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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147077 | Exterior sideview mirror system An exterior sideview mirror system includes an exterior sideview mirror assembly including a plano-auxiliary reflective element having a rearward field of view when attached to a side of an automobile. The plano reflective element and the auxiliary reflective elemen... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8128244 | Exterior sideview mirror system An exterior sideview mirror system includes an exterior sideview mirror assembly including a plano-auxiliary reflective element having a rearward field of view when attached to a side of an automobile. The plano reflective element and the auxiliary reflective elemen... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128243 | Exterior sideview mirror system An exterior sideview mirror assembly includes a single mirror backing plate element within a mirror housing. A main plano mirror element and an auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element are supported by the backing plate element. The backing plate element has a gene... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7934843 | Exterior sideview mirror system An exterior sideview mirror system includes an exterior sideview mirror assembly including a plano-auxiliary reflective element having a rearward field of view when attached to a side of an automobile. The plano reflective element and the auxiliary reflective elemen... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7686464 | Multi-faced conversation mirror A conversation mirror assembly is provided for use in passenger compartments of motor vehicles. The conversation mirror assembly includes a mirror housing having a mirror support surface. A first conversation mirror face biased toward the driver is fitted to the mir... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7422336 | Vehicle side mirror A vehicle side mirror that can visually confirm the blind spot of the main mirror without providing a prism or a fresnel lens on the window glass is provided. The vehicle side mirror is equipped with mirror housing attached to the side of the vehicle body and main m... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7360908 | Exterior mirror for motor vehicle An exterior rear view mirror for a vehicle has a housing pivotally mounted on a base for angular movement about a first pivot axis and an electric motor for causing such movement. A controller operates the motor at either of two different speeds. The controller incl... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7298548 | Multi-directional viewing and imaging A solution for directing electromagnetic radiation, such as visible light, from multiple fields of view in differing directions to a single view point is provided. The radiation received from one or more fields of view is directed onto a first reflective surface, th... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7267448 | Ellipsoid vehicular mirror A mirror assembly is provided having a base member and a dome lens member. The dome lens member has a varying dome lens radius of curvature with a center surface portion having a center surface radius of curvature and a peripheral surface portion having a peripheral... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7241020 | High definition vehicular mirror A vehicle mirror assembly having a housing or base member, a mirror lens and a gasket. The mirror lens is provided in the shape of a portion of an end of an ellipsoid. The lens has a varying radius of curvature. The center portion of the lens has a smaller radius of... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234825 | Curved rearview system for vehicles The curved rearview mirror system for vehicles allows a driver to see the entire area of a driver's blind spot from looking into any one of three mirrors without giving the driver an overly distorted view. The mirror system includes a central rearview mirror with a ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7216994 | Vehicle exterior rearview mirror assembly A mirror system for a vehicle comprising an exterior rearview mirror assembly, which includes a fixed portion which is configured to mount to a side of the vehicle. The movable portion includes a reflective element and a reflective element actuator. The reflective e... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7167294 | Automobile exterior sideview mirror system An automobile exterior sideview mirror system includes an exterior sideview mirror assembly, which includes a reflective element assembly. The reflective element assembly includes a first reflective element having a unit magnification and a second reflective element... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7073914 | Vehicle exterior rearview mirror assembly A mirror system for a vehicle comprising an exterior rearview mirror assembly, which includes a fixed portion which is configured to mount to a side of the vehicle. The movable portion includes a reflective element and a reflective element actuator. The reflective e... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7025469 | Vehicle rear-view mirror with wide viewing angle and reduced image distortion A mirror with wide viewing angle and reduced image distortion, to be used as an external rear-view mirror for vehicles which is obtained monolithically by pressure injection-molding or gravity casting of a highly transparent material and its external incident surfac... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7014328 | Apparatus for tilting a carrier for optical elements The invention relates to an apparatus for tilting a carrier for optical elements with two optical faces which are arranged together on a carrier and are fixed at a fixed angle to one another, the carrier being fastened on a base plate via articulated connections. Th... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7001032 | Automotive rear view mirror An automotive rear view mirror includes a primary flat reflective surface that generates an undistorted image, and three secondary reflective surfaces that are curved so as to increase the field of view laterally and also vertically. The curved reflective surfaces i... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6932483 | Vehicular mirror A vehicular mirror 12 having a first curved portion 18 and a second substantially planar portion 16. The first curved portion 18 is deployed in close proximity to the vehicle 10, thereby substantially eliminating the conventional â... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6916100 | Vehicle exterior rearview mirror assembly A mirror system for a vehicle comprising an exterior rearview mirror assembly, which includes a fixed portion which is configured to mount to a side of the vehicle. The movable portion includes a reflective element and a reflective element actuator. The reflective e... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912341 | Optical fiber link A system comprises at least one optical fiber that revolves around an axis when an array assembly that includes a radar array revolves around the axis. The optical fiber receives a light pattern that specifies information from the array assembly. A stationary device... