公开(公告)号：US10457345B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-29

申请号：US15533118

申请日：2015-12-07

Applicant: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.

Inventor： Andreas Herrmann ,  Johannes Woessner ,  Ludwig Neumann ,  Heiko Boehland ,  Muthu Kumaran

IPC: B62D65/00 ,  B62D65/16 ,  B25J15/00 ,  B25J15/02 ,  B60R1/00 ,  B60R16/02 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B60Q1/26 ,  B60R1/12 ,  B62D65/02 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K7/02 ,  B60R1/06

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an automotive mirror, in particular a side mirror, includes forming a printed circuit board as flexible printed circuit board with n+1 branches, nϵN, providing n modules each including at least one electronic element housed within a plastic casting and connected to conducting paths on at least one of the surfaces of the plastic casting, and at least one standard gripping point, guiding structure, snap connection element and/or sealing member provided by the plastic casting, connecting up to n of said branches to one module each and connecting one branch to cables or a cable harness to be connected to a power supply and/or a control unit outside the mirror, providing mirror parts free of electronic elements, and assembling the mirror parts and the modules.