Communications: electrical – External condition vehicle-mounted indicator or alarm – Transmitter in one vehicle only
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-05
2009-02-17
Hofsass, Jeffery (Department: 2612)
Communications: electrical
External condition vehicle-mounted indicator or alarm
Transmitter in one vehicle only
C701S301000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07492281
ABSTRACT:
An exterior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an exterior mirror assembly that is mountable at an exterior side of a vehicle and has an inboard portion that is viewable by a driver of the vehicle when the mirror assembly is mounted at the exterior side of the vehicle. A blind spot indicator is disposed at the inboard portion of the mirror casing of the mirror assembly. The blind spot indicator comprises at least one illumination source for indicating to the driver a detected presence of an object alongside of and/or rearward of the vehicle. The indicator may comprise a unitary indicator module that is mountable at the inboard portion of the mirror assembly. The indicator module includes an illumination source and circuitry and is connectable to an electrical connector.
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Search Report and Written Opinion for corresponding PCT Application No. PCT/US2006/026148, filed on Jul. 5, 2006.
Kendall Craig
Lynam Niall R.
Ruse James A.
Donnelly Corporation
Hofsass Jeffery
Tang Sigmund
Van Dyke Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP
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