US 12,594,885 B2Granted

Rearview assembly

AssigneeGentex Corporation

InventorsEric S. Lundy, Joshua D. Lintz

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Abstract

A rearview assembly having a transflective element, a carrier plate, and an imager. The transflective element may have a first side and a second side in a first direction relative the first side. The carrier plate has a third side and a fourth side. The third side is adhered to the second side and extends substantially there along. The carrier plate may also have a cavity extending from the third side in the first direction. The cavity may have a first aperture, a second aperture, and an end portion. The first aperture may be at the third side. The second aperture may be disposed in the first direction relative the first aperture. The end portion may circumscribe the second aperture. The imager may extend through the second aperture and comprise a light collection portion, which is disposed proximate the second side.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A rearview assembly comprising:

a transflective element having a first side and a second side, the second side in a first direction relative the first side;
a carrier plate having a third side and a fourth side, the third side adhered to the second side, the carrier plate defining a cavity therethrough, wherein the cavity is cylindrical, the cavity having:
a first aperture at the third side adjacent the transflective element;
a second aperture disposed in the first direction relative the first aperture and having a smaller diameter than a diameter of the first aperture;
an imager receiving recess disposed in the first direction relative the second aperture and having a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the first aperture;
and
an end portion circumscribing the second aperture;
and
an imager operable to capture light and produce an image, the imager extending through the second aperture and comprising a light collecting portion disposed proximate the second side.

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Facts

Application: 17/447,487Filed 13 Sep 2021 · us provisional application
Priority: 17 Sep 2020
Published: US 2022/0080891 A117 Mar 2022
Granted: 7 Apr 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B60R 1/04
Rear-view mirror arrangements: mounted inside vehicle
B60R 1/088
Anti-glare mirrors, e.g. "day-night" mirrors: using a cell of electrically changeable optical characteristic, e.g. liquid-crystal or…
B60R 1/12
Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or…:…
B60R 2001/1215
Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks: with information displays

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Application63/079,636Us provisional application · filed 17 Sep 2020
US 2022/0080891 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Mar 2022
US 12,594,885 B2This patent

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