Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle side mirrors
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Application No.: US16167639Application Date: 2018-10-23
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Publication No.: US10780829B2Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: Richard David Van Houten, II
- Applicant: Richard David Van Houten, II
- Main IPC: B60R1/07
- IPC: B60R1/07 ; B60R1/00 ; B60R1/074

Abstract:
A vehicle side mirror (22) housing (12) base (17) and mirror (23) to view behind you.A vehicle side mirror (22) is concealed and revealed through an opening in the vehicle body (11) automatically when started, turned off, in park, in autonomous mode or manually with a switch, key fob or voice command.When concealed in the container (16) the vehicle allows for more room to pass and less damage to the un-exposed vehicle side mirror (22), when driving or in autonomous mode the vehicle side mirror (22) is concealed thus the vehicle can have an increase in fuel economy do to the decrease of the drag coefficient.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190143900A1 Vehicle Side Mirrors Public/Granted day:2019-05-16
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