Rear view side mirror with signals emitter device
First Claim
1. Rear view side minor for a vehicle comprising a housing (D) with a first opening having at least one prisms rear-viewing element, camera or mirrors and a second opening occupied by a luminous signals emitter assembly provided with a cover having at least one transparent surface (1), one internal body (10) or support, at least one internal light source and/or one reflector (12), which emits one signal to the front, side and rear of the rear view side mirror and vehicle with respect to the driving direction, said assembly projecting light rearwards through a zone (2) of said transparent surface (1) located at the farthest side end or vertex (204) from the vehicle'"'"'s bodywork, and wherein said luminous signals emitter assembly includes at least one light conductor body (150) having an elongated shape, internally traveled by light in at least one direction, which acts at least as a light guide, located between at least one light emitter focus of said light source and said transparent surface (1), said at least one light conductor body (150) conveying light from said at least one internal light source towards a front area of the rear view side mirror, characterized in that said light conductor body (150) is placed at least in part substantially parallel to said transparent surface (1).
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Abstract
The invention relates to a rear-view mirror for vehicles, which consists of compatible, combinable and exchangeable modules such as: (A) and (B), or integrated (A+B), functional, signal, lighting and sensor modules, and structural (C), (D) and (E) modules; cover-housing, body-housing and support which may include functional modules. (A), (B) and (A+B) fulfill their function even if the rear-view mirror is folded. They use a multifocal light source of LED'"'"'s inserted into a flexible and orientable circuit and/or a mixed rigid-flexible circuit-combining LED'"'"'s+bulbs and other lighting elements, with variable optical and reflective means enabling more than one signal from one same transparent surface with direct light output, indirect-reflected light output and/or through intermediate optical light guides depending on the directions required in the front, the side, the back and the lateral ground for different commands, applications and safety signals.
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56 Claims
- 1. Rear view side minor for a vehicle comprising a housing (D) with a first opening having at least one prisms rear-viewing element, camera or mirrors and a second opening occupied by a luminous signals emitter assembly provided with a cover having at least one transparent surface (1), one internal body (10) or support, at least one internal light source and/or one reflector (12), which emits one signal to the front, side and rear of the rear view side mirror and vehicle with respect to the driving direction, said assembly projecting light rearwards through a zone (2) of said transparent surface (1) located at the farthest side end or vertex (204) from the vehicle'"'"'s bodywork, and wherein said luminous signals emitter assembly includes at least one light conductor body (150) having an elongated shape, internally traveled by light in at least one direction, which acts at least as a light guide, located between at least one light emitter focus of said light source and said transparent surface (1), said at least one light conductor body (150) conveying light from said at least one internal light source towards a front area of the rear view side mirror, characterized in that said light conductor body (150) is placed at least in part substantially parallel to said transparent surface (1).
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50. Rear view side mirror for a vehicle comprising a housing (D) with a first opening having at least one prisms rear-viewing element, camera or mirrors and a second opening occupied by a luminous signals emitter assembly provided with a cover having at least one transparent surface (1), one internal body (10) or support, at least one internal light source and/or one reflector (12), which emits one signal to the front, side and rear of the rear view side mirror and vehicle with respect to the driving direction, said assembly projecting light rearwards through a zone (2) of said transparent surface (1) located at the farthest side end or vertex (204) from the vehicle'"'"'s bodywork, and wherein said luminous signals emitter assembly includes at least one light conductor body (150) having an elongated shape, internally traveled by light in at least one direction, which acts as a light guide, located between at least one light emitter focus of said light source and said transparent surface (1), said at least one light conductor body (150) conveying the light from at least one of said sources towards a front area of the rear view side mirror, characterized in that said at least one light conductor body (150) comprises at least two light inputs, at least one of said at least two light inputs being located at a middle zone of said light conductor body (150).
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51. Rear view side mirror for a vehicle comprising a housing (D) with a first opening having at least one prisms rear-viewing element, camera or minors and a second opening occupied by a luminous signals emitter assembly provided with a cover having at least one transparent surface (1), one internal body (10) or support, at least one internal light source and/or one reflector (12), which emits one signal to the front, side and rear of the rear view side mirror and vehicle with respect to the driving direction, said assembly projecting light rearwards through a zone (2) of said transparent surface (1) located at the farthest side end or vertex (204) from the vehicle'"'"'s bodywork, and wherein said luminous signals emitter assembly at least one light conductor body (150) having an elongated shape, internally traveled by light in at least one direction, which acts as a light guide, located between at least one light emitter focus of said light source and said transparent surface (1), said at least one light conductor body (150) conveying light from at least one of said sources towards a front area of the rear view side mirror, characterized in that said light conductor body (150) comprises one or more additional light conductor bodies (150), each of said additional light conductor bodies (150) having at least one light input, and in that said light conductor bodies (150) are in the shape of several cylinders or tubes joined together through lateral fins to define a transparent narrow portion, said transparent narrow portion having a thickness less than the thickness (D2) of said light conductor bodies (150).
