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公开(公告)号：US20240240499A1
公开(公告)日：2024-07-18
申请号：US18413274
申请日：2024-01-16
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Rudy A. Morey , Kenneth C. Peterson , Darryl P. De Wind
CPC classification number: E05B81/76 , B60Q1/2669 , E05Y2900/531
Abstract: A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a handle portion movable relative to a base portion. The handle portion includes a grasping portion pivotable relative to the base portion about a pivot axis. An electronic sensing device is configured to detect a discrete movement of the handle portion relative to the base portion. The detected discrete movement is in at least one direction parallel to a plane of the handle portion. The plane is parallel to the pivot axis and parallel to a longitudinal axis of the handle portion. Based on the electronic sensing device detecting an unlocking movement, an electronic switch coupled to a latch mechanism of the door is actuated. The unlocking movement includes two or more discrete movements of the handle portion. When the electronic switch is actuated, the electronic switch actuates the latch mechanism of the door to unlock the door.
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公开(公告)号：US20240239266A1
公开(公告)日：2024-07-18
申请号：US18408889
申请日：2024-01-10
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Matthew V. Steffes , Darryl P. De Wind , Kenneth C. Peterson , Justin E. Sobecki
CPC classification number: B60R1/074 , B60R1/1207
Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head movable relative to a mounting base between an extended position and a folded position. An actuator is electrically operable to move the mirror head between the folded and extended positions. A pivot tube extends from the mounting base and through a base portion of the actuator. The pivot tube includes a tapered portion at least partially received at a channel of the mounting base. An inner surface of the channel includes a shape that corresponds to a shape of an outer surface of the tapered portion. A biasing element disposed between a housing of the actuator and an upper end of the pivot tube biases the tapered portion toward engagement with the inner surface of the mounting base along the channel.
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公开(公告)号：US20240125154A1
公开(公告)日：2024-04-18
申请号：US18389911
申请日：2023-12-20
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Kenneth C. Peterson , Justin E. Sobecki
CPC classification number: E05B81/77 , B60Q3/267 , B60R25/2045 , E05B85/18
Abstract: A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a base portion configured to mount at an exterior door handle region of a vehicular door, a handle portion, and a sensing device operable to sense presence of a person's fingers in a pocket region behind the lower portion of the handle. The handle portion is pivotable between a non-deployed orientation, where an outer surface of the handle portion is coplanar with an outer surface of the vehicular door at the exterior door handle region, and a deployed orientation, where the handle portion is pivoted inward into a door handle pocket within the vehicular door. With the handle in the deployed orientation and when a person's fingers are in the pocket region, the sensing device senses presence of the person's fingers at the pocket region and triggers an actuator of the vehicular exterior door handle assembly to unlatch the vehicular door.
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公开(公告)号：US11766968B2
公开(公告)日：2023-09-26
申请号：US17663437
申请日：2022-05-16
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Kenneth C. Peterson , Gregory A. Huizen , Gabriele W. Sabatini , Traian Miu
CPC classification number: B60R1/26 , B60R1/04 , B60R2001/1253 , B60R2300/103
Abstract: A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting structure and a mirror head pivotally mounted at the mounting structure via a pivot joint. The mirror head includes a mirror casing and a display and mirror assembly, which includes a frame portion, a video display screen at a front side of the frame portion, and a mirror reflective element at a front side of the video mirror display screen. The mirror reflective element includes a variable reflectivity liquid crystal (VRLC) stack of layers, which have a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed between a rear glass substrate and a front glass substrate. The front and rear glass substrates are integrated in the VRLC stack of layers. With the mounting structure mounted at an interior portion of a vehicle, the video display screen is operable to display video images derived from video images provided by an ECU of the vehicle.
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75.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11607997B2
公开(公告)日：2023-03-21
申请号：US16947186
申请日：2020-07-22
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Kenneth C. Peterson , Matthew S. Van Oeveren , Jeffrey R. Westbrook
Abstract: A method for assembling a mirror reflective element sub-assembly for a vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes providing a support fixture having locator pins disposed at apertures thereof and protruding therefrom. The locator pins are received through corresponding apertures of a heater pad and through corresponding apertures of a back plate to align the back plate at the heater pad at the support fixture. A mirror reflective element is attached at the back plate and heater pad construction, and that construction is disposed at a laser ablation fixture, whereby the locator pins of the laser ablation fixture are received through the apertures of the back plate to align the construction at the laser ablation fixture. After an indicator icon is laser ablated through the mirror reflector, the construction is removed from the laser ablation fixture, and an indicator module is snap attached at a receiving portion of the back plate.
