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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172411 | Multi-curvature convex mirror having an enhanced field of vision A multi-curvature convex mirror is comprised of a first reflective surface having a first curvature and defined by a portion of the surface area of a greater sphere and a second reflective surface having a second curvature greater than the first curvature and define... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8157393 | Side mirror assembly with integrated spotting mirror A mirror assembly for a motor vehicle includes a base that is fixedly secured to the motor vehicle. A housing is fixedly secured to the base. The housing defines an opening. A mirror is operatively secured to the housing at the opening. The mirror defines a main vie... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157394 | Attachable adjustable mirror A mirror assembly having a versatile clamping assembly for use during hunting or other outdoor sporting activities comprises an adjustable mirror which provides a user with a wide viewing angle to the rear and periphery of a current location. The mirror assembly is ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8083360 | Hand held rear view mirror A hand held mirror includes a body having a first and second body portion. The second body portion is arranged at a variable angle of between 0 and 50 degrees from the plane of the first body portion. A convex mirror is attached to the underside of the second body p... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8061859 | Exterior mirror element with wide angle portion A mirror reflective element suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a glass substrate and a principal reflector portion and an auxiliary wide angle curved portion. The auxiliary wide angle curved portion has a curved recess est... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8047666 | Asymmetric multiple constant radii of curvature convex mirrors An asymmetrical mirror lens, usable on front fenders of school buses and similar vehicles, which has a plurality of mirror sections, each having a distinct constant radius of curvature to reduce image distortion. Optional sections located between sections of the con... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8021005 | Exterior mirror element with wide angle portion An electrochromic mirror reflective element suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes front and rear glass substrates and an electrochromic medium disposed therebetween. The electrochromic mirror reflective element includes a pri... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7934844 | Exterior mirror element with wide angle portion A mirror reflective element suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a glass substrate with a principal planar reflector portion having a principal mirror reflector disposed at a first or second surface of the glass substrate an... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7918569 | High definition vehicular mirror A vehicle mirror assembly having a housing or base member, a mirror lens and a bezel member. The mirror lens is provided in the shape of a portion of an end of an ellipsoid and has a varying radius of curvature. The center portion of the lens has a smaller radius of... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7887204 | Exterior mirror element with wide angle portion An electrochromic mirror reflective element suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a front substrate and a rear substrate and an electrochromic medium disposed therebetween. A principal planar reflector portion has a principal... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7824045 | Exterior mirror element with wide angle portion An electrochromic mirror reflective element includes a front glass substrate and a rear glass substrate having an electrochromic medium sandwiched therebetween. A curved recess is established at a second surface of the front glass substrate or a fourth surface of th... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7806536 | Convex mirror A convex mirror formed of a back board, a mirror, a ball head connecting rod, a ball socket, a socket cover and a mounting frame is disclosed. The back board has stub rods and retaining holes for receiving respective locating holes and hollow cylindrical posts of th... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7780301 | Asymmetric multiple constant radii of curvature convex mirrors An asymmetrical mirror lens, usable on front fenders of school buses and similar vehicles, which has a plurality of mirror sections, each having a distinct constant radius of curvature to reduce image distortion. Optional sections located between sections of the con... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7748856 | Exterior mirror element with integral wide angle portion A mirror reflective element for an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a mirror substrate having a front surface and a rear surface. The mirror substrate has a first reflector portion and a second reflector portion, with the first reflector porti... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7717577 | Rearview mirror device with wide viewing angle A rearview mirror device includes an elongated mirror body and a housing. The mirror body is formed with a first curved section having two opposite ends, and second and third curved sections extending integrally and respectively from the opposite ends of the first c... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7600877 | Alignment device for automotive side view mirror An alignment system for side view mirrors featuring a mirror with regions of diverse curvature, with an upright alignment line in a region of greater curvature. The side view mirror is set up so that the side of a user's vehicle lies entirely on the side of the alig... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7547108 | High definition vehicular mirror A vehicle mirror assembly having a housing or base member, a mirror lens and a connecting gasket member. 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... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7517100 | Asymmetric multiple constant RADII of curvature convex mirrors An asymmetrical mirror lens, usable on front fenders of school buses and similar vehicles, which has a plurality of mirror sections, each having a distinct constant radius of curvature to reduce image distortion. Optional sections located between sections of the con... | 04/14/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7422337 | Rear-view safety mirrors Two identical sides, include convex mirror 61, mirror-backing 62 and main-frame 21. Sides are attached together and to frame-backing 30 by three hinges 70. Three adjustable length legs 80 with swivel, magnetic feet 90... