公开(公告)号：US11858411B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US17447296

申请日：2021-09-10

Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.

Inventor： Darin J. Snider

IPC: B60Q1/26 ,  F21S43/14 ,  B60J1/18

CPC classification number: B60Q1/268 ,  B60J1/18 ,  B60Q1/2696 ,  F21S43/14

Abstract: A vehicular rear window assembly includes a window panel having an inner glass panel and an outer glass panel laminated together. A lighting device includes a plurality of light sources arranged on a circuit element. The vehicular rear window assembly is configured to be disposed at a rear portion of a cabin of a vehicle. The lighting device is disposed between the inner glass panel and the outer glass panel. The light sources, when electrically powered, emit light that is visible through the outer glass panel of the window panel so as to be viewable by a person viewing the vehicular rear window assembly from exterior and rearward of the vehicle. At least some of the light sources of the lighting device are electrically powered responsive to actuation of a brake of the vehicle to provide a center high mounting stop lamp feature that is integrated within the window panel.

公开(公告)号：US20230398934A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18456572

申请日：2023-08-28

Applicant: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Darryl P. De Wind ,  Donald S. Rawlings ,  John T. Uken

IPC: B60R1/04 ,  B60R1/08 ,  B60R1/12 ,  G02B5/04 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02F1/161 ,  G02F1/163 ,  B24B9/02 ,  B24B9/08 ,  B24B13/00 ,  B24B49/00 ,  C03C17/06 ,  G02B7/182 ,  G02F1/153

CPC classification number: B60R1/04 ,  B60R1/088 ,  B60R1/12 ,  G02B5/04 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02F1/161 ,  G02F1/163 ,  B24B9/02 ,  B24B9/08 ,  B24B13/00 ,  B24B49/00 ,  B60R1/086 ,  C03C17/06 ,  G02B7/182 ,  G02F1/153 ,  B60R2001/1223 ,  B24B51/00

Abstract: A vehicular frameless interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head and a mounting portion. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element and a mirror casing. The mirror reflective element includes a glass substrate having a planar front side and a planar rear side. No portion of the mirror casing overlaps the planar front side of the glass substrate of the mirror reflective element. A camera is disposed within the mirror casing. With the mounting portion of the mirror assembly mounted at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle, the camera views a driver of the vehicle, and when the mirror head is moved by the driver of the vehicle to adjust the rearward view provided by the mirror reflective element to the driver, the camera moves in tandem with movement of the mirror head. The camera is part of a driver monitoring system of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20230398933A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18456570

申请日：2023-08-28

Applicant: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Darryl P. De Wind ,  Donald S. Rawlings ,  John T. Uken

IPC: B60R1/04 ,  B60R1/08 ,  B60R1/12 ,  G02B5/04 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02F1/161 ,  G02F1/163 ,  B24B9/02 ,  B24B9/08 ,  B24B13/00 ,  B24B49/00 ,  C03C17/06 ,  G02B7/182 ,  G02F1/153

CPC classification number: B60R1/04 ,  B60R1/088 ,  B60R1/12 ,  G02B5/04 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02F1/161 ,  G02F1/163 ,  B24B9/02 ,  B24B9/08 ,  B24B13/00 ,  B24B49/00 ,  B60R1/086 ,  C03C17/06 ,  G02B7/182 ,  G02F1/153 ,  B60R2001/1223 ,  B24B51/00

Abstract: A vehicular frameless interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head and a mounting portion. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element and a mirror casing. The mirror reflective element includes a glass substrate having a planar front side and a planar rear side. No portion of the mirror casing overlaps the planar front side of the glass substrate of the mirror reflective element. A camera is disposed within the mirror casing. With the mounting portion of the mirror assembly mounted at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle, the camera views a driver of the vehicle, and when the mirror head is moved by the driver of the vehicle to adjust the rearward view provided by the mirror reflective element to the driver, the camera moves in tandem with movement of the mirror head. The camera is part of a driver monitoring system of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11827155B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-28

申请号：US18054964

申请日：2022-11-14

Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.

