Light emitting mirror structure

• US 9,170,353 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2013
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chang, Chao-Cheng
• Original Assignee: Chang, Chao-Cheng
• Inventors: Chang, Chao-Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Mai, Anh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fallahkhair, Arman B
• Application Number:
  US13/937,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20140016353A1
• Time in Patent Office: 840 Days
• Field of Search: 362/26, 362/84, 362135-144, 362/612, 362/617, 362/606, 362/812, 132/136, 132/301
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 33/008 comprising a mirror hand or pocket mirrors A45D42/00; handbags or purses with mirrors A45C15/04
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 42/10 illuminated
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/02 Mirrors used as equipment hand, pocket, or shaving mirrors A45D42/00; optical viewing means for vehicles B60R1/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 2200/08 Illumination
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/08 Mirrors vehicle mirrors involving special optical features B60R1/08
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0031 Reflecting element, sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0073 Light emitting diode [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0088 of the light guide or other optical sheets in the package

Abstract

A light emitting mirror structure includes a casing caved in to form an accommodating space having a light guiding area and a mirror area, and at least one surface of the casing as a sidewall communicating with the accommodating space. The mirror structure includes a light guiding device having a light guide plate, and a light emitting member disposed on a side of the light guide plate, and the light guiding device is placed at the light guiding area of the accommodating space of the casing. A mirror body having a substrate and a mirror surface located on the substrate is provided for the disclosed mirror structure also. The mirror body is integrated on the mirror area of the accommodating space, the light guiding plate causes a light to be emitted through the sidewall at a first side of the mirror body, and the mirror surface is uncovered by the sidewall.

Claims

1. A light emitting mirror structure consisting of:

a casing caved in from a front surface to inwardly form an accommodating space, wherein the casing has a bottom opposite to the front surface, the accommodating space has a light guiding area and a mirror area defined above the bottom, at least one surface of the casing forms a sidewall communicating with the accommodating space, a part of the light guiding area defines a groove between the front surface and the bottom, the groove is spaced from the front surface by a wall, and a thickness of the bottom is less than 66% of a thickness of the wall;

a light guiding device having a light guide plate and a light emitting member disposed on a side of the light guide plate, the light guiding device being placed in the light guiding area of the accommodating space of the casing, the light emitting member received in the groove of the casing completely, wherein the light guide plate has an even thickness and a surface facing away from the bottom of the casing;

a mirror body having a substrate and a mirror surface located on a surface of the substrate, the mirror surface being in alignment with the front surface of the casing, the mirror body being integrated in the mirror area of the accommodating space of the casing, the surface of the substrate facing away from the bottom of the casing, light emitted by the light guiding device passing by the sidewall at a first side of the mirror body, and the mirror surface being uncovered by the sidewall of the casing; and

a power socket formed in the casing and electrically connecting with the light emitting member, wherein the power socket forms an opening in a lateral surface of the casing, the power socket has a width in a thickness direction of the casing, and a thickness of the casing is less than twice of the width of the power socket;

wherein the light guiding area and the mirror area in the accommodating space are stacked, an area of the surface of the substrate is less than an area of the surface of the light guiding plate, thus a part of the surface of the light guiding plate is not covered by the substrate of the mirror body and exposed to the outside of the light emitting mirror structure, and the light guiding device emits the light to pass through a part of the mirror area free of the substrate.

2. The light emitting mirror structure according to claim 1, wherein a area of the mirror surface of the mirror body is less than the area of the surface of the light guiding plate, the light guiding plate transmitting the light to pass by the sidewall at the first side of the mirror surface of the mirror body when the mirror body is stacked on the surface of the light guiding plate in a fixed manner.

3. The light emitting mirror structure according to claim 2, wherein the substrate is a transparent glass and the mirror surface is electroplated on a surface of the transparent glass, with the area of the mirror surface less than an area of the transparent glass, allowing for the light transmitted by the light guiding device to emit from the transparent glass.

4. The light emitting mirror structure according to claim 3, wherein a peripheral surface of the transparent glass are electroplated with an opaque lace edge layer covering a peripheral of the light guiding plate and preventing the peripheral of the light guiding plate from being uncovered by the sidewall.

5. The light emitting mirror structure according to claim 2, wherein a cross section of the accommodating space is in the form of multiple steps, the light guiding area for positioning the light guiding device is in the proximity of a bottom of the accommodating space and the mirror area for positioning the mirror body is in the proximity of the sidewall so that the mirror body presses the light guiding plate.

6. The light emitting mirror structure according to claim 5, wherein a socket is placed at a predetermined position communicating a wall surface of the casing and the light guiding area, allowing for the light guiding device to be positioned at the light guiding area of the accommodating space of the casing when passing through the socket.

7. The light emitting mirror structure according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting member comprises a circuitry substrate and a light-emitting diode on the circuitry substrate, with the circuitry substrate being powered to drive the light-emitting diode to emit a light.

8. The light emitting mirror structure according to claim 7, wherein the power socket is connected to the circuitry substrate of the light emitting member.

9. The light emitting mirror structure according to claim 1, wherein the light guiding plate and the mirror body are placed side by side, allowing for the guiding plate to be uncovered by the mirror body at the first side thereof.

10. The light emitting mirror structure according to claim 1, wherein the casing is formed by an upper shell and a lower shell pivotally connected to the upper shell at one end via a pivot so as allow for the upper shell and the lower shell to flip and fold, the upper shell has the accommodating, the lower shell has a power module disposed therein for coupling to the light guiding device in order to deliver a power to the light guiding device, and the power socket is placed at an outer wall of the lower shell and electrically connects to the power module so as to facilitate the power module to be charged by an external power source.