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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:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Rosco, Inc., Jamaica, NY (US);
Inventors:
William P. Schmidt, Newport, MI (US);
Daniel M. Swain, Wyandotte, MI (US);
Assignee:
Rosco, Inc., Jamaica, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/08 (2006.01); G02B 5/10 (2006.01); B60R 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/082 (2013.01); B60R 1/06 (2013.01); G02B 5/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Cross-view mirrors for buses and other vehicles which provide modified image sizes. The mirror assemblies have lens members created from the shape of a portion of an elliptical or circular toroid volumetric shape with an elliptical or circular cross-sectional shape. A first embodiment has an elliptical toroid volumetric shape with an elliptical cross-sectional shape. A second embodiment has an elliptical toroid volumetric shape with a circular cross-sectional shape. A third embodiment has a circular toroid volumetric shape with an elliptical cross-sectional shape.