Vehicular blind spot mirror assembly
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1. A vehicular mirror assembly comprising:
- a first bezel for housing a primary glass element;
a primary glass heating element for heating the primary glass element;
a second bezel for housing a spotter glass element;
a spotter glass heating element having a flexible connector where the spotter glass heating element is positioned behind the spotter glass element for heating the spotter glass above an ambient temperature; and
wherein the flexible connector extends over an edge of the primary glass heating element and supplies power to the spotter glass heating element through the flexible connector from at least one circuit trace extending from the primary glass heating element.
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Abstract
A vehicular mirror assembly (100) includes a first bezel (107) for housing an electrochromic (EC) glass element and a second bezel (109) for housing a spotter glass (111) element. A spotter glass heating element (113) is positioned behind the spotter glass element (111) for heating the spotter glass (111) above an ambient temperature.
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1. A vehicular mirror assembly comprising:
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a first bezel for housing a primary glass element; a primary glass heating element for heating the primary glass element; a second bezel for housing a spotter glass element; a spotter glass heating element having a flexible connector where the spotter glass heating element is positioned behind the spotter glass element for heating the spotter glass above an ambient temperature; and wherein the flexible connector extends over an edge of the primary glass heating element and supplies power to the spotter glass heating element through the flexible connector from at least one circuit trace extending from the primary glass heating element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 68, 69)
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17. An outside vehicular mirror assembly comprising:
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a primary glass element; a primary glass heater covering a portion of the rear surface of the primary glass element; a spotter glass element positioned adjacent to the primary glass element; a spotter glass heater having a flexible connector where the spotter glass heater is positioned behind the spotter glass element; and wherein the flexible connector extends over an edge of the primary glass heater and is connected to at least one circuit trace for supplying power to the spotter glass heater. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A spotter mirror assembly for use in vehicular applications comprising:
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a glass carrier and a primary bezel forming a housing; a primary glass mirror using electrochromic (EC) glass; a primary glass heater positioned behind the primary glass mirror; at least one spotter mirror element using non-EC glass; a spotter mirror heater having a flexible connector where the spotter mirror heater is positioned behind the at least one spotter mirror element; a spotter mirror bezel positioned within the primary bezel for holding the spotter mirror element into a fixed position; and wherein the flexible connector extends over an edge of the primary glass heater and at least one circuit trace is connected to a flexible connector for supplying power to the spotter glass heater. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A vehicular mirror comprising:
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a glass carrier and a primary bezel forming a housing; a primary glass mirror; a primary glass heater positioned behind the primary glass mirror; at least one spotter mirror element; a spotter mirror heater including a flexible connector where the spotter mirror heater is positioned behind the at least one spotter mirror element; a spotter mirror bezel formed within the primary bezel for holding the spotter mirror element; and wherein the flexible connector extends over an edge of the primary glass heater and power to the at least one spotter mirror heater is supplied from the primary glass heater through the flexible connector from at least one circuit trace. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 70, 71)
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62. A motor vehicle mirror system comprising:
a first spotter mirror element on a driver side of the vehicle having a first radius of curvature where the first spotter mirror is comprised of; a first bezel for housing a primary glass element; a second bezel for housing a spotter glass element; a spotter glass heating element having a flexible connector where the spotter glass heating element is positioned behind the spotter glass element for heating the spotter glass above an ambient temperature; at least one circuit trace connected to a flexible connector for supplying power to a primary glass heating element and the spotter glass heating element; a second spotter mirror element on a passenger side of the vehicle having a second radius of curvature that is less than the first radius of curvature; and wherein the flexible connector extends over an edge of the primary glass heating element. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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