公开(公告)号：US09838653B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-05

申请号：US13527375

申请日：2012-06-19

申请人： Richard T. Fish, Jr. ,  Peter N. Rizk ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Mark R. Roth ,  Frederick T. Bauer ,  Christian M. Kemperman ,  Danny L. Suman ,  Andrew J. LeVesque ,  David J. Cammenga ,  Michael F. Lisowski ,  Sandra Lynn Suman

发明人： Richard T. Fish, Jr. ,  Peter N. Rizk ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Mark R. Roth ,  Frederick T. Bauer ,  Christian M. Kemperman ,  Danny L. Suman ,  Andrew J. LeVesque ,  David J. Cammenga ,  Michael F. Lisowski

IPC分类号： H04N7/18 ,  B60R11/04

CPC分类号： H04N7/185 ,  B60R11/04

摘要： An imager module for a vehicle includes a support having a first side and a second side. A shroud is operably coupled with the first side. The support and the shroud define a cavity. A viewing aperture is disposed in one of the support and the shroud. An imager system is disposed in the cavity. An electrical connector is configured to provide communication with the imager system. The electrical connector is disposed outside the cavity in abutting contact with the second side of the support.

公开(公告)号：US08827517B2

公开(公告)日：2014-09-09

申请号：US13271745

申请日：2011-10-12

申请人： David J. Cammenga ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Mark R. Roth ,  William L. Tonar ,  Jeremy A. Fogg ,  Michael F. Lisowski ,  Peter N. Rizk

发明人： David J. Cammenga ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Mark R. Roth ,  William L. Tonar ,  Jeremy A. Fogg ,  Michael F. Lisowski ,  Peter N. Rizk

IPC分类号： B60Q1/26 ,  B60R1/08 ,  B60R1/12

CPC分类号： B60R1/04 ,  B60R1/088 ,  B60R1/12 ,  B60R1/1207 ,  B60R2001/1253

摘要： A rearview assembly having a mounting structure configured to be operably coupled with a vehicle. A housing is operably connected with the mounting structure and a rearward viewing device is supported by one of the housing and the mounting structure. The rearward viewing device provides a rearward view to a vehicle driver and includes a front substrate and a rear substrate. The entire front surface of the front substrate is exposed and the entire rear substrate is positioned behind the front substrate. A concealing layer is disposed about a periphery of the rearward viewing device between the front substrate and the rear substrate. A partially optically transparent bezel is disposed adjacent to both the rearward viewing device and the housing, the optically transparent bezel having an edge radius greater than 2.5 mm and the optically transparent bezel being substantially flush with the front surface of the front substrate.

摘要翻译： 具有安装结构的后视组件，其构造成可与车辆可操作地联接。 壳体与安装结构可操作地连接，并且后视观察装置由壳体和安装结构之一支撑。 向后观察装置向车辆驾驶员提供后视图，并且包括前基板和后基板。 前基板的整个前表面被暴露，并且整个后基板位于前基板的后面。 隐藏层围绕前后基板的后方观察装置的周边设置。 一个部分光学透明的边框设置成与后视观察装置和壳体相邻，光学透明的边框具有大于2.5mm的边缘半径，并且光学透明边框基本上与前基板的前表面齐平。

公开(公告)号：US08885240B2

公开(公告)日：2014-11-11

申请号：US13567363

申请日：2012-08-06

申请人： Mark R. Roth ,  Mark D. Bugno ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  David J. Cammenga ,  William L. Tonar ,  Joel A. Stray ,  Sandra Lynn Suman

发明人： Mark R. Roth ,  Mark D. Bugno ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  David J. Cammenga ,  William L. Tonar ,  Joel A. Stray ,  Danny L. Suman

IPC分类号： G02F1/153 ,  B60R1/12 ,  B60R1/02

CPC分类号： B60R1/02 ,  B60R1/12 ,  B60R2001/1215 ,  G02F1/153

摘要： A rearview assembly for a vehicle includes a housing. A carrier is operably connected with the housing and supports a display. A circuit board is disposed in the housing. A sensing system is disposed proximate the display and is connected with the circuit board. A switching assembly is operably connected with the circuit board. Actuation of the switching assembly when the sensing system has been activated enables a function of the rearview assembly.

