Heatable rear view mirror
AssigneeLang-Mekra North America, LLC
InventorsHeinrich Lang, Wolfgang Seiboth
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Abstract
A heatable rear view mirror assembly providing a visible indication to a driver of heating function is disclosed. The assembly includes a mirror housing, at least one mirror pane disposed within the mirror housing, at least one heating element disposed within the mirror housing for heating the mirror pane, a thermostat disposed within the mirror housing for automatically activating the heating element, and a display element secured to the mirror housing and visible to the driver, the display element being activated by the thermostat upon activation of the heating element. A related mirror assembly is also disclosed.
Claims9
A heatable rear view mirror assembly providing a visible indication to a driver of heating function, the assembly comprising:
- a mirror housing;
- at least one mirror pane disposed within the mirror housing;
- at least one heating element disposed within the mirror housing for heating the mirror pane;
- a thermostat disposed within the mirror housing for automatically activating the heating element;
- and
- a display element secure to the mirror housing and visible to the driver, the display element being activated by the thermostat upon activation of the heating element.
A heatable rear view mirror assembly comprising:
- at least one mirror pane;
- at least one heating element secured to the mirror pane for heating the mirror pane;
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- a display subassembly securable to the mirror pane and including a thermostat for automatically activating the heating element, and a display element activated by the thermostat upon activation of the heating element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.