DRAG REDUCING MIRROR ASSEMBLIES FOR VEHICLES A method for enhancing the operation of a vehicle having a vision system configured to provide a rearwardly extending side-view of the vehicle, the method comprising: operating the vehicle with a side-view mirror assembly installed thereon, the mirror assembly including a mirror housing