公开(公告)号：US20160257253A1

公开(公告)日：2016-09-08

申请号：US15155351

申请日：2016-05-16

申请人： Donnelly Corporation

发明人： Niall R. Lynam

IPC分类号： B60R1/08 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02B7/182 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60R1/072

CPC分类号： B60R1/082 ,  B60R1/0602 ,  B60R1/072 ,  B60R1/08 ,  B60R1/088 ,  G02B7/182 ,  G02B27/0006 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02F1/161

摘要： A vehicular exterior sideview mirror assembly includes a main mirror element having a first primary field of view rearward of the vehicle and an auxiliary curved mirror element having a second auxiliary field of view rearward of the vehicle. The main mirror element and the auxiliary mirror element are adjacently disposed at a mirror backing plate element in a side-by-side relationship. The first primary field of view of the main mirror element may overlap the second auxiliary field of view of the auxiliary mirror element by between about 2 degrees and about 20 degrees. When used in an exterior sideview mirror assembly of a vehicle, the main mirror element may have a rearward field of view that subtends an angle of less than about 20 degrees relative to the side of the vehicle.

摘要翻译： 车辆外侧视镜组件包括具有车辆后方的第一主视野的主镜元件和在车辆后方具有第二辅助视野的辅助曲面镜元件。 主镜元件和辅助镜元件以并排关系相邻地设置在镜背板元件上。 主镜元件的第一主视场可以在辅助镜元件的第二副视场之间重叠约2度至约20度。 当用于车辆的外部侧视镜组件时，主镜元件可以具有相对于车辆侧面相对于小于约20度的角度的后视场。

公开(公告)号：US11833965B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-05

申请号：US16948876

申请日：2020-10-05

申请人： Donnelly Corporation

发明人： Keith D. Foote ,  Kevin P. Benthem ,  Niall R. Lynam

IPC分类号： B60R1/00 ,  G06V20/56 ,  B60R1/08 ,  B60Q1/26 ,  B60Q1/34 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60R1/12 ,  H04N23/63 ,  B60K35/00 ,  B60R1/04 ,  B60R1/062 ,  B62D1/04 ,  H04N7/18

CPC分类号： B60R1/00 ,  B60K35/00 ,  B60Q1/2665 ,  B60Q1/2696 ,  B60Q1/34 ,  B60R1/04 ,  B60R1/062 ,  B60R1/0602 ,  B60R1/082 ,  B60R1/083 ,  B60R1/12 ,  B60R1/1207 ,  B62D1/046 ,  G06V20/56 ,  H04N7/181 ,  H04N7/188 ,  H04N23/63 ,  B60K2370/143 ,  B60K2370/152 ,  B60K2370/173 ,  B60K2370/21 ,  B60K2370/777 ,  B60R2001/123 ,  B60R2001/1215 ,  B60R2001/1246 ,  B60R2001/1253 ,  B60R2001/1284 ,  B60R2300/105 ,  B60R2300/207 ,  B60R2300/804 ,  B60R2300/806 ,  B60R2300/8026 ,  B60R2300/8066

摘要： A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror reflective element assembly. The mirror reflective element assembly includes a main reflective element backing plate and a main reflective element. The main reflective element includes a glass substrate having a mirror reflector coated at a surface thereof. The mirror reflector-coated glass substrate of the main reflective element is attached at the main reflective element backing plate. The mirror reflective element assembly includes an auxiliary reflective element backing plate and an auxiliary wide angle reflective element. The auxiliary wide angle reflective element is positioned on the auxiliary reflective element backing plate. The auxiliary reflective element backing plate is attached to the main reflective element backing plate via an attachment mechanism.

公开(公告)号：US11628773B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-18

申请号：US16946433

申请日：2020-06-22

申请人： Donnelly Corporation

发明人： Niall R. Lynam

IPC分类号： B60R1/08 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60R1/072 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02F1/161 ,  G02B7/182 ,  G02B27/00

摘要： A method for forming a reflective element for a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes providing a roll of an ultrathin glass sheet, the ultrathin glass sheet having a thickness dimension of less than or equal to 0.8 mm and greater than or equal to 0.3 mm. An elongated sheet of transparent plastic material if formed. The elongated sheet has a planar first side and a planar second side opposite the planar first side and separated from the planar first side by a thickness of the elongated sheet. The ultrathin glass sheet is unrolled from the roll of the ultrathin glass sheet and the unrolled ultrathin glass sheet is applied to the first side of the elongated sheet. A reflective layer is applied to the second side of the elongated sheet.