摘要翻译： 一种用于车辆的后视组件包括壳体。 托架与壳体可操作地连接并支撑显示器。 电路板设置在壳体中。 传感系统靠近显示器设置并与电路板连接。 开关组件可操作地与电路板连接。 当感应系统启动时，开关组件的启动可以实现后视组件的功能。

公开(公告)号：US08899761B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-02

申请号：US13428799

申请日：2012-03-23

申请人： William L. Tonar ,  Henry A. Luten ,  George A. Neuman ,  David J. Cammenga ,  Luke W. Koops ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Kristopher R. Green ,  Timothy L. Pawlowski ,  Sandra Lynn Suman

发明人： William L. Tonar ,  Henry A. Luten ,  Danny L. Suman ,  George A. Neuman ,  David J. Cammenga ,  Luke W. Koops ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Kristopher R. Green ,  Timothy L. Pawlowski

IPC分类号： B60R1/06 ,  H01L41/09 ,  G02B27/00

CPC分类号： G02B27/0006 ,  B60S1/56 ,  H01L41/09 ,  H01L41/0973

摘要： A vibratory assembly having a housing. A transducer is operably coupled with the housing and has a substantially cylindrical shape. An isolator is at least partially disposed between the housing and the transducer. A lens cover is operably coupled with the transducer. A power source includes contacts operably coupled with the transducer. The power source supplies power to the transducer at various frequencies swept around a resonance harmonic to account for mass changes resulting from debris accumulation on the lens cover.

摘要翻译： 具有壳体的振动组件。 传感器与壳体可操作地联接并且具有基本上圆柱形的形状。 隔离器至少部分地设置在壳体和换能器之间。 透镜盖与传感器可操作地耦合。 电源包括可操作地与换能器耦合的触点。 电源以不同的频率扫描谐振谐波，从而考虑到由镜头盖上的碎片积聚引起的质量变化，向换能器供电。

公开(公告)号：US08339526B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-25

申请号：US11684366

申请日：2007-03-09

申请人： Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Mark W. Newton ,  Ethan J. Lee ,  William L. Tonar ,  Darin D. Tuttle ,  David J. Cammenga ,  John S. Anderson ,  John B. Ostreko ,  Christian M. Kemperman ,  David A. Blaker

发明人： Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Mark W. Newton ,  Ethan J. Lee ,  William L. Tonar ,  Darin D. Tuttle ,  David J. Cammenga ,  John S. Anderson ,  John B. Ostreko ,  Christian M. Kemperman ,  David A. Blaker

IPC分类号： G02F1/1335 ,  B60R1/12

CPC分类号： B60R1/12 ,  B60R2001/1253 ,  G02B3/0056 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/0101 ,  G02B2027/0118

摘要： An inventive rearview assembly for a vehicle may comprise a mirror element and a display including a light management subassembly. The subassembly may comprise an LCD placed behind a transflective layer of the mirror element. Despite a low transmittance through the transflective layer, the inventive display is capable of generating a viewable display image having an intensity of at least 250 cd/m2 and up to 3500 cd/m2. The display includes a novel backlighting subassembly and novel optical components including a magnifying system, a depolarizer, a reflector, and a reflective polarizer. The display may be configured to display an image having edges contoured to correspond to the edges of the mirror element.

摘要翻译： 用于车辆的本发明的后视组件可以包括镜子元件和包括灯管理子组件的显示器。 子组件可以包括放置在镜元件的半透反射层之后的LCD。 尽管通过透反射层具有低透射率，但是本发明的显示器能够产生具有至少250cd / m 2和高达3500cd / m 2的强度的可视显示图像。 显示器包括新颖的背光子组件和包括放大系统，去偏振器，反射器和反射偏振器的新型光学部件。 显示器可以被配置为显示具有与镜子元件的边缘对应的轮廓的边缘的图像。

