Exterior mirror reflective element with auxiliary reflector
First Claim
1. A mirror reflective element suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle, said mirror reflective element comprising:
- a glass substrate having a first side and an opposing second side;
wherein said glass substrate has a thickness between said first side and said second side of less than 3 millimeters;
wherein said mirror reflective element has a principal reflector portion and an auxiliary reflector portion;
wherein said auxiliary reflector portion comprises a curved recess established at said second side of said glass substrate;
wherein said curved recess has a cross-dimension size less than 80 millimeters;
wherein said curved recess comprises a radius of curvature less than 1,000 millimeters;
wherein said curved recess has a recess depth less than 2.26 millimeters;
an auxiliary mirror metallic reflector coated at said curved recess at said second side of said glass substrate;
a principal mirror metallic reflector coated at said principal reflector portion;
wherein said mirror reflective element comprises a fixed reflectance non-electro-optic mirror reflective element; and
wherein said mirror reflective element is configured so that, when an exterior rearview mirror assembly equipped with said mirror reflective element is normally mounted at a side of a vehicle, said curved recess is disposed at an outboard upper region of said mirror reflective element relative to the side of the equipped vehicle.
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Abstract
A mirror reflective element suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a glass substrate having a first side and an opposing second side. The mirror reflective element has a principal reflector portion and an auxiliary reflector portion. The auxiliary reflector portion includes a curved recess established at the second side of the glass substrate. An auxiliary mirror metallic reflector is coated at the curved recess at the second side of the glass substrate and a principal mirror metallic reflector is coated at the principal reflector portion. The mirror reflective element is configured so that, when an exterior rearview mirror assembly equipped with the mirror reflective element is normally mounted at a side of a vehicle, the curved recess is disposed at an outboard upper region of the mirror reflective element relative to the side of the equipped vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A mirror reflective element suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle, said mirror reflective element comprising:
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a glass substrate having a first side and an opposing second side; wherein said glass substrate has a thickness between said first side and said second side of less than 3 millimeters; wherein said mirror reflective element has a principal reflector portion and an auxiliary reflector portion; wherein said auxiliary reflector portion comprises a curved recess established at said second side of said glass substrate; wherein said curved recess has a cross-dimension size less than 80 millimeters; wherein said curved recess comprises a radius of curvature less than 1,000 millimeters; wherein said curved recess has a recess depth less than 2.26 millimeters; an auxiliary mirror metallic reflector coated at said curved recess at said second side of said glass substrate; a principal mirror metallic reflector coated at said principal reflector portion; wherein said mirror reflective element comprises a fixed reflectance non-electro-optic mirror reflective element; and wherein said mirror reflective element is configured so that, when an exterior rearview mirror assembly equipped with said mirror reflective element is normally mounted at a side of a vehicle, said curved recess is disposed at an outboard upper region of said mirror reflective element relative to the side of the equipped vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A driver-side mirror reflective element suitable for use in a driver-side exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle, said driver-side mirror reflective element comprising:
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a glass substrate having a first side and an opposing second side; wherein said glass substrate has a thickness between said first side and said second side of less than 3 millimeters; wherein said driver-side mirror reflective element has a principal reflector portion and an auxiliary reflector portion; wherein said auxiliary reflector portion comprises a curved recess established at said second side of said glass substrate; wherein said curved recess has a cross-dimension size greater than 30 millimeters and less than 80 millimeters; wherein said curved recess has a recess depth greater than 0.11 millimeters and less than 2.26 millimeters; an auxiliary mirror metallic reflector coated at said curved recess at said second side of said glass substrate; a principal mirror metallic reflector coated at said principal reflector portion; wherein said curved recess is inboard of a perimeter edge of said glass substrate; wherein said principal mirror metallic reflector coated at said principal reflector portion is disposed at said second side of said glass substrate; wherein said principal reflector portion of said driver-side mirror reflective element surrounds said curved recess of said driver-side mirror reflective element; wherein said curved recess is circular-shaped; wherein said auxiliary mirror metallic reflector coated at said curved recess and said principal mirror metallic reflector coated at said principal reflector portion comprise the same material; wherein said same material coats the entire second side of said glass substrate; wherein said first side of said glass substrate is flat, and wherein said second side of said glass substrate is flat other than at said curved recess; and wherein said driver-side mirror reflective element is configured so that, when a driver-side exterior rearview mirror assembly equipped with said driver-side mirror reflective element is normally mounted at a driver side of a vehicle, said curved recess is disposed at an outboard upper region of said driver-side mirror reflective element relative to the driver side of the equipped vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A passenger-side mirror reflective element suitable for use in a passenger-side exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle, said passenger-side mirror reflective element comprising:
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a glass substrate having a first side and an opposing second side; wherein said glass substrate has a thickness between said first side and said second side of less than 3 millimeters; wherein said passenger-side mirror reflective element has a principal reflector portion and an auxiliary reflector portion; wherein said auxiliary reflector portion comprises a curved recess established at said second side of said glass substrate; wherein said curved recess has a cross-dimension size greater than 30 millimeters and less than 80 millimeters; wherein said curved recess has a recess depth greater than 0.11 millimeters and less than 2.26 millimeters; wherein said curved recess has a radius of curvature greater than 200 millimeters and less than 1,000 millimeters; an auxiliary mirror metallic reflector coated at said curved recess at said second side of said glass substrate; a principal mirror metallic reflector coated at said principal reflector portion; wherein said curved recess is inboard of a perimeter edge of said glass substrate; wherein said principal mirror metallic reflector coated at said principal reflector portion is disposed at said second side of said glass substrate; wherein said principal reflector portion of said passenger-side mirror reflective element surrounds said curved recess of said passenger-side mirror reflective element; wherein said curved recess is circular-shaped; wherein said auxiliary mirror metallic reflector coated at said curved recess and said principal mirror metallic reflector coated at said principal reflector portion comprise the same material; wherein said same material coats the entire second side of said glass substrate; wherein said glass substrate comprises a bent glass substrate having a radius of curvature, and wherein said radius of curvature of said bent glass substrate is larger than said radius of curvature of said curved recess; and wherein said passenger-side mirror reflective element is configured so that, when a passenger-side exterior rearview mirror assembly equipped with said passenger-side mirror reflective element is normally mounted at a passenger side of a vehicle, said curved recess is disposed at an outboard upper region of said passenger-side mirror reflective element relative to the passenger side of the equipped vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification