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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2022.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60R 1/08 (2006.01); B60R 1/072 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/007 (2013.01); B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); B60R 1/08 (2013.01); B60R 1/12 (2013.01); B60R 1/1207 (2013.01); B60R 1/072 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1215 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1223 (2013.01); B60R 2300/101 (2013.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/301 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8026 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8066 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for monitoring the blind spot of a motor vehicle has a mirror assembly with at least one mirror element that can be moved using an actuator, and a microphone assembly. The microphone assembly is designed to determine the sound direction, and the movable mirror element is in the form of a sound reflector.