EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR

• US 20140146408A1
• Filed: 06/06/2012
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SMR Patents Sarl (SMR Patents)
• Original Assignee: SMR Patents Sarl (SMR Patents)
• Inventors: Negel, Raimund
• Granted Patent: US 9,290,126 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/844
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/082 using a single wide field mirror or an association of rigidly connected mirrors

Abstract

An exterior rearview mirror with a mirror glass that is embedded in a mirror head, where the mirror head is pivotably supported against a mirror base by being fastened to the vehicle, where the mirror glass includes at least two mirror parts having different radii of curvature, in that a separating line between the mirror parts passes through the area that meets the imaging specifications.

Claims

1-8. -8. (canceled)

9. An exterior rearview mirror comprising:

a mirror head;

a mirror glass embedded in the mirror head;

a mirror base;

wherein the mirror head is pivotably supported against the mirror base by which the exterior rearview mirror is fastened to the vehicle,

wherein the mirror glass includes at least two mirror members having different radii of curvature, one mirror member being aspherical,

a separating line which marks a transition between the at least two mirror members, and an upper area reflecting a far range and a lower area reflecting a close range are provided to represent the close range and the far range field of visions, wherein the separating line extends relative to the upper area and lower area such that the aspherical mirror member includes at least a portion of the image of the far range.

10. The exterior rearview mirror according to claim 9, wherein the aspherical mirror member is disposed at the top edge, bottom edge or outer edge of the mirror glass.

11. The exterior rearview mirror according to claim 9, wherein the aspherical mirror member includes a portion of the image of the close range.

12. The exterior rearview mirror according to claim 9, wherein the other mirror member is spherically convex.