公开(公告)号：US11242009B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-08

申请号：US16819693

申请日：2020-03-16

申请人： Donnelly Corporation

发明人： Niall R. Lynam

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

摘要： An exterior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an exterior mirror assembly having a skull-cap mirror shell that includes an inboard wall that faces generally toward an exterior driver-side of the equipped vehicle and that is viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle. A blind spot indicator is disposed at an aperture established at the inboard wall of the skull-cap mirror shell and provides a viewing area of at least two square centimeters. An illumination source of the blind spot indicator is activated responsive to detection by a blind spot detection system of the equipped vehicle of presence of a rearward approaching or overtaking 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 generally not viewable by a driver of a vehicle forward of the equipped vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US10131280B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-20

申请号：US15727684

申请日：2017-10-09

申请人： Donnelly Corporation

发明人： Darryl P. De Wind ,  Mark E. Kramer ,  Andrew D. Weller ,  Peter J. Whitehead ,  Rodney K. Blank ,  Niall R. Lynam

IPC分类号： B60R1/12 ,  B60K35/00 ,  B60K37/06 ,  B60R11/02 ,  G01C21/26 ,  B60R11/00

摘要： A video mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly including a mirror case and a reflective element, and a video display device disposed in the mirror case and operable to display video images that are viewable by the driver of the vehicle. The reflective element includes a transflective mirror reflector and the video display device is fixedly disposed to the rear of the reflective element. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes an on-screen display controller operable to receive a video signal from a camera disposed at the vehicle. The on-screen display controller is operable to overlay a graphic overlay onto a video signal received from the camera such that a video feed generated by the on-screen display controller includes the graphic overlay. The video display device comprises a metallic enclosure that is electrically grounded when the interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted at the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US10124733B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-13

申请号：US15295058

申请日：2016-10-17

申请人： Donnelly Corporation

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

IPC分类号： B60R1/08 ,  B32B17/10 ,  B60R1/12 ,  G02F1/157 ,  B32B7/14 ,  G02F1/153

摘要： An electro-optic mirror reflective element for a rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a front substrate and a rear substrate. A surface of the front substrate and a surface of the rear substrate oppose each other and are spaced apart by a perimeter seal, with an electro-optic medium disposed between the surfaces and bounded by the perimeter seal. A transparent electrically conductive coating is established at the surface of the front substrate, and a specularly reflective mirror reflector is established at the surface of the rear substrate. The specularly reflective mirror reflector includes a stack of thin film layers having (i) an environmentally stable electrically conductive metallic reflecting thin film layer, (ii) an environmentally vulnerable electrically conductive metallic reflecting thin film layer and (iii) a transparent electrically conductive thin film layer. The transparent electrically conductive thin film layer includes aluminum doped zinc oxide.

公开(公告)号：US09776556B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-03

申请号：US15463295

申请日：2017-03-20

申请人： Donnelly Corporation

发明人： David A. Dingman ,  Brett A. Gorby ,  Keith D. Foote

IPC分类号： B60Q1/26 ,  B60Q1/32 ,  B60Q3/258 ,  B60Q3/267 ,  B60R16/02 ,  B60Q3/80 ,  E05B85/16 ,  E05B17/10 ,  F21V8/00

CPC分类号： B60Q1/2669 ,  B60Q1/26 ,  B60Q1/2665 ,  B60Q1/2696 ,  B60Q1/323 ,  B60Q3/258 ,  B60Q3/267 ,  B60Q3/80 ,  B60R16/0207 ,  B60Y2410/10 ,  B60Y2410/115 ,  E05B17/10 ,  E05B85/16 ,  G02B6/0096

摘要： An exterior door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a strap-handle portion pivotally movable to open the vehicle door. A self-contained elongated module includes (i) an elongated housing, (ii) an elongated light-transmitting cover and (iii) a light pipe. The strap-handle portion receives the self-contained elongated module. At least one light emitting diode is disposed proximate an end region of the strap-handle portion. With the door handle assembly mounted at a vehicle door and when the light emitting diode is electrically powered, light emitted by the light emitting diode passes along the light pipe and through the elongated light-transmitting cover so as to be viewable by a person viewing the exterior door handle assembly from outside of the vehicle door.

公开(公告)号：US09694750B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-04

申请号：US15155351

申请日：2016-05-16

申请人： Donnelly Corporation

发明人： Niall R. Lynam

IPC分类号： B60R1/08 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60R1/072 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B7/182 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02F1/161

CPC分类号： B60R1/082 ,  B60R1/0602 ,  B60R1/072 ,  B60R1/08 ,  B60R1/088 ,  G02B7/182 ,  G02B27/0006 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02F1/161

