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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:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Donnelly Corporation, Holland, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ; G02B / ; B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359726 ; 359831 ; 359833 ; 359837 ; 359838 ; 359871 ; 359872 ; 359503 ;
Abstract
An exterior rearview mirror for vehicles incorporates a forward vision improving system allowing improved visibility of the opposite roadway forward of the vehicle for safer passing. Preferably, the forward vision system includes a pair of prisms mounted in a mirror housing, one of which is directed at an angle of incidence past and to the left of a front, slower vehicle, the other of which receives the image from the first, and is positioned in the driver's line of sight. In one embodiment of the vision system, the front prism of the pair of prisms is replaced by a divergent lens.