Inventor： Niall R. Lynam

IPC: B60R1/12 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60R1/062 ,  B60R1/08

CPC classification number: B60R1/1207 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60R1/0602 ,  B60R1/062 ,  B60R1/08 ,  B60R2001/1215

Abstract: A vehicular exterior breakaway rearview mirror assembly includes a skull-cap mirror shell and a reflective element. With the mirror assembly mounted at an exterior side of a vehicle, the skull-cap mirror shell has an inboard wall that faces toward the exterior side of the vehicle. A blind spot indicator is disposed at an aperture established at the inboard wall of the skull-cap mirror shell. An illumination source of the blind spot indicator is activated to illuminate the blind spot indicator responsive to an electronic blind spot monitoring system of the vehicle detecting another vehicle that is approaching or overtaking the equipped vehicle. Illumination of the blind spot indicator by activation of the illumination source is readily viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle and is not readily viewable by a driver of the detected other vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20230347823A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-02

申请号：US18347028

申请日：2023-07-05

Applicant: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： John T. Uken ,  Darryl P. De Wind ,  Keith D. Foote ,  Joseph M. Mambourg ,  Rodney K. Blank ,  Mark L. Larson ,  Niall R. Lynam

IPC: B60R1/072 ,  B60R1/08 ,  G02B7/182 ,  G06F3/047 ,  B60R25/25 ,  G06F3/04883

CPC classification number: B60R1/072 ,  B60R1/088 ,  G02B7/182 ,  G06F3/047 ,  B60R25/252 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  B60R2001/1223

Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting arm and a mirror head at one end of the mounting arm distal from an attachment portion of the mounting arm that is configured for attachment at a vehicle. A mirror reflective element is fixedly attached at the mirror head. An innermost side of the mirror reflective element is attached at a front side of an attachment plate. The mirror reflective element moves in tandem with movement of the mirror head relative to the mounting arm when the driver of the vehicle operates an electrically-operable actuator. The attachment plate includes wall structure that extends from the front side of the attachment plate and circumscribes and spans the perimeter circumferential edge of the glass substrate and does not encroach onto and does not overlap the front surface of the glass substrate of the exterior mirror reflective element.

公开(公告)号：US20230278498A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-07

申请号：US18297696

申请日：2023-04-10

Applicant: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Keith D. Foote ,  Niall R. Lynam

IPC: B60R1/12 ,  F21V23/00 ,  B60Q1/50 ,  B60Q1/26 ,  B60R1/08 ,  G08G1/16 ,  B60Q1/34 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60R1/072 ,  B60Q1/00 ,  F21V23/04

CPC classification number: B60R1/1207 ,  B60Q1/0076 ,  B60Q1/0088 ,  B60Q1/2607 ,  B60Q1/2665 ,  B60Q1/2696 ,  B60Q1/34 ,  B60Q1/503 ,  B60R1/0602 ,  B60R1/072 ,  B60R1/08 ,  B60R1/081 ,  B60R1/088 ,  F21V23/005 ,  F21V23/0464 ,  G08G1/167 ,  B60R2001/1215 ,  F21Y2115/10

Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror reflective element subassembly having a mirror reflective element, a mirror reflector coating, a mirror back plate, and indicator element. The indicator element includes a circuit board and a light source. The indicator element includes a diffuser that diffuses light emitted by the light source. An icon is established through a metallic reflector coating disposed at the glass substrate. The icon includes a light-transmitting aperture. With the vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly attached at the vehicle, and when the light source is activated, light emitted by the light source passes through a light-transmitting portion of a heater pad and through the light-transmitting aperture of the icon. With the vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly attached at the vehicle and when the light source is activated, the icon is illuminated and is viewable by the driver of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11738688B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US18155151

申请日：2023-01-17

Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.

