Rearview mirror assembly with information display
US6648477B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2001/1215
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An interior rearview mirror assembly provides a display system for displaying light or information to a driver of a vehicle. The display includes a refractive light directing element, which may include a prismatic display lens which refracts and directs the light of the display message downwardly and/or sidewardly toward a driver of the vehicle for improved viewing of the display message by the driver of the vehicle. The display system is mountable to a printed circuit board positioned within the case of the mirror assembly. The printed circuit board may also be connected to a pair of illumination sources positioned at a lower portion of a casing of the mirror assembly.
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