Car door rearview mirror structure

• US 6,520,690 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2000
• Issued: 02/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Li-Tsan Chu
• Original Assignee: Li-Tsan Chu
• Inventors: Chu, Li-Tsan
• Primary Examiner(s): Rutledge, D
• Application Number:
  US09/738,164
• Publication Number:
  US 20020071676A1
• Time in Patent Office: 797 Days
• Field of Search: 396/419, 396/428, 396/429, 340/457, 340/461, 348/148, 359/839
• US Class Current: 396/419
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/12 Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1253 with cameras, video cameras or video screens
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/00 Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor lens hoods or caps G03B11/04

Abstract

A car door rearview mirror structure having a mirror disposed on a rear side of the main body of the rearview mirror and electrically adjustable in inclination angle. A front cover body is mated with front side of the main body and a partitioning board is disposed in the main body to separate the front cover body from the mirror. A camera lens is disposed on the surface of front side of the partitioning board. The front face of the front cover body is formed with a window in front of the camera lens with a transparent cover fitted in the window to seal the window. By means of the camera lens and through the transparent cover, the view of a dead corner on a front side of the car is transmitted to a display arranged in the car so as to ensure driving safety.

Claims

1. A car door rearview mirror structure comprising a main body, a mirror disposed on a rear side of the main body and electrically adjustable in inclination angle, and a front cover body mated with a front side of the main body, said rearview mirror structure further including a partitioning board disposed in the main body to separate the front cover body from the mirror, a camera lens disposed on a surface of a front side of the partitioning board for shooting pictures towards a front side of the car for photographing a dead corner on a front side of the car to ensure driving safety, wherein an electric tilting mechanism is disposed between the camera lens and the partitioning board and fixed on the front side of the partitioning board, the camera lens being disposed on the electric tilting mechanism, whereby by means of controlling the electric tilting mechanism, a shooting angle of the camera lens can be adjusted.

2. The car door rearview mirror structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a front face of the front cover body has a window in front of the camera lens, and a transparent cover fitted in the window to seal the window.

3. The car door rearview mirror structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein an airtight ring is disposed along mating peripheries of the front cover body and the main body for airtightly sealing a space in which the camera lens is placed.

4. A car door rearview mirror structure comprising a main body, a mirror disposed on a rear side of the main body and electrically adjustable in inclination angle, and a front cover body mated with a front side of the main body, said rearview mirror structure further including a partitioning board disposed in the main body to separate the front cover body from the mirror, a camera lens disposed on a surface of a front side of the partitioning board for shooting pictures towards a front side of the car for photographing a dead corner on a front side of the car so as to ensure driving safety, wherein an airtight ring is disposed along mating peripheries of the front cover body and the main body for airtightly sealing a space in which the camera lens is placed.

5. The car door rearview mirror structure as claimed in claim 4, wherein a front face of the front cover body has a window in front of the camera lens, and a transparent cover fitted in the window to seal the window.