Inventor： Gregory A. Huizen ,  Eric Peterson

IPC: B60R1/12 ,  B60K35/00 ,  B60R1/04 ,  H01L25/075

CPC classification number: B60R1/12 ,  B60K35/00 ,  B60R1/04 ,  H01L25/0753 ,  B60K2370/1523 ,  B60K2370/1533 ,  B60K2370/23 ,  B60K2370/332 ,  B60K2370/779 ,  B60R2001/1215 ,  B60R2300/8046

Abstract: A vehicular lighting assembly includes an plurality of micro-LEDs disposed at a substrate. Width dimension of each individual micro-LED of the plurality of micro-LEDs is less than 500 microns, and length dimension of each individual micro-LED of the plurality of micro-LEDs is less than 500 microns. Packing density of micro-LEDs of the plurality of micro-LEDs at the substrate is at least 10 micro-LEDs per square centimeter. Each individual micro-LED of the plurality of micro-LEDs, when the vehicular lighting assembly is operated to emit light, passes less than 4 mA electrical current. The vehicular lighting assembly is configured to be disposed at a portion of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular lighting assembly, With the vehicular lighting assembly disposed at the portion of the vehicle, light emitted by the plurality of micro-LEDs, when the vehicular lighting assembly is operated to emit light, is viewable at the portion of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20230249619A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-10

申请号：US18301288

申请日：2023-04-17

Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.

Inventor： Matthew V. Steffes ,  Mitchell J. Wesley

IPC: B60R1/074 ,  G02B7/182

CPC classification number: B60R1/074 ,  G02B7/182

Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a powerfold actuator electrically operable to pivot a mirror head relative to a mounting base. The powerfold actuator includes a biasing element disposed between an upper housing and an upper end of a pivot tube and releasably retains the powerfold actuator in at least one detent state. The powerfold actuator includes (i) a lower detent disposed between the base portion and a lower housing, (ii) an output gear disposed between the lower housing and the upper housing and (iii) an upper detent disposed between the lower housing and the upper housing. When the powerfold actuator is in a primary detent state, the lower detent and the output gear are rotationally fixed relative to the pivot tube and the upper detent is axially movable along the pivot tube. When the mirror head is manually moved, a secondary detent state is engaged.

公开(公告)号：US20230242035A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

申请号：US18186326

申请日：2023-03-20

Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth C. Peterson ,  Matthew S. Van Oeveren ,  Jeffrey R. Westbrook

IPC: B60R1/00 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60R1/12

CPC classification number: B60R1/006 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60R1/1207 ,  B60R2001/1215

Abstract: A method for assembling a mirror reflective element sub-assembly for a vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes assembling an indicator module by heat staking a printed circuit board at a receiving part of a housing to form a housing and printed circuit board assembly and dispensing potting material at the printed circuit board to seal the printed circuit board at the housing and aligning and taping a diffuser at the housing. A back plate is provided that has an indicator attaching portion for attaching the indicator module. The back plate is placed at a support fixture and a mirror reflective element is attached at the back plate. The indicator module is attached at the indicator attaching portion of the back plate. Light emitted by the indicator module, when electrically powered to emit light, passes through the mirror reflective element at an aperture of the back plate.

公开(公告)号：US20230166660A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US18152963

申请日：2023-01-11

Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, inc.

Inventor： Michael J. Baur ,  Ian A. McCabe ,  Hamid Habibi ,  Niall R. Lynam

IPC: B60R1/08 ,  B32B17/10 ,  B60R1/12 ,  G02F1/157 ,  B32B7/14

CPC classification number: B60R1/088 ,  B32B17/10174 ,  B32B17/10761 ,  B60R1/12 ,  B32B17/10513 ,  B32B17/10798 ,  G02F1/157 ,  B60R1/1207 ,  B32B7/14 ,  B32B17/1022 ,  B32B17/10541 ,  B32B17/10733 ,  B60R2001/1215 ,  G02F2001/1536

Abstract: A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a driver monitoring camera disposed at an interior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle. The driver monitoring camera views a driver of the vehicle when the driver is driving the vehicle. The driver monitoring camera captures image data. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by the driver monitoring camera. The vehicular driver monitoring system determines driver performance based at least in part on (i) image processing by the image processor of image data captured by the driver monitoring camera, (ii) a vehicle characteristic and (iii) a condition exterior of the equipped vehicle. The vehicle characteristic includes at least one selected from the group consisting of (a) vehicle speed, (b) vehicle acceleration and (c) vehicle orientation.