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Patent No.:

US 10023122 B1

Date of Patent:

Jul. 17, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2017

Exterior mirror reflective element with auxiliary reflector

Applicant:

Donnelly Corporation, Holland, MI (US);

Inventor:

Mingtang Zhao, Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Assignee:

DONNELLY CORPORATION, Holland, MI (US);

Attorney:

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Euncha Cherry

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G02B 5/10 (2006.01); B60R 1/08 (2006.01); C23C 14/02 (2006.01); G02F 1/157 (2006.01); C03C 17/09 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B24B 7/24 (2006.01); B60R 1/06 (2006.01); G02B 5/08 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); C23C 14/34 (2006.01); C23C 14/18 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); G02F 1/15 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

B60R 1/082 (2013.01); B24B 7/241 (2013.01); B29C 45/0053 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B29C 66/7465 (2013.01); B29D 11/00596 (2013.01); B60R 1/0602 (2013.01); B60R 1/08 (2013.01); C03C 17/09 (2013.01); C23C 14/028 (2013.01); C23C 14/185 (2013.01); C23C 14/34 (2013.01); G02B 5/0808 (2013.01); G02B 5/10 (2013.01); G02F 1/157 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3055 (2013.01); C03C 2217/26 (2013.01); C03C 2217/70 (2013.01); C03C 2218/154 (2013.01); C03C 2218/31 (2013.01); G02F 2001/1515 (2013.01); G02F 2201/34 (2013.01);

Abstract

A mirror reflective element suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a glass substrate having a first side and an opposing second side. The mirror reflective element has a principal reflector portion and an auxiliary reflector portion. The auxiliary reflector portion includes a curved recess established at the second side of the glass substrate. An auxiliary mirror metallic reflector is coated at the curved recess at the second side of the glass substrate and a principal mirror metallic reflector is coated at the principal reflector portion. The mirror reflective element is configured so that, when an exterior rearview mirror assembly equipped with the mirror reflective element is normally mounted at a side of a vehicle, the curved recess is disposed at an outboard upper region of the mirror reflective element relative to the side of the equipped vehicle.

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