公开(公告)号：US20230015198A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17935969

申请日：2022-09-28

Applicant: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Mark L. Larson ,  John T. Uken ,  Christopher R. Koetje

IPC: B60R1/12 ,  B60R1/04

Abstract: A vehicular dual-state interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head including an electrochromic mirror reflective element having a transflective mirror reflector. A video display device occupies at least 75 percent of the viewable reflective region of the mirror reflective element. With the mirror assembly operating in a first state, the video display device does not display video images and the driver views rearward via reflection at the viewable reflective region and, with the mirror assembly operating in a second state, the video display device displays video images for viewing at the viewable reflective region by the driver. When operating in a daytime mode, the display screen utilizes red pixels, green pixels, blue pixels and clear pixels of the display screen, and when operating in a nighttime mode, the display screen utilizes red pixels, green pixels and blue pixels and does not utilize clear pixels.

公开(公告)号：US11554719B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US16948179

申请日：2020-09-08

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 ,  G02F1/153

Abstract: A vehicular rearview mirror assembly includes an electrochromic reflective element having front and rear glass substrates with an electrochromic medium disposed therebetween. The front glass substrate includes a specularly reflective perimeter layer at least partially around a perimeter border region of the rear side of the front glass substrate. At least one light source is disposed behind the perimeter layer. With the vehicular rearview mirror assembly mounted at the vehicle and when the at least one light source is electrically powered, the at least one light source emits light that passes through the perimeter border region of the second side of the front glass substrate and that is visible to a viewer viewing the first side of the front glass substrate of the electrochromic reflective element at the perimeter layer.

公开(公告)号：US20230009664A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17811077

申请日：2022-07-07

Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.

Inventor： Robert L. Esser ,  Rudy A. Morey

IPC: B60R1/074 ,  B60R1/072

Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting arm and a mirror head. The mounting arm is received through an aperture in the mirror head, and an actuator is attached at the mounting arm within the mirror head. The actuator is operable to adjust the mirror head relative to the mounting arm and includes first and second motors that drive respective first and second gears. The first gear engages an arcuate gear disposed at an attachment element attached at the mirror head, and when the first motor is operated, the arcuate gear and the attachment element pivot relative to the actuator to adjust the mirror head about a first pivot axis. The second gear engages a rotationally fixed gear rotationally fixed to the mounting arm, and when the second motor is operated, the actuator travels about the second gear to adjust the mirror head about a second pivot axis.

公开(公告)号：US20230003058A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17931201

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.

Inventor： Rodney K. Blank ,  Eric Peterson ,  Nathan Z. Hellwig ,  Michael T. McNally ,  Gregory A. Huizen ,  Kenneth C. Peterson

IPC: E05B81/76 ,  B60Q1/26 ,  E05B85/10 ,  E05B17/10

Abstract: A vehicular exterior door system includes a door handle assembly configured for mounting at a door handle region of a vehicle door of a vehicle. The door handle assembly includes a pocket lighting module comprising at least one light emitting diode operable to emit light to illuminate a pocket region of the door handle region. The door handle assembly includes a plurality of touch sensors linearly arranged along a handle portion and generating sensor data based on detection of touch at the respective touch sensor. The vehicular exterior door system, with the door handle assembly mounted at the door handle region, and responsive to processing at the processor of the sensor data generated by individual touch sensors of the plurality of touch sensors, determines a touch event at the door handle assembly and, responsive to the determined touch event, unlocks the vehicle door.

公开(公告)号：US20220410794A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17929416

申请日：2022-09-02

Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth C. Peterson

IPC: B60Q1/26 ,  B60Q1/50 ,  E05B41/00 ,  F21V23/04 ,  B60Q1/00 ,  B60R25/10

Abstract: A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a base portion configured to mount at an exterior door handle region of a vehicular door of a vehicle, a handle portion, and a sensing module that includes a light emitter and a light sensor. With the base portion of the handle assembly mounted at the exterior door handle region of the vehicular door, the light emitter is episodically energized to emit light. When the light emitter is not energized to emit light, the light sensor senses ambient light at the handle portion, and when the light emitter is energized to emit light, the light sensor senses emitted light emitted by the light emitter. The sensing module determines presence of a person's hand at the handle portion based at least in part on a difference between the sensed ambient light and the sensed emitted light being below a threshold light level.

公开(公告)号：US11505127B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

申请号：US16949688

申请日：2020-11-11

Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.