公开(公告)号：US09434313B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-06

申请号：US13396156

申请日：2012-02-14

申请人： Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Frederick T. Bauer ,  Michael G. Hendricks ,  Michael F. Lisowski

发明人： Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Frederick T. Bauer ,  Michael G. Hendricks ,  Michael F. Lisowski

IPC分类号： B60Q1/26 ,  B60R1/12 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60Q3/02

CPC分类号： B60R1/12 ,  B60Q1/2665 ,  B60Q3/258 ,  B60R1/0602 ,  B60R2001/1215

摘要： An optical lighting assembly for use with a vehicular outside rearview mirror includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a light source such as a light emitting diode (LED) mounted thereon. An optical device such as a light pipe is positioned adjacent to the LED for propagating light away from the LED. A mirror element includes at least one indicia where light escaping from the light pipe is used to illuminate the indicia.

摘要翻译： 一种用于车辆外后视镜的光学照明组件包括具有安装在其上的发光二极管（LED）等光源的印刷电路板（PCB）。 诸如光管的光学装置定位成与LED相邻，用于将光远离LED传播。 镜元件包括至少一个标记，其中从光管逸出的光用于照亮标记。

公开(公告)号：US08646924B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-11

申请号：US13405697

申请日：2012-02-27

申请人： Mark R. Roth ,  Peter N. Rizk ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Kenneth R. Filipiak ,  Darin D. Tuttle ,  Kent H. Frye

发明人： Mark R. Roth ,  Peter N. Rizk ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Kenneth R. Filipiak ,  Darin D. Tuttle ,  Kent H. Frye

IPC分类号： G02B7/182

CPC分类号： B60R1/12 ,  B60R1/04 ,  B60R11/04 ,  B60R2011/0033

摘要： A rearview device mounting assembly including a mount configured to be operably coupled to a windshield. A first support extends downward from the mount. A second support is rotatably connected with the first support and is rotatable about a first axis of rotation. The second support includes a carrier that extends substantially orthogonal to the first axis of rotation. A rearview device assembly is operably connected to the carrier. The rearview device assembly is substantially vertically rotatable about the carrier and substantially horizontally rotatable about the first support.

摘要翻译： 一种后视装置安装组件，包括构造成可操作地联接到挡风玻璃的安装座。 第一个支架向下延伸。 第二支撑件可旋转地与第一支撑件连接并且可围绕第一旋转轴线旋转。 第二支撑件包括基本上垂直于第一旋转轴线延伸的载体。 后视装置组件可操作地连接到载体。 后视装置组件基本可垂直地绕托架旋转并且围绕第一支撑件基本水平地可旋转。

公开(公告)号：US08237909B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-07

申请号：US12367143

申请日：2009-02-06

申请人： John B. Ostreko ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Andrew J. LeVesque ,  William R. Spence ,  Peter Wm. VanderWel ,  John B. Wallace ,  Frederick T. Bauer ,  Mark W. Newton ,  Ethan J. Lee ,  Jeremy A. Fogg

发明人： John B. Ostreko ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Andrew J. LeVesque ,  William R. Spence ,  Peter Wm. VanderWel ,  John B. Wallace ,  Frederick T. Bauer ,  Mark W. Newton ,  Ethan J. Lee ,  Jeremy A. Fogg

IPC分类号： G02F1/13

CPC分类号： B60R1/12 ,  B60R2001/1253 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/133603 ,  G02F1/133605 ,  G02F1/153 ,  G02F2001/133334 ,  G02F2001/133545 ,  G02F2201/44 ,  G02F2201/465 ,  G02F2201/58

摘要： A vehicular rearview mirror assembly (600) includes an electrochromic (EC) glass element (303) and a printed circuit board (603) for mounting electrical components. A liquid crystal display (LCD) (615) is mounted to the printed circuit board (603), while a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) (608) are also mounted to the same printed circuit board below the LCD (603) for providing backlighting.