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7399095 | Apparatus for mounting a panoramic mirror The present invention is directed to a mounting apparatus for mounting a panoramic mirror in front of the focal point of a camera. The mounting apparatus comprises a conical optical stage configured to contact the mirror at an end point along the longitudinal axis. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7377683 | Reflector A reflector includes a body having a reflective surface formed therein and a reflector opening defined in the body, the reflector opening having a plurality of ridges. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7369327 | Variable optical-property element and optical apparatus including the same A variable optical-property element includes a liquid crystal the pitch of twist is less than 60 times the wavelength of light used, so that a spatially uneven electric or magnetic field or temperature is applied to the liquid crystal to thereby form an index distri... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7296903 | Exterior rearview mirror mechanism for a skid loader An exterior rearview mirror mechanism for a skid loader includes a support and a mirror attached to the support. The support is configured to extend from a movable lifting arm of the skid loader, and the mirror is attached to the support opposite the movable lifting... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7287867 | Power telescoping vehicle mirror assembly A power telescoping vehicle mirror assembly (10) comprising a bracket (12) mountable to a vehicle, a mirror head (15), telescopically mounted to the bracket (12), a mirror (16) mounted to the head (15), a power telescope mot... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270431 | Illumination device and its use To provide an illumination beam (5) which is essentially homogeneous in cross-section, in particular for a laser scanning microscope (15), an illumination device is used which provides an original beam which is essentially rotationally symmetric in cro... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7262913 | Chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope compensating apparatus In a chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope compensating apparatus according to the present invention, a WDM light which has been angularly dispersed to a first direction by a VIPA plate, is angularly dispersed to a second direction vertical to the first directio... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255452 | Plastic mirror assembly A mirror assembly particularly adapted for use with an exterior automotive fender includes a plastic housing and plastic reflective surface element or lens. The housing has a slot formed therein which receives a tab formed on the lens to enable the housing and the l... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252398 | Dual mirror mounting assembly A mirror mounting assembly for mounting a mirror on a vehicle bulkhead. The assembly includes a generally Z-shaped mirror mounting bracket configured for attachment to a structural portion of the vehicle inside an engine bay of the vehicle, and a support member conn... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7239775 | High repetition rate, linear, true time optical delay line An optical delay line for use with an optical source including input/output optics optically coupled to the optical source and a curved mirror with a reflective surface that is centered about an evolute curve of the delay line to retro-reflect light traveling along ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7220489 | Layered structures for optical reflectors Device of layered structures for optical reflectors and method for making the device. A device for providing environmental stability and mechanical integrity in space includes a substrate and a first silicon oxynitride layer on the substrate. The first silicon oxyni... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216065 | Reflecting surface design system, reflecting surface design method, recording medium, and computer program A reflecting surface design system (50) has (1) first rendering means (54) for displaying a free-form surface (20) on which a plurality of segments (24), each of which is defined by a plurality of vertices (251 to 25 | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210804 | Wide-angle mirror with press strips A wide-angle mirror includes a back plate having an inner side formed with an annular support flange having an outer side formed with a stop ring, a mirror plate having an inner side rested on the annular support flange of the back plate and a rim rested on the stop... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7203400 | Dispersion compensating waveguide circuit A dispersion compensator having relatively uniform transmission characteristics over the bandwidth of a communication channel. The compensator is designed to process an optical signal corresponding to the communication channel by decomposing that signal into spectra... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200297 | Device using a virtually-imaged phased array (VIPA) with an improved transmission wave characteristic of output light A dispersion compensator comprising a VIPA is configured so as to reflect light with each wavelength at an angle varying depending on wavelength when the light is reflected off a mirror. When being coupled at the end of an input fiber, the light with each wavelength... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193778 | Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produce chromatic dispersion Various configurations of a virtually imaged phased array (VIPA) generator in combination with a mirror to compensate for chromatic dispersion. A VIPA generator produces a light traveling from the VIPA generator. In some embodiments, a variable curvature mirror is p... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7172301 | Optical reflecting mirror For an optical reflecting mirror formed by applying injection molding to a plastic material, it is an object of the present invention to suppress warpage or distortion due to molding contraction and provide an optical reflecting mirror such as an axial eccentric a s... | 02/06/2007 |
