Rear-view assembly for a vehicle and an adaptor therefor
AssigneeGlaverbel
InventorsRene Ledroit, Jean-Fran.cedilla.ois Thomas, Andre Hecq
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Abstract
A rear-view assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror and an anti-dazzle adaptor which is movably mounted in front of the mirror and which includes an optical cell having at least one electrically adjustable luminous characteristic selected from the group consisting of transmissivity and reflectivity. The anti-dazzle adaptor for a rear-view device of a vehicle includes an optical cell having at least one electrically adjustable luminous characteristic selected from the group consisting of transmissivity and reflectivity; and means for movably mounting the anti-dazzle adaptor on the rear-view device of the vehicle.
Claims32
A rear-view assembly for a vehicle to provide a user with rearward vision during operation of the vehicle, comprising:
- a mirror;
- a housing which carries the mirror;
- an anti-dazzle adaptor which is comprised of an optical cell having at least one electrically adjustable luminous characteristic selected from the group consisting of transmissivity and reflectivity, and which is movably mounted in front of the mirror in a line of sight between the user and the mirror so that the optical cell is movable out of the line of sight in the event of a malfunction of the optical cell and thereby to return rearward vision to the user via the mirror alone;
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- a support frame which is movable and which carries the optical cell, the housing and the support frame being provided with co-operating releasable securing means to secure the support frame to the housing in a releasable manner.
A rear-view assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a mirror;
- an anti-dazzle adaptor which is movably mounted in front of the mirror and which is comprised of an optical cell having at least one electrically adjustable luminous characteristic selected from the group consisting of transmissivity and reflectivity;
- a housing which carries the mirror;
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- a support frame which is movable and which carries the optical cell, the housing and the support frame being provided with co-operating releasable securing means to secure the support frame to the housing in a releasable manner.
An anti-dazzle adaptor for a rear-view device including a mirror of a vehicle to provide a user with rearward vision during operation of the vehicle, comprising:
- an optical cell having at least one electrically adjustable luminous characteristic selected from the group consisting of transmissivity and reflectivity;
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- means for movably mounting the anti-dazzle adaptor on the rear-view device of the vehicle in front of the mirror including a support frame which is movable, which carries the optical cell, and which is provided with securing means to secure the support frame to the rear-view device of the vehicle in a releasable manner in use and in a line of sight between the user and the mirror so that the optical cell is movable out of the line of sight in the event of a malfunction of the optical cell and thereby to return rearward vision to the user via the mirror alone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.