摘要翻译： 车辆后视镜组件（600）包括用于安装电气部件的电致变色（EC）玻璃元件（303）和印刷电路板（603）。 液晶显示器（LCD）（615）安装到印刷电路板（603）上，而多个发光二极管（LED）（608）也安装在LCD（603）下面的同一印刷电路板上，用于 提供背光。

公开(公告)号：US09134585B2

公开(公告)日：2015-09-15

申请号：US13395069

申请日：2011-07-07

申请人： William L. Tonar ,  Mark D. Bugno ,  Mark R. Roth ,  David J. Cammenga ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Joel A. Stray ,  George A. Neuman

发明人： William L. Tonar ,  Mark D. Bugno ,  Mark R. Roth ,  David J. Cammenga ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Joel A. Stray ,  George A. Neuman

IPC分类号： G02F1/15 ,  G02F1/157 ,  B60R1/08 ,  G02F1/153 ,  G02F1/161

CPC分类号： G02F1/1533 ,  B23K26/362 ,  B23K26/402 ,  B23K2103/00 ,  B23K2103/50 ,  B60R1/088 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02F1/161

摘要： A vehicular rearview assembly that has a rounded outer perimeter edge to satisfy safety standards and contains an EC element having a complex peripheral ring, a front surface that is fully observable from the front of the assembly, and a user interface with switches and sensors that activate and configure, in cooperation with electronic circuitry of the assembly, pre-defined function(s) or device(s) of the assembly in response to the user input applied to the user interface. A complex peripheral ring may include multiple bands the structures of which is adapted to provide for specified optical characteristics of light, reflected off of the ring. Electrical communications between the electronic circuitry, the mirror element, and the user interface utilize connectors configured to exert a low contact force, onto the mirror element, limited in part by the strength of adhesive affixing the EC element to an element of the housing of the assembly.

摘要翻译： 具有圆形外周边缘以满足安全标准并且包含具有复杂外围环的EC元件的车辆后视组件，从组件前部完全可观察到的前表面以及与开关和传感器激活的用户界面 以及响应于应用于所述用户界面的用户输入，与所述组件的电子电路配合来配置所述组件的预定义功能或设备。 复杂的外围环可以包括多个带，其结构适于提供从环反射的光的特定光学特性。 电子电路，镜子元件和用户界面之间的电气通信利用被配置为在镜子元件上施加低接触力的连接部分地被将EC元件固定到壳体的元件的粘合剂的强度部分地限制 部件。

公开(公告)号：US08753025B2

公开(公告)日：2014-06-17

申请号：US13557070

申请日：2012-07-24

申请人： Luke W. Koops ,  William L. Tonar ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Kristopher R. Green ,  Timothy L. Pawlowski ,  Sandra Lynn Suman

发明人： Danny L. Suman ,  Luke W. Koops ,  William L. Tonar ,  Danny L. Minikey, Jr. ,  Kristopher R. Green ,  Timothy L. Pawlowski

IPC分类号： G03B17/00 ,  G02B23/16 ,  G03B11/04 ,  G03B17/08 ,  B60R11/04

CPC分类号： B60R11/04 ,  G03B11/043 ,  G03B17/00 ,  G03B17/08

摘要： An imaging device enclosure for a vehicle including a housing having an image device aperture. A motor is disposed in the housing and is operably connected with a mobile wedge. The mobile wedge is operable between an extended position and a retracted position. An imaging device is slidably connected with the mobile wedge and is movable between the retracted position corresponding to the extended position of the mobile wedge and the extended position corresponding to the retracted position. A flexible boot is disposed over the image device aperture. The flexible boot defines a flexible opening. The imaging device protrudes through the flexible opening when the imaging device is in the extended position.

摘要翻译： 一种用于车辆的成像装置外壳，包括具有图像装置孔的外壳。 电动机设置在壳体中并且与移动楔可操作地连接。 移动楔可在延伸位置和缩回位置之间操作。 成像装置可滑动地与移动楔形连接，并且可在对应于可移动楔的延伸位置的缩回位置与对应于缩回位置的延伸位置之间移动。 柔性靴子设置在图像设备孔径上方。 灵活的靴子定义了一个灵活的开口。 当成像装置处于伸出位置时，成像装置通过柔性开口突出。