The invention relates to a rear-view mirror assembly (1) for motor vehicles, said assembly comprising a carrier plate (6) and a mirror sub-assembly (5) held on the carrier plate (6) and comprising a liquid-crystal cell (7), for observing the following traffic. The reflectance of the mirror sub-assembly (5) is designed to be variable by means of a control device and the mirror sub-assembly (5) has a front glass pane (11) and a rear reflective coating (12) facing the carrier plate (6). The object of the invention is to improve the rear-view mirror assembly such that an automatically dimming, heatable rear-view mirror assembly comprising an optical liquid-crystal cell for a motor vehicle can produce a consistently flawless optical image for the vehicle occupant as the user. To achieve this, the rear-view mirror assembly (1) is designed to be heatable, the carrier plate (6) being provided with a planar heating element (15) which generates thermal radiation. A housing gap (S) remains between the carrier plate (6) and the mirror sub-assembly (5) and the thermal radiation (16) is transferred to a radiation-absorbing coating (13) situated on the reflective coating (12) of the mirror sub-assembly (5).
Rear-view mirror assembly for motor vehicles
2015-12-23
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch