Motor vehicle provided with an additional mirror embracing the dead angle

• US 4,439,013 A
• Filed: 06/30/1981
• Issued: 03/27/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1979
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Original Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Inventors: Wimmer, Robert, Neuhauser, Werner, Hagn, Bruno
• Primary Examiner(s): Evans, F. L.
• Application Number:
  US06/279,991
• Time in Patent Office: 1,001 Days
• Field of Search: 350/584, 350/307, 98/2, 98/2.04, 98/87, 98/92, 98/93
• US Class Current: 359/509
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/247 Disposition of several air-diffusers in a vehicle for ventilation-air circulation in a vehicle cabin
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/081 avoiding blind spots, e.g. by using a side-by-side association of mirrors

Abstract

An automobile with a mirror arrangement comprising a supplementary mirror disposed in the forward zone of the interior of the automobile adjacent to a side window pane for embracing the dead angle of an associated outside rear view mirror disposed on the automobile as disclosed. The supplementary mirror is disposed in a housing that presents a perforation that is adjacent an air delivery passage of a heating and ventilating system of the automobile, as well as an air outlet device directed to the side window pane.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle comprising a heating and venting system having an air-outlet opening in the dashboard and a mirror arrangement having an additional mirror that includes the blind angle, said additional mirror being disposed in the front area of a side door adjacent to the inside of a side window pane for cooperation with an outside rear-view mirror disposed on the outside of the side door, said additional mirror being held in a separate housing disposed on a covering in the front area of the door, the housing is subdivided inside by a separating wall into a first chamber, receiving the additional mirror and a second chamber serving as an air-guiding duct, an elastic element connecting one end of the air-guiding duct to the air-outlet opening of the heating and venting system, the other end of the air-guiding duct is connected with an air-outflow gap formed between the additional mirror and the side window pane whereby said air-outflow gap acts as a defroster nozzle for directing air from said heating and venting system to clear said side window pane.