Vehicular rearview mirror elements and assemblies incorporating these elements
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a first substantially transparent substrate having a spectral filter material on a second surface proximate at least a perimeter portion; and
a second substrate having an at least partially reflective stack of materials on at least a portion of a third surface, wherein a spectral filter material b* value is lower than an at least partially reflective stack of materials b* value.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to improved electro-optic rearview mirror elements and assemblies incorporating the same.
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68 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first substantially transparent substrate having a spectral filter material on a second surface proximate at least a perimeter portion; and
a second substrate having an at least partially reflective stack of materials on at least a portion of a third surface, wherein a spectral filter material b* value is lower than an at least partially reflective stack of materials b* value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first substantially transparent substrate comprising a spectral filter material on a second surface proximate at least a perimeter portion;
a second substrate having an at least partially reflective stack of materials on at least a portion of a third surface; and
a primary seal material positioned between said first substantially transparent substrate and said second substrate, wherein said primary seal material is at least partially visible when viewing from a fourth surface of said second substrate. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first substantially transparent substrate comprising a spectral filter material on a second surface proximate at least a perimeter portion;
a second substrate having an at least partially reflective stack of materials on at least a portion of a third surface; and
a primary seal material positioned between said first substantially transparent substrate and said second substrate, wherein said primary seal material comprises spacer beads configured to not cause bead distortion in said spectral filter material. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first substantially transparent substrate comprising a spectral filter material on a second surface proximate at least a perimeter portion;
a second substrate having an at least partially reflective stack of materials on at least a portion of a third surface;
an electrically conductive epoxy in electrical communication with said at least partially reflective stack of materials; and
a J-clip in electrical communication with said electrically conductive epoxy. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first substantially transparent substrate having a spectral filter material on a second surface proximate at least a perimeter portion;
a second substrate having an at least partially reflective stack of materials on at least a portion of a third surface, configured as a rearview mirror element; and
an electrical circuit board having a friction fit electrical connector and at least one electrical connection post on said mirror element, wherein said electrical connection post is in electrical communication with said friction fit electrical connector. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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