar of the vehicle and the image beyond next lane to the vehicle. The mirror assembly presents a clear and desired side traffic view of the vehicle. The mirror assembly can be attached to the vehicle main rear mirror side with backing casing. | 01-21-2016 |