摘要： A vehicular exterior sideview mirror assembly includes a main mirror element having a first primary field of view rearward of the vehicle and an auxiliary curved mirror element having a second auxiliary field of view rearward of the vehicle. The main mirror element and the auxiliary mirror element are adjacently disposed at a mirror backing plate element in a side-by-side relationship. The first primary field of view of the main mirror element may overlap the second auxiliary field of view of the auxiliary mirror element by between about 2 degrees and about 20 degrees. When used in an exterior sideview mirror assembly of a vehicle, the main mirror element may have a rearward field of view that subtends an angle of less than about 20 degrees relative to the side of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US09545883B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-17

申请号：US14791947

申请日：2015-07-06

申请人： Donnelly Corporation

发明人： Ian A. McCabe ,  Desaraju V. Varaprasad ,  Hamid Habibi ,  Niall R. Lynam

IPC分类号： G02F1/153 ,  B60R1/08 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02F1/161 ,  B60Q1/24 ,  B60Q1/26 ,  B60R1/12 ,  F21S8/10 ,  G02F1/155 ,  G02F1/163

CPC分类号： B60R1/088 ,  B60Q1/24 ,  B60Q1/2665 ,  B60Q1/34 ,  B60Q2400/40 ,  B60R1/04 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60R1/1207 ,  F21S43/14 ,  F21Y2103/10 ,  F21Y2115/10 ,  G02B5/0875 ,  G02B5/10 ,  G02F1/155 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02F1/161 ,  G02F1/163

摘要： An exterior rearview mirror assembly suitable for a vehicle includes an attachment portion and a casing portion having a variable reflectance mirror reflective element. A mirror reflector is disposed at at least a portion of a surface of a rear substrate of the reflective element. The mirror reflector includes a stack of thin films having at least a first metal thin film and a second metal thin film. The first metal thin film is formed of a metal material that has a specific resistivity of less than about 1×10−3 ohm·cm and the second metal thin film is formed of a metal material that has a specific resistivity of less than about 1×10−3 ohm·cm. No part of the rear substrate extends beyond any part of a front substrate of the reflective element. An indicator is disposed rearward of the reflective element and, when actuated, illuminates through the reflective element.

摘要翻译： 适用于车辆的外部后视镜组件包括附接部分和具有可变反射镜反射元件的壳体部分。 镜反射器设置在反射元件的后基板的表面的至少一部分上。 镜反射器包括具有至少第一金属薄膜和第二金属薄膜的薄膜堆叠。 第一金属薄膜由比电阻率小于约1×10-3欧姆·厘米的金属材料形成，第二金属薄膜由电阻率小于约1的金属材料形成 ×10-3欧姆·厘米。 后基板的任何部分不延伸超过反射元件的前基板的任何部分。 指示器设置在反射元件的后方，并且当被致动时，照亮穿过反射元件。

公开(公告)号：US09499102B2

公开(公告)日：2016-11-22

申请号：US15131596

申请日：2016-04-18

申请人： Donnelly Corporation

发明人： Mingtang Zhao

IPC分类号： G02B5/10 ,  B60R1/08 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B29C45/00 ,  C03C17/09 ,  B29D11/00 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02B5/08 ,  B24B7/24 ,  B29L31/30 ,  G02F1/15

CPC分类号： B60R1/082 ,  B24B7/241 ,  B29C45/0053 ,  B29C65/48 ,  B29C66/7465 ,  B29D11/00596 ,  B29L2031/3055 ,  B60R1/0602 ,  B60R1/08 ,  C03C17/09 ,  C03C2217/26 ,  C03C2217/70 ,  C03C2218/154 ,  C03C2218/31 ,  C23C14/028 ,  C23C14/185 ,  C23C14/34 ,  G02B5/0808 ,  G02B5/10 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02F2001/1515 ,  G02F2201/34

摘要： A method of forming a mirror reflector sub-assembly suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes providing a glass substrate and physically removing glass from a portion of a second surface of the glass substrate to form a curved recess locally thereat, and coating via a vacuum deposition process the second surface of the glass substrate with a mirror reflector to form a mirror reflective element suitable for use in an automotive exterior rearview mirror assembly. The method includes forming a mirror back plate in a plastic molding operation and providing a heater pad and disposing the heater pad between the coated second surface of the glass substrate and the first side of the mirror back plate. The heater pad is adhered to the coated second surface of glass substrate and to the first side of the mirror back plate.

摘要翻译： 形成适用于车辆的后视镜后视镜组件的镜面反射器子组件的方法包括：提供玻璃基板并从玻璃基板的第二表面的一部分物理移除玻璃以在其上局部形成弯曲的凹部， 并通过真空沉积工艺将玻璃基板的第二表面用反射镜反射涂覆以形成适用于汽车外部后视镜组件的镜面反射元件。 该方法包括在塑料模制操作中形成镜背板，并提供加热垫并将加热垫设置在玻璃基板的经涂覆的第二表面和镜背板的第一侧之间。 加热垫粘附到玻璃基板的涂覆的第二表面和镜背板的第一侧。