Exterior rearview mirror for vehicles, in particular, for motor vehicles
DCFirst Claim
1. An exterior rearview mirror for vehicles, said exterior rearview mirror comprising:
- a mirror head housing having a light-transmitting plate arranged therein;
at least one lighting unit received in said mirror head housing and comprising at least one light source configured to emit light rays passing through said light-transmitting plate to the exterior of said mirror head housing (2);
at least one reflector positioned between said at least one light source and said light-transmitting plate;
said at least one reflector having at least one opening, wherein said at least one light source is positioned in said at least one opening; and
wherein said at least one reflector has an end remote from the vehicle and wherein said end has a wall extending transverse to said light-transmitting plate, wherein said at least one opening is positioned in said wall and accommodates a first one of said at least one light sources.
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Abstract
An exterior rearview mirror for vehicles has a mirror head housing having a light-transmitting plate arranged therein. At least one lighting unit is received in the mirror head housing and has at least one light source emitting light rays so as to pass through the light-transmitting plate to the exterior of mirror head housing. At least one reflector is positioned between the at least one light source and the light-transmitting plate. The at least one reflector has at least one opening, and the at least one light source is positioned in the at least one opening. The at least one lighting unit has a lighting unit housing and the at least one light source is arranged in the lighting unit housing which is received in a receptacle of the mirror head housing.
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26 Claims
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1. An exterior rearview mirror for vehicles, said exterior rearview mirror comprising:
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a mirror head housing having a light-transmitting plate arranged therein;
at least one lighting unit received in said mirror head housing and comprising at least one light source configured to emit light rays passing through said light-transmitting plate to the exterior of said mirror head housing (2);
at least one reflector positioned between said at least one light source and said light-transmitting plate;
said at least one reflector having at least one opening, wherein said at least one light source is positioned in said at least one opening; and
wherein said at least one reflector has an end remote from the vehicle and wherein said end has a wall extending transverse to said light-transmitting plate, wherein said at least one opening is positioned in said wall and accommodates a first one of said at least one light sources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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12. An exterior rearview mirror for vehicles, said exterior rearview mirror comprising:
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a mirror head housing having a light-transmitting plate arranged therein;
at least one lighting unit received in said mirror head housing and comprising at least one light source configured to emit light rays passing through said light-transmitting plate to the exterior of said mirror head housing;
at least one reflector positioned between said at least one light source and said light-transmitting plate;
said at least one reflector having at least one opening, wherein said at least one light source (31) is positioned in said at least one opening;
wherein said at least one lighting unit has a lighting unit housing and wherein said at least one light source is arranged in said lighting unit housing;
wherein said lighting unit housing and said light-transmitting plate together form an enclosure of said lighting unit;
wherein said lighting unit housing has at least one projection pointing toward said light-transmitting plate; and
wherein said at least one projection has two sidewalls angularly positioned relative to one another, wherein on each one of said sidewalls one of said light sources is positioned.
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