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52. Rear view side mirror for a vehicle comprising a housing (D) with a first opening having at least one prisms rear-viewing element, camera or mirrors and a second opening occupied by a luminous signals emitter assembly provided with a cover having at least one transparent surface (1), one internal body (10) or support, at least one internal light source and/or one reflector (12), which emits one signal to the front, side and rear of the rear view side mirror and vehicle with respect to the driving direction, said assembly projecting light rearwards through a zone (2) of said transparent surface (1) located at the farthest side end or vertex (204) from the vehicle'"'"'s bodywork, and wherein said luminous signals emitter assembly includes at least one light conductor body (150) having an elongated shape, internally traveled by light in at least one direction, which acts at least as a light guide, located between at least one light emitter focus of said light source and said transparent surface (1), said at least one light conductor body (150) conveying the light from at least one of said sources towards a front area of the rear view side mirror, characterized in that said light conductor body (150) comprises at least two portions substantially parallel that face each other in a tight curved portion, said portions being formed by a cylindrical, tubular or semi-tubular curved body with two light inputs, one at each end, so that light entering each end meets in said tight curved portion.
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53. Rear view side mirror for a vehicle comprising a housing (D) with a first opening having at least one prisms rear-viewing element, camera or mirrors and a second opening occupied by a luminous signals emitter assembly provided with a cover having at least one transparent surface (1), one internal body (10) or support, at least one internal light source and/or one reflector (12), which emits one signal to the front, side and rear of the rear view side mirror and vehicle with respect to the driving direction, said assembly projecting light rearwards through a zone (2) of said transparent surface (1) located at the farthest side end or vertex (204) from the vehicle'"'"'s bodywork, and wherein said luminous signals emitter assembly includes at least one light conductor body (150) having an elongated shape, internally traveled by light in at least one direction, which acts at least as a light guide, located between at least one light emitter focus of said light source and said transparent surface (1), said at least one light conductor body (150) conveying the light from at least one of said sources towards a front area of the rear view side mirror, characterized in that said light conductor body (150) has integrated therewith at least one lens and/or at least one prism or group of prisms, having different levels or steps to produce at least a concentrating, diffuser and/or multiplier effect on light which passes therethrough.
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54. Rear view side mirror for a vehicle comprising a housing (D) with a first opening having at least one prisms rear-viewing element, camera or mirrors and a second opening occupied by a luminous signals emitter assembly provided with a cover having at least one transparent surface (1), one internal body (10) or support, at least one internal light source and/or one reflector (12), which emits one signal to the front, side and rear of the rear view side mirror and vehicle with respect to the driving direction, said assembly projecting light rearwards through a zone (2) of said transparent surface (1) located at the farthest side end or vertex (204) from the vehicle'"'"'s bodywork, and wherein said luminous signals emitter assembly at least one light conductor body (150) having an elongated shape, internally traveled by light in at least one direction, which acts at least as a light guide, located between at least one light emitter focus of said light source and said transparent surface (1), said at least one light conductor body (150) conveying the light from at least one of said sources towards a front area of the rear view side mirror, characterized in that said luminous signals emitter assembly has an interior zone that includes at least a reflective and/or catadioptric etching, or a badge or logo on the interior of the transparent surface (1).
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55. Rear view side mirror for a vehicle comprising a housing (D) with a first opening having at least one prisms rear-viewing element, camera or mirrors and a second opening occupied by a luminous signals emitter assembly provided with a cover having at least one transparent surface (1), one internal body (10) or support, at least one internal light source and/or one reflector (12), which emits one signal to the front, side and rear of the rear view side mirror and vehicle with respect to the driving direction, said assembly projecting light rearwards through a zone (2) of said transparent surface (1) located at the farthest side end or vertex (204) from the vehicle'"'"'s bodywork, and wherein said luminous signals emitter assembly includes at least one light conductor body (150) having an elongated shape, internally traveled by light in at least one direction, which acts at least as a light guide, located between at least one light emitter focus of said light source and said transparent surface (1), said at least one light conductor body (150) conveying light from at least one of said sources towards a front area of the rear view side mirror, characterized in that it comprises a light emitting element disposed to emit light through the transparent surface (1) and at least a light duct that conducts a part of the light from said light emitting element to a window (51) placed in a shaded area (200) of the housing (D), said window (51) being visible by the driver (202) and acting as a control light for the light emitting element operation.
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56. The rear view side mirror for a vehicle comprising a housing (D) with a first opening having at least one prisms rear-viewing element, camera or mirrors and a second opening occupied by a luminous signals emitter assembly provided with a cover having one internal body (10) or support, at least one internal light source and/or one reflector (12), which emits one signal to the front, aide and rear of the rear view side mirror and vehicle with respect to the driving direction, said assembly projecting light rearwards though a zone (2) of a transparent surface (1) of said cover located at the farthest side end or vertex (204) from the vehicle'"'"'s bodywork, and including said assembly at least one light conductor body (150) having an elongated shape, internally traveled by light in at least one direction, which acts at least as a light guide, providing said transparent surface (1) for said one light emitter focus of said light source, said at least one light conductor body (150) conveying the light from at least one of said sources towards a front area of the rear view side mirror, characterized in that it comprises at least a light duct that conducts a part of the light from said light emitting element to a window (51) placed in a shaded area (200) of the housing (D), said window (51) being visible by the driver (202) and acting as a control light for the light emitting element operation.
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