WO2006014209A3 - Rearview assembly having an integral crush zone - Google Patents

Rearview assembly having an integral crush zone Download PDF

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WO2006014209A3
WO2006014209A3 PCT/US2005/019817 US2005019817W WO2006014209A3 WO 2006014209 A3 WO2006014209 A3 WO 2006014209A3 US 2005019817 W US2005019817 W US 2005019817W WO 2006014209 A3 WO2006014209 A3 WO 2006014209A3
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rearview
assembly
rearview assembly
mount
rearview element
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PCT/US2005/019817
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Frederick T Bauer
Robert R Turnbull
Daniel J Bostwick
Wayne J Rumsey
Alan R Watson
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Gentex Corp
Frederick T Bauer
Robert R Turnbull
Daniel J Bostwick
Wayne J Rumsey
Alan R Watson
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Priority claimed from US10/863,638 external-priority patent/US7706046B2/en
Application filed by Gentex Corp, Frederick T Bauer, Robert R Turnbull, Daniel J Bostwick, Wayne J Rumsey, Alan R Watson filed Critical Gentex Corp
Publication of WO2006014209A2 publication Critical patent/WO2006014209A2/en
Publication of WO2006014209A9 publication Critical patent/WO2006014209A9/en
Publication of WO2006014209A3 publication Critical patent/WO2006014209A3/en
Publication of WO2006014209B1 publication Critical patent/WO2006014209B1/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R1/00—Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
    • B60R1/02—Rear-view mirror arrangements
    • B60R1/08—Rear-view mirror arrangements involving special optical features, e.g. avoiding blind spots, e.g. convex mirrors; Side-by-side associations of rear-view and other mirrors
    • B60R1/083—Anti-glare mirrors, e.g. "day-night" mirrors
    • B60R1/088—Anti-glare mirrors, e.g. "day-night" mirrors using a cell of electrically changeable optical characteristic, e.g. liquid-crystal or electrochromic mirrors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R1/00—Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
    • B60R1/02—Rear-view mirror arrangements
    • B60R1/04—Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted inside vehicle
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/15—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on an electrochromic effect
    • G02F1/153—Constructional details
    • G02F1/1533—Constructional details structural features not otherwise provided for

Abstract

A rearview assembly (10) comprising a rearview element (10), a rearview element support assembly supporting the rearview element and a mount (6) adjacent the housing. The mount (6) is configured to connect the rearview assembly (4) to a windshield. At least one of the rearview element support assembly and the mount comprises a crush bracket (8) having at least two legs adapted to be compressed as a force strikes a front of the rearview element. The crush bracket (8) can include at least one tab contacting a heat emitting component and/or an electrically conductive component (285) of a circuit to provide a heat sink for the heat emitting component or a ground for the electrically conductive component, respectively.
PCT/US2005/019817 2004-06-08 2005-06-06 Rearview assembly having an integral crush zone WO2006014209A2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/863,638 US7706046B2 (en) 2004-06-08 2004-06-08 Rearview mirror element having a circuit mounted to the rear surface of the element
US10/863,638 2004-06-08
US10/985,857 2004-11-10
US10/985,857 US7196836B2 (en) 2004-06-08 2004-11-10 Rearview assembly having an integral crush zone

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WO2006014209A2 WO2006014209A2 (en) 2006-02-09
WO2006014209A9 WO2006014209A9 (en) 2006-04-13
WO2006014209A3 true WO2006014209A3 (en) 2006-07-27
WO2006014209B1 WO2006014209B1 (en) 2006-09-14

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US5520063A (en) * 1994-05-03 1996-05-28 Metagal Industria E Comercio Ltda. Displacement mechanism for inside rearview mirror of motor vehicle
US6441943B1 (en) * 1997-04-02 2002-08-27 Gentex Corporation Indicators and illuminators using a semiconductor radiation emitter package
US6657767B2 (en) * 2001-05-21 2003-12-02 Gentex Corporation Rearview mirror assembly construction
US20050174622A1 (en) * 2002-04-26 2005-08-11 Lawlor Patrick J. Rearview mirror assemblies

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5520063A (en) * 1994-05-03 1996-05-28 Metagal Industria E Comercio Ltda. Displacement mechanism for inside rearview mirror of motor vehicle
US6441943B1 (en) * 1997-04-02 2002-08-27 Gentex Corporation Indicators and illuminators using a semiconductor radiation emitter package
US6657767B2 (en) * 2001-05-21 2003-12-02 Gentex Corporation Rearview mirror assembly construction
US20050174622A1 (en) * 2002-04-26 2005-08-11 Lawlor Patrick J. Rearview mirror assemblies

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