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Patent No.:

US 10137823 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2016

Exterior rearview device with illumination functions

Applicant:

Smr Patents S.à.r.l., Luxembourg, LU;

Inventors:

Daniel Fritz, Stuttgart, DE;

Ilka Rötzer, Denkendorf, DE;

Eugen Meier, Ditzingen, DE;

Oliver Schmidt, Stuttgart, DE;

Romeo Wieczorek, Esslingen, DE;

Andrea König, Esslingen, DE;

Peter Hein, Denkendorf, DE;

Alexandru Dobrete, Stuttgart, DE;

Andreas Herrmann, Winnenden-Baach, DE;

Christopher Moase, South Brighton, AU;

Adam Di Fiore, Underdale, AU;

Phillip McKenzie, Clapham, AU;

Marco Cid, Coromandel Valley, AU;

Simon Belcher, South Plympton, AU;

Assignee:

SMR Patents S.à.r.l., Luxembourg, LU;

Attorney:

MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Don Le

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/12 (2006.01); B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); F21S 43/235 (2018.01); F21S 43/30 (2018.01); F21S 41/141 (2018.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); B60Q 3/20 (2017.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/08 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0011 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0017 (2013.01); B60Q 1/085 (2013.01); B60Q 1/12 (2013.01); B60Q 1/24 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2665 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2696 (2013.01); B60Q 1/34 (2013.01); B60Q 3/20 (2017.02); F21S 41/141 (2018.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/235 (2018.01); F21S 43/30 (2018.01); H05B 33/0845 (2013.01); H05B 33/0857 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/112 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/122 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/21 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract

An adaptive cornering light system for a motor vehicle includes an exterior mirror head, housing at least one lighting module that having a plurality of LEDs arranged in sectors to provide different lighting functionalities. One LED or light sector is provided for adaptively illuminating a cornering area that extends along the side of the vehicle toward the front of the exterior mirror head. This 'cornering LED' is adaptively activated if the speed of the vehicle is below a threshold speed, or in response to additional optional parameters such as steering angle, turn-signal blinker activation, and running lights activation. Another LED or light sector may be used as a security light to illuminate or display a message on the ground in the door area adjacent the side of the vehicle. Interior lights are also disclosed. User input may also control options for illumination.

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