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6717712 | Exterior mirror plano-auxiliary reflective element assembly This invention provides a reflective element assembly suitable for use in an exterior sideview mirror assembly mounted to the side body of an automobile. The reflective element assembly includes a first reflective element and a second reflective element. The second ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6710924 | Spectroscope with multiple laser beams A spectroscope has a body having a front surface, a rear surface, and a concavity provided in the rear surface. The concavity is defined by a plurality of angled reflective surfaces. A laser beam directed at the front surface is divided into a plurality of branch la... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6527399 | All-planar blind-spot proof automobile side-view mirror A patent application is filed for an automobile side-view mirror that could avoid thousands of automobile accidents that could occur yearly on account of the well-known blind-spot hazard. The side-view mirror is a relatively low-cost item, and yet is a ma... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6523965 | Driver rearview mirror An improved rearview mirror for use on most types of motor vehicles (cars and trucks) includes two plane (flat) reflective surfaces held at an acute angle with respect to each other. One of these a principal reflecting surface used as the principal rearvi... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6522451 | Exterior mirror plano-auxiliary reflective element assembly This invention provides a plano-multiradius reflective element assembly suitable for use in an exterior sideview mirror assembly mounted to the side body of an automobile. The plano-multiradius reflective element assembly includes a plano reflective eleme... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6485151 | Motorcycle mirror providing rider concurrent viewing of road to the side and immediately to the rear of motorcycle A motorcycle rear view mirror assembly for addition to motorcycles and like vehicles providing a view of both the rear sides, and directly behind and adjacent to the rear of the motorcycle which will increase the safety of the operator when changing lanes... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6450653 | Tri-faceted vehicle side view mirror assembly A tri-faceted side view mirror assembly having a tri-faceted vehicle side view mirror that provides an increased viewing angled which encompasses the side and back side of a vehicle. The tri-faceted vehicle side view mirror assembly includes a two-part ho... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6439729 | Wide angle mirror attachable to an existing rear view mirror A wide room mirror in the present invention has a main mirror formed in the shape of a plate body and detachably attached to the surface side of an existing room mirror such that the surface of the existing room mirror is covered with the main mirror. The... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6398377 | Automobile external wide-angle rearview mirror An automobile external wide-angle rearview mirror, which is integrated with a main zone disposed at an inner side thereof and multiple upper and lower outer zones respectively disposed at an outer sides thereof and border upon the main zone at first and s... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6390632 | Blind-spot proof automobile side-view mirror A major cause of road accidents is the well-known blind spot present within the field of view of side-view mirrors of automobiles, in particular of the left. Innovations have been made in the past and recently in designing mirrors that avoid the blind spo... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6328450 | Oval, constant radius convex mirror assembly A safety mirror lens assembly includes a mirror unit with a mirror lens that has a three-dimensional convex/ellipsoid reflective surface which terminates in an oval shape peripheral edge. The reflective surface is such that a notional line traced to coinc... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6270225 | Blind spot sideview mirrors A left hand and right hand sideview mirror system for vehicles to provide an adequate display of vehicles in the regular view area, the overtaking area, and the blind spot area in one single contiguous mirror. This is all done with three flat plane mirror... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6270226 | Multi-view imaging device A multi-image viewing device having two reflective sections adjacent to one another, a single flexible backing attached to the backs the two reflective sections such that a side edge of each of the reflective sections is adjacent to one another to thereby... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6254241 | Polygonal illumination reflector A polygonal illumination reflector includes a support base and a configuration of discrete reflector elements supported by the support base. The reflector elements have respective pairs of opposite side edges and respective interior reflective surfaces. T... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6227674 | Oval, constant radius convex mirror assembly A safety mirror lens assembly includes a mirror unit with a mirror lens that has a three-dimensional convex/ellipsoid reflective surface which terminates in an oval shape peripheral edge. The reflective surface is such that a notional line traced to coinc... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6126289 | Wide angle mirror attachable to an existing rear view mirror A wide room mirror in the present invention has a main mirror formed in the shape of a plate body and detachably attached to the surface side of an existing room mirror such that the surface of the existing room mirror is covered with the main mirror. The... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6076934 | Vehicle blind spot mirror A vehicle blind spot mirror with a mirror having a single plane outwardly curved surface, an extension member attached to the rear portion of the outwardly curved mirror and having a double stick foam tape attachment means on the opposite surface of the e... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6074068 | Automobile side view mirror with zig-zagged surface The disclosure is related to a mirror device for use particularly as a side view mirror for automobiles. Side view mirrors presently in common use comprise of plane mirrors, and are required to be of a limited size. Because of the required small size, the... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6007207 | Rear view mirror accessory A rear view mirror combination is particularly suitable for monitoring obstructions in typical blind spot locations as well as directly to the rear. An accessory for a rear view mirror includes a base for mounting to a structure that supports a main mirro... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5838505 | Divided-reflection method of wide-angle observation and wide-angle view automobile mirror A method of widening the directional range of view of a mirror device without enlarging the surface area of the device by suitably combining a number of partially-reflecting surfaces includes provision to avoid discontinuities and overlaps in the field of... | 11/17/1998 |
