Frameless mirror and associated installation method

• US 9,663,036 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2014
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG), Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG), Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Bing, Michael, Almeida, Pedro, Stege, Jrg
• Primary Examiner(s): Hasan, Mohammed
• Assistant Examiner(s): Abdur, Rahman
• Application Number:
  US14/899,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20160137130A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,102 Days
• Field of Search: 359871
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/02 Rear-view mirror arrangements periscope arrangements B60R1/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/06 mounted on vehicle exterior B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/1815 with cooling or heating systems cooling arrangements for laser mirrors H01S3/0401
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/182 for mirrors

Abstract

In a method for installing a frameless mirror, a mirror glass is positioned on a carrier plate against a stop formed by a border of the carrier plate and glued on the carrier plate. The border is then separated from the carrier plate via a predetermined breaking point of the border.

Claims

1. A method for installing a frameless mirror, comprising:

positioning a mirror glass on a carrier plate against a stop formed by a border of the carrier plate;

gluing the mirror glass on the carrier plate; and

separating the border from the carrier plate via a predetermined breaking point of the border, wherein the border has a C-shaped configuration to circumferentially surround the mirror glass, said C-shaped border having a section of reduced diameter which forms the predetermined breaking point.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising forming the border of the carrier plate as a circumferential border.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the border of the carrier plate with sections to form several border sections.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising forming the predetermined breaking point between the carrier plate and the border with one or more sections of reduced diameter.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising arranging the predetermined breaking point between the carrier plate and the border as a perforation.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising arranging a heating element between the carrier plate and the mirror glass.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising forming the border of the carrier plate with a tab which can be grabbed for separating the border.

8. A frameless mirror, comprising:

a carrier plate having a border formed with a predetermined breaking point; and

a mirror glass mounted on the carrier plate by positioning the mirror glass on the carrier plate against a stop formed by the border, gluing the mirror glass on the carrier plate, and separating the border from the carrier plate via the predetermined breaking point, wherein the border has a C-shaped configuration to circumferentially surround the mirror glass, said C-shaped border having a section of reduced diameter which forms the predetermined breaking point.

9. The frameless mirror of claim 8, wherein the border of the carrier plate is formed as a circumferential border.

10. The frameless mirror of claim 8, wherein the border of the carrier plate is formed with sections to form several border sections.

11. The frameless mirror of claim 8, wherein the predetermined breaking point has one or more sections of reduced diameter.

12. The frameless mirror of claim 8, further comprising a heating element arranged between the carrier plate and the mirror glass.

13. The frameless mirror of claim 8, wherein the border of the carrier plate has a tab which can be grabbed for separating the border.

14. The frameless mirror of claim 8, wherein the section of reduced diameter is positioned against an underside of the carrier plate.

15. The frameless mirror of claim 8, wherein the section of reduced diameter has a tab which can be grabbed for separating the border.