B60R 1/081
Avoiding blind spots
Official title: {avoiding blind spots, e.g. by using a side-by-side association of mirrors}
B60R1/081 (Avoiding blind spots) appears on 476 US grants and 374 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 374
- Assignees
- 107
- Inventors
- 554
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2024 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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- Optical member23 Sep 2025US 12,422,611 B2Denso Corporation
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- Vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly19 Aug 2025US 12,391,180 B2Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
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- Vehicle Safety Assembly24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285230 A1
- Automatic mirror adjustment system for vehicle16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200399 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Vehicular extendable and retractable exterior mirror23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109294 A1Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrochromic mirrors and devices1,077US 5,724,187 ADonnelly Corporation · 1998
- Electrochromic mirrors and devices1,024US 5,668,663 ADonnelly Corporation · 1997
- Electro-optic mirror cell868US 7,255,451 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2007
- Blind spot side mirror373US 5,500,766 A1996
- Indicia display for electro-optic devices wherein the indicia comprises a dielectric material extending at least partially into the electro-optic medium341US 5,189,537 ADonnelly Corporation · 1993