US 11,142,126 B2Granted

Interior rearview mirror assembly

AssigneeMagna Mirrors of America, Inc.

InventorsMatthew V. Steffes, Peter Krebs

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Abstract

A method of assembling a mirror head for a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes providing a mirror casing, a mirror reflective element at the mirror casing, and a toggle mechanism, which includes a body portion and a toggle lever joined to the body portion. A lower pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into a lower receiving portion of the mirror casing and an upper pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into an upper receiving portion of the mirror casing. An outer surface of the body portion corresponds with adjacent outer surfaces of the mirror casing, and, when the toggle lever pivots relative to the lower receiving portion of the mirror casing, the mirror casing pivots relative to the body portion to flip the mirror head between a first orientation and a second orientation.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly, said vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly comprising:

a transparent mirror frame, wherein the transparent mirror frame comprises a patterned front surface having a plurality of channels established thereat, and a rear surface opposite the patterned front surface;
a mirror reflective element, wherein the mirror reflective element comprises a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface;
wherein the mirror reflective element is attached at the patterned front surface of the transparent mirror frame via an adhesive disposed between the rear surface of the mirror reflective element and the patterned front surface of the transparent mirror frame;
a mounting assembly attached at the rear surface of the transparent mirror frame and configured to mount the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly at an interior portion of a vehicle;
and
wherein the patterned front surface of the transparent mirror frame comprises a pattern of grooves established thereat to allow air between the adhesive and the patterned front surface to escape when the mirror reflective element is being adhesively attached at the transparent mirror frame.

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A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly, said vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly comprising:

a transparent mirror frame, wherein the transparent mirror frame comprises a patterned front surface, and a rear surface opposite the patterned front surface;
a mirror reflective element, wherein the mirror reflective element comprises a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface;
wherein the mirror reflective element is attached at the patterned front surface of the transparent mirror frame via an adhesive disposed between the rear surface of the mirror reflective element and the patterned front surface of the transparent mirror frame;
a mounting assembly attached at the rear surface of the transparent mirror frame and configured to mount the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly at an interior portion of a vehicle;
and
an illumination source disposed in a housing of the mounting assembly and operable to emit light, wherein the patterned front surface of the transparent mirror frame is patterned to reflect and refract light emitted by the illumination source, when powered, so that an illumination pattern is visible to a person viewing the rear of the transparent mirror frame.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/747,897Filed 21 Jan 2020 · us provisional application
Priority: 25 Jan 2019
Published: US 2020/0238913 A130 Jul 2020
Granted: 12 Oct 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

B60R 1/04
Rear-view mirror arrangements: mounted inside vehicle
B29C 45/14754
Incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles: being in movable or releasable engagement…
B60R 1/083
Involving special optical features, e.g. avoiding blind spots , e.g. convex mirrors; Side-by-side associations of rear-view and other mirrors:…
B60R 1/088
Anti-glare mirrors, e.g. "day-night" mirrors: using a cell of electrically changeable optical characteristic, e.g. liquid-crystal or…