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公开(公告)号：US20220371513A1
公开(公告)日：2022-11-24
申请号：US17663437
申请日：2022-05-16
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Kenneth C. Peterson , Gregory A. Huizen , Gabriele W. Sabatini , Traian Miu
Abstract: A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting structure and a mirror head pivotally mounted at the mounting structure via a pivot joint. The mirror head includes a mirror casing and a display and mirror assembly, which includes a frame portion, a video display screen at a front side of the frame portion, and a mirror reflective element at a front side of the video mirror display screen. The mirror reflective element includes a variable reflectivity liquid crystal (VRLC) stack of layers, which have a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed between a rear glass substrate and a front glass substrate. The front and rear glass substrates are integrated in the VRLC stack of layers. With the mounting structure mounted at an interior portion of a vehicle, the video display screen is operable to display video images derived from video images provided by an ECU of the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US20220355736A1
公开(公告)日：2022-11-10
申请号：US17814574
申请日：2022-07-25
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Kenneth C. Peterson , Mitchell J. Wesley
Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head pivotally mounted at a mounting arm configured for attachment at a side of a vehicle. The mirror head includes a reflective element. A powerfold actuator is operable to pivot the mirror head relative to the mounting arm between at least a folded position and a drive position. The powerfold actuator includes a primary detent that is engaged to maintain the mirror head at the drive position when the mirror head is pivoted via the powerfold actuator to the drive position. The powerfold actuator includes a secondary detent. Following pivoting via the powerfold actuator of the mirror head to the folded position, when the mirror head is manually pivoted from the folded position to the drive position, the primary detent is disengaged and the secondary detent is engaged to maintain the mirror head at the drive position.
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公开(公告)号：US11427156B2
公开(公告)日：2022-08-30
申请号：US17248115
申请日：2021-01-11
Applicant: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
Inventor： Justin E. Sobecki , David P. O'Connell , Kenneth C. Peterson
IPC: B60R25/20 , G06F3/042 , B60Q1/00 , G06F3/04817
Abstract: A method for generating an output for controlling a vehicular function of a vehicle includes providing (i) a vehicular sensing device having at least one illumination source operable to backlight a plurality of icons, each icon representative of a respective vehicle function, and (ii) a plurality of sensors, each sensor having a respective field of sensing associated with a respective icon of the plurality of icons. With the vehicular sensing device disposed at a vehicle, and with the at least one illumination source activated to backlight the plurality of icons, the backlit icons are viewable at an exterior portion of the vehicle, and the sensors sense movement of a person's hand or foot in a field of sensing of one of the sensors, and a controller generates an output to control the vehicular function that is represented by the respective backlit icon associated with that sensor.
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公开(公告)号：US20210394668A1
公开(公告)日：2021-12-23
申请号：US17446854
申请日：2021-09-03
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Kenneth C. Peterson
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 at least one light emitter and at least one light sensor. With the base portion of the vehicular exterior door handle assembly mounted at the exterior door handle region of the vehicular door, the light emitter, when energized, emits light. With the base portion mounted at the exterior door handle region of the vehicular door, and with the light emitter energized, the light sensor senses light emitted by the light emitter. Responsive to light sensed by the light sensor with the light emitter energized being below a threshold level, the sensing module determines a presence of a person's hand at the handle portion.
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公开(公告)号：US20210293061A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-23
申请号：US17249905
申请日：2021-03-18
Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Inventor： Rodney K. Blank , Eric Peterson , Nathan Z. Hellwig , Michael T. McNally , Gregory A. Huizen , Kenneth C. Peterson
Abstract: A door handle assembly includes a handle portion disposed at a pocket region of the door handle region. The door handle assembly includes a plurality of touch sensors disposed at the handle portion that are linearly arranged along the handle portion. Each touch sensor has a respective touch sensitivity and generates sensor data based on the respective touch sensitivity and detection of a touch. The plurality of touch sensors includes at least two touch sensors having different respective touch sensitivities. A processor is operable to process the sensor data generated by the plurality of touch sensors. A controller, responsive to processing at the processor of the sensor data generated by the plurality of touch sensors, determines a touch event at the door handle assembly. The determined touch event includes a user touching the handle portion. The controller, responsive to detecting the touch event, locks or unlocks the vehicle door.
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