Optical: systems and elements – Lens – With reflecting element
Patent
1997-12-05
2000-08-15
Shafer, Ricky D.
Optical: systems and elements
Lens
With reflecting element
359831, 359833, 359837, 359838, 359871, 359872, 359503, G02B 1700, G02B 504, G02B 508, B60R 106
Patent
active
061045527
ABSTRACT:
An exterior rearview mirror for vehicles incorporates a forward vision improving system allowing improved visibility of the opposite roadway forward of the vehicle for safer passing. Preferably, the forward vision system includes a pair of prisms mounted in a mirror housing, one of which is directed at an angle of incidence past and to the left of a front, slower vehicle, the other of which receives the image from the first, and is positioned in the driver's line of sight. In one embodiment of the vision system, the front prism of the pair of prisms is replaced by a divergent lens.
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Hempel Thomas
Polzer Herwig
Thau Wolfgang
Donnelly Corporation
Shafer Ricky D.
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