Optical: systems and elements – Mirror – With a transmitting property
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-04
2008-03-04
Shafer, Ricky D. (Department: 2872)
Optical: systems and elements
Mirror
With a transmitting property
C359S872000, C359S603000, C359S604000, C340S425500, C340S815400
Reexamination Certificate
active
07338177
ABSTRACT:
An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a prismatic mirror element and a display element. The prismatic mirror element includes a wedge-shaped prism element having a front surface and a rear surface and a second element having a transflective reflector on a first surface thereof. The front surface of the prism element generally faces a driver of the vehicle when the mirror assembly is installed in the vehicle, and the rear surface is opposite the front surface. The transflective reflector coated first surface of the second element is attached to the rear surface of the prism element via an optically matching medium. The display element is positioned to the rear of the prismatic mirror element and operates to display information through the prismatic mirror element so as to be viewable by a driver of the vehicle when the display element is operated to emit visible light.
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Donnelly Corporation
Shafer Ricky D.
Vandyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart LLP
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