Title:
SIDE-VIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH SELECTIVELY ILLUMINATING PORTION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/163376
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A side-view mirror assembly for a vehicle, the side-view mirror assembly comprising: a housing for securement to a side of a vehicle, the housing defining an internal cavity opening toward a rear of the housing; a mirror disposed in the internal cavity, the mirror comprising a reflective element substantially occupying and being visible through the opening of the housing, and the reflective element supported on a first surface of a backplate, the backplate including at least one light-transmissive portion positioned proximate a peripheral edge of the reflective element; and one or more light sources disposed within the housing and operable to selectively illuminate the at least one light-transmissive portion so that the illumination is visible from outside the side-view mirror assembly in an area defined between the peripheral edge of the reflective element and the opening of the housing.
Inventors:
BINGLE ROB (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/041466
Publication Date:
April 05, 2012
Filing Date:
June 22, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ADAC PLASTICS INC (US)
BINGLE ROB (US)
BINGLE ROB (US)
International Classes:
B60R1/06; B60Q1/34; B60R1/12
Foreign References:
| US20050281043A1 | 2005-12-22 | |||
| US20050276058A1 | 2005-12-15 | |||
| JP2005138817A | 2005-06-02 | |||
| US20070121228A1 | 2007-05-31 | |||
| JP2008195330A | 2008-08-28 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MITCHEL, Christopher A. (301 E. Liberty Ste. 50, Ann Arbor Michigan, US)
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