Rearview mirror device with wide viewing angle

• US 7,717,577 B2
• Filed: 01/26/2009
• Issued: 05/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ken Sean Industries Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Ken Sean Factory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chuang, Shu-Fen
• Primary Examiner(s): Shafer; Ricky D
• Application Number:
  US12/321,826
• Publication Number:
  US 20090225457A1
• Time in Patent Office: 477 Days
• Field of Search: 359/851, 359/866, 359/868, 359/850, 359/854
• US Class Current: 359/868
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/082 using a single wide field mirror or an association of rigidly connected mirrors

Abstract

A rearview mirror device includes an elongated mirror body and a housing. The mirror body is formed with a first curved section having two opposite ends, and second and third curved sections extending integrally and respectively from the opposite ends of the first curved section. The first curved section has a radius of curvature larger than a radius of curvature of the second curved section and a radius of curvature of the third curved section. A ratio of the radius of curvature of the first curved section to the radius of curvature of either one of the second and third curved sections is not greater than 1.65. The housing includes a frame body with first and second mounting portions. Each of the second and third curved sections is mounted on a respective one of the first and second mounting portions of the frame body.

Claims

1. A rearview mirror device comprising:

an elongated mirror body consisting of a first curved section having two opposite ends, and second and third curved sections extending integrally and respectively from said opposite ends of said first curved section, said first curved section having a radius of curvature larger than a radius of curvature of said second curved section and a radius of curvature of said third curved section, a ratio of the radius of curvature of said first curved section to the radius of curvature of either one of said second and third curved sections being not greater than 1.65; and

a housing including a frame body with first and second mounting portions, each of said second and third curved sections being mounted on a respective one of said first and second mounting portions of said frame body;

wherein said first curved section has a length measured along a longitudinal axis and ranging from 190 mm to 250 mm, and each of said second and third curved sections has a length measured along the longitudinal axis and ranging from 40 mm to 65 mm.

2. The rearview mirror device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radius of curvature of said second curved section is substantially equal to the radius of curvature of said third curved section.

3. The rearview mirror device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radius of curvature of said first curved section ranges from 700 mm to 900 mm, and the radius of curvature of each of said second and third curved sections ranges from 550 mm to 650 mm.

4. The rearview mirror device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said first and second mounting portions of said frame body has an abutment side with a radius of curvature substantially the same as the radius of curvature of the respective one of said second and third curved sections.