Inventor： Hamid Habibi

IPC: B60R1/08 ,  B60R1/12 ,  G02B5/08

Abstract: A method for assembling an electro-optic mirror reflective element for a vehicular rearview mirror assembly includes providing a container having a plurality of holes for dispensing spacer beads, supporting the container over a dispensing area via an electrically powered shaking device, positioning a glass substrate at the dispensing area, and automatically shaking the container so that spacer beads fall through the holes in the container and onto the glass substrate. The shaking of the container is controlled so that the shaking device is deactivated after an appropriate amount of spacer beads are dispensed onto the glass substrate. The glass substrate is mated with another glass substrate with the dispensed spacer beads between the glass substrates and bounded by a perimeter seal. The cavity between the glass substrates is filled with an electro-optic medium, and the cavity is sealed with the electro-optic medium and spacer beads disposed therein.

公开(公告)号：US11479178B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US16819706

申请日：2020-03-16

Applicant: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： John T. Uken ,  Mark L. Larson ,  Rodney K. Blank ,  Joseph D. Suchecki ,  Craig Kendall

IPC: B60R1/08

Abstract: An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror head and a mounting structure attached at a central region of the mirror back plate. A circuit board is disposed at the mirror back plate to one side of the central region, and first and second electrical connectors are disposed at the rear of the reflective element to the other side of the central region, with the first and second electrical connectors being in electrically conductive continuity with electrically conductive coatings at respective surfaces of the front and rear glass substrates. The electrical conductors are electrically connected between the respective electrical connector and reflectance control circuitry at the circuit board. A wire harness is electrically connected to the circuit board, and a portion of the wire harness passes through the mounting structure and has a connector end for electrically connecting to a vehicle wire harness.

公开(公告)号：US11472340B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-18

申请号：US15929324

申请日：2020-04-27

Applicant: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Darryl P. De Wind ,  Michael J. Baur ,  Timothy G. Perkins

IPC: B60R1/04 ,  B60R1/12 ,  G02F1/153 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02B7/182 ,  B24B49/00 ,  B24B9/02 ,  B24B13/00 ,  B60R1/08 ,  B24B9/08 ,  C03C17/06 ,  G02F1/161 ,  G02B5/08 ,  B24B51/00

Abstract: A method of making a mirror substrate for a vehicular rearview mirror assembly includes providing a glass substrate having a planar front surface, a planar rear surface and a circumferential perimeter edge. The glass substrate is positioned at a fixture and the front perimeter edge portion of the glass substrate is ground by moving a grinding wheel around the periphery of the glass substrate to establish a rounded surface about and around the periphery of the glass substrate and between the planar front surface and a rear portion of the perimeter edge of the glass substrate. The rounded surface has a radius of curvature of at least 2.5 mm. The rounded surface provides a curved transition between the planar front surface of the glass substrate and the rear portion of the perimeter edge of the glass substrate. The planar rear surface of the glass substrate is coated with a coating.

公开(公告)号：US20220325565A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17809051

申请日：2022-06-27

Applicant: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Emanuele Leonardi ,  Davide Dente ,  Marco Marlia

IPC: E05B81/90 ,  E05F15/43 ,  E05F15/622 ,  E05B81/14 ,  E05B81/76 ,  E05B81/86

Abstract: A method of operating an entry system of a motor vehicle includes monitoring a battery voltage and the entry system continuously using a control circuit of the latch assembly in a non-emergency mode. Power is provided to the control circuit in the event of a loss of power from a main power source using a backup energy source of the control circuit. The method includes transitioning to an emergency mode in response to determining loss of power from the main power source or failure of the component of the entry system. An actuation group associated with the latch assembly is operated with the control circuit using power from the backup energy source of the control circuit in response to determining that actuation from a plurality of pins of a mechanical emergency switch assembly indicates a command from a user to unlatch the closure member in the emergency mode.

公开(公告)号：US11458895B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US17302184

申请日：2021-04-27

Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.

Inventor： Gregory A. Huizen ,  Robert L. Esser

IPC: B60R1/06 ,  B62D65/00

Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a base portion configured for attachment at an exterior portion of a vehicle, a mirror head having a mirror casing and a mirror reflective element, and an actuator at an end of the base portion. An adapter plate of the actuator is attached at a head mounting plate attached at the mirror casing. The mirror back plate is attached at the head mounting plate. A service recess is at and between the mirror back plate and the head mounting plate and is configured to receive a separating element that imparts a separating force at and between the mirror back plate and the head mounting plate to detach at least a portion of the mirror back plate from the head mounting plate. With at least the portion of the mirror back plate detached, the mirror back plate is detachable from the head mounting plate.