# US 10,501,128 B2 · Rear view device for a vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,501,128 B2 - Document ID: US10501128B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/577,231 - Filed: 2016-05-23 - Published: 2018-05-24 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2015-05-26 - Assignees: SMR Patents S.à.r.l. - Applicants: SMR Patents S.à.r.l. - Inventors: Andreas Herrmann; Urszula Kosidlo; Erhart Volker - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10501128B2 ## CPC - B62D 35/00: Vehicle bodies characterised by streamlining - B62D 37/02: by aerodynamic means - B60R 1/06: mounted on vehicle exterior {(B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence)} - B60R 1/12: Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A rear view device for a vehicle for optimizing airflow includes a spoiler, the spoiler including a flexible surface layer (which is reversibly deformable and which is arranged to cover an opening in a surface of the rear view mirror. The spoiler may include at least one stamp having active material for deforming the flexible surface layer where the at least one stamp is adapted to translate between a retracted and a deployed position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A rear view device for a vehicle comprising a spoiler for optimizing airflow, the spoiler comprising: a flexible surface layer which is reversibly deformable and which is arranged to cover an opening in a surface of the rear view device; and at least one stamp comprising active material for deforming the flexible surface layer, wherein the at least one stamp is adapted to translate between a retracted and a deployed position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The rear view device of claim 1, wherein the at least one stamp comprises only active material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The rear view device of claim 2, wherein the flexible surface layer comprises the at least one stamp with the active material being arranged throughout the entire surface of the flexible surface layer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2, 3) The rear view device of claim 2 or 3, wherein the flexible surface layer is a membrane which is made of active material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The rear view device of claim 1, wherein the spoiler comprises at least two stamps. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The rear view device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least one stamp is orientated substantially parallel to the flexible surface layer in the retracted position. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The rear view device of claim 1, wherein at least part of at least one of the at least one stamp moves substantially along a curved line between the retracted and the deployed position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The rear view device of claim 1, wherein at least part of at least one of the at least one stamp moves substantially along a straight line between the retracted and the deployed position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The rear view device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the active material is an electroactive polymer (EAP) material comprising at least one of an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN), a conducting polymer (CP), a dielectric polymer, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), a carbide derived carbon (CDC), Graphene, Nafion, and combinations thereof; the active material based on EAP material is ionic or electric in nature; and the active material comprises at least one of a shape memory alloy (SMA), a ferromagnetic shape memory alloy (FSMA), a shape memory polymer (SMP), a bi-metal actuator, an ionic polymer composite (IPMC), a piezoelectric ceramic, a piezoelectric polymer, an electrostrictor, a magnetorestrictor comprising Terfenol-D, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The rear view device of claim 1, wherein the rear view device comprises at least two spoilers, and the flexible surface layer is arranged in one single piece on at least two openings for the at least two spoilers in the surface of the rear view device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A system for a vehicle, comprising the rear view device according to claim 1; and an activation unit for activating the at least one stamp of the at least one spoiler for deforming the flexible surface layer.