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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2007
Desaraju V. Varaprasad, Holland, MI (US);
Mingtang Zhao, Holland, MI (US);
Craig A. Dornan, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Anoop Agrawal, Tucson, AZ (US);
Pierr-marc Allemand, Tucson, AZ (US);
Niall R. Lynam, Holland, MI (US);
Desaraju V. Varaprasad, Holland, MI (US);
Mingtang Zhao, Holland, MI (US);
Craig A. Dornan, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Anoop Agrawal, Tucson, AZ (US);
Pierr-Marc Allemand, Tucson, AZ (US);
Niall R. Lynam, Holland, MI (US);
Donnelly Corporation, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
An exterior mirror suitable for use in a vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a reflective mirror element having a light transmitting substrate with a mirror reflector having a metallic reflective layer coated thereon. A visual indicator display is disposed to the rear of the light transmitting substrate and actuated to emit light when powered. Light emitted by light sources of the display passes through the light transmitting substrate so as to be viewed by a driver of the vehicle equipped with the reflective mirror element. The mirror element has portions of the metallic reflective layer at least partially removed by laser scribing to establish at least partially light transmissive portions of the mirror reflector so that light emitted by light sources, when powered, passes through the respective at least partially light transmissive portions to be viewed by a viewer viewing from the front of the reflective mirror element.