Rearview mirror
AssigneeExon Science Incorporation
InventorsYu-Chien Hsiao, Wen-Wei Su, Te-Chao Liu, Kuei-Hung Chen
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Abstract
A rearview mirror includes a housing, a frame, a front and a rear glass members retained between the housing and the frame. The front and the rear glass members are sealably bonded together in a spaced-apart relationship to define a chamber receiving an electrochromic medium. The front glass member made of strengthened glass has a higher mechanical strength than the rear glass member made of ordinary glass. When an external force exerts on the rearview mirror, the rear glass member functions as a strain relief device to absorb the striking energy of the external force, thereby preventing the front glass member from being broken.
Claims39
An electrochromic rearview mirror comprising:
- a front and a rear transparent members being sealably bonded together in a spaced-apart relationship to define a chamber;
- an electrochromic medium contained in the chamber;
- wherein
- a strain relief device is arranged at a position where a transmitting path of the striking energy of an external force passes other than the outermost position of the rearview mirror, the strain relief device having a lower mechanical strength than other devices on the transmitting path for absorbing the striking energy to prevent the outermost surface of the rearview mirror from being broken.
A rearview mirror comprising:
- a housing;
- a frame;
- a mirror element retained between the housing and the frame;
- wherein
- a strain relief device for absorbing the striking energy of an external force which hits the rearview mirror to thereby prevent the outermost surface of the mirror from being broken.
An electrochromic device comprising:
- a front and a rear transparent members being sealably bonded together in a spaced-apart relationship to define a chamber;
- an electrochromic medium contained in the chamber;
- wherein
- a strain relief device for absorbing the striking energy of an external force which hits the front glass member to thereby prevent the front transparent member from being broken.
An optical processor for using a vehicle, comprising:
- an outer layer arranged on a transmitting path of the striking energy of an external force that exerts on the optical processor;
- and
- an inner layer arranged on the transmitting path, the inner layer having a lower mechanical strength than the outer layer;
- wherein when the external force exceeds a limit resistive to be broken of the inner layer, the inner layer absorbs the striking energy to make the inner layer broken, thereby preventing the outer layer from being broken.
The electrochromic device as claimed in 15, wherein the rear transparent member comprises a reflective layer and a protective paint layer disposed on a rear face thereof.
The electrochromic device as claimed in 16, wherein the rear transparent member comprises a reflective layer and a protective paint layer disposed on a rear face thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.