Vehicle interior rearview mirror assembly with actuator

    公开(公告)号:US12240380B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-04

    申请号:US18186329

    申请日:2023-03-20

    Inventor: Jake A. Mohan

    Abstract: A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting structure configured for mounting at an interior portion of a vehicle. The mounting structure includes a mounting arm that has (i) a proximal end portion and (ii) a distal end portion distal from the proximal end portion. With the mounting structure mounted at the interior portion of the vehicle, the proximal end portion of the mounting arm is attached at the interior portion of the vehicle. A motorized actuator is disposed within a mirror housing that accommodates a reflective element. The motorized actuator is electrically operable to adjust the reflective element and the mirror housing together and in tandem relative to the mounting structure to provide a desired rearward field of view to a driver of the vehicle when the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted and operated in the vehicle.

    MULTIFUNCTIONAL REARWARD VIEWING CAMERA SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20250068024A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18942942

    申请日:2024-11-11

    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a rear-viewing camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing at least rearward of the vehicle. Video images derived from frames of image data captured by a CMOS imaging array of the rear-viewing camera during a driving maneuver are displayed at a video display screen within the vehicle for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. An electro-optic rearview mirror assembly includes an electro-optic mirror reflective element. An electronic control unit (ECU) disposed at the vehicle includes a processor operable to process captured frames of image data. The ECU determines, via processing by the processor of frames of image data captured by the CMOS imaging array of the rear-viewing camera, glaring light emanating from a rearward approaching vehicle rearward of the vehicle. The ECU controls dimming of the electro-optic mirror reflective element based at least on part on the determined glaring light.

    Vehicular window assembly with solderless electrical connection to heater grid

    公开(公告)号:US12193122B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-07

    申请号:US17654409

    申请日:2022-03-11

    Abstract: A vehicular window assembly includes a window panel having an inner surface and an outer surface, electrically conductive traces established at the inner surface of the window panel, a pair of busbars established at the inner surface and in electrical connection with respective portions of the electrically conductive traces, and an electrical connector affixed at each busbar and configured to electrically connect to a wire harness of a vehicle when the vehicular window assembly is installed at the vehicle. The electrical connector includes a bonding portion, a connecting terminal and a busbar-connecting portion. The connecting terminal is configured to electrically connect to the wire harness of the vehicle. The bonding portion is adhesively bonded at the window panel. The electrical connector is bonded at the window panel with the busbar-connecting portion electrically connected to the respective busbar without use of solder.

    VEHICULAR ELECTROCHROMIC MIRROR REFLECTIVE ELEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240399958A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18800192

    申请日:2024-08-12

    Inventor: Michael J. Baur

    Abstract: A vehicular interior electrochromic mirror reflective element includes a planar rear interior mirror-shaped glass substrate and a planar front interior mirror-shaped glass substrate. The front glass substrate is shape cut from a planar glass sheet. A perimeter seal establishes an interpane cavity between the rear glass substrate and the planar glass sheet at a respective planar front glass substrate portion of the planar glass sheet. An electrochromic medium is disposed in the interpane cavity. With the rear glass substrate joined with the respective planar front glass substrate portion of the planar glass sheet via the perimeter seal, the planar glass sheet is shape cut at the respective planar front glass substrate portion and the circumferential perimeter cut edges of glass substrates are processed to provide a circumferential rounded perimeter edge of the vehicular interior electrochromic mirror reflective element having a radius of curvature of at least 2.5 mm.

    VEHICULAR REAR WINDOW ASSEMBLY WITH CONTINUOUS HEATER TRACE

    公开(公告)号:US20240391302A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18791654

    申请日:2024-08-01

    Abstract: A vehicular window assembly includes a window panel attached at a mounting structure. The window panel has an electrically conductive trace established at a surface of the window panel. The electrically conductive trace includes a positive end electrically connected to a positive terminal at the window panel and a negative end electrically connected to a negative terminal at the window panel. The electrically conductive trace includes a plurality of spaced apart trace segments disposed across the surface of the window panel. The plurality of spaced apart trace segments are electrically connected in series between the positive terminal and the negative terminal. With the vehicular window assembly mounted at the vehicle, a power supply of the vehicle is electrically connected to the positive terminal and the negative terminal to provide electrical power to the electrically conductive trace. Voltage supplied by the power supply is greater than 15 volts.

    VEHICULAR MIRROR CONTROL SYSTEM
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20240383405A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-21

    申请号:US18665871

    申请日:2024-05-16

    Abstract: A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head adjustable relative to a mounting base. The mirror head accommodates a mirror reflective element having a transflective mirror reflector and a video display device disposed behind the mirror reflective element and operable to display video images derived from image data captured by a camera of the vehicle. The displayed video images are viewable through the transflective mirror reflector by a driver of the vehicle. Responsive to determination of a glare light source present in a field of view of the camera, intensity of a portion of the displayed video images that corresponds to the glare light source is reduced relative to adjacent portions of the displayed video images.

    METHOD FOR FORMING A VEHICULAR REAR SLIDER WINDOW ASSEMBLY WITH AN UPPER RAIL FILLER HAVING AT LEAST ONE ANGLED END

    公开(公告)号:US20240367493A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-07

    申请号:US18775816

    申请日:2024-07-17

    Abstract: A method for forming a vehicular slider window assembly includes providing a fixed window panel defining an open and attaching upper and lower rails at the fixed window panel. The method includes providing a filler including a filler body and a deformable element along each opposing side wall of the filler body. The method includes forming at least one end of opposite ends of the filler body at an oblique angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the filler body. The filler is disposed in a channel of the upper rail. A movable window panel is provided at the upper and lower rails with an upper region of the movable window panel received in the filler. Each of the deformable elements includes a compressible and flexible material and provides a dampening and cushioning function at the movable window panel received in the filler in the channel of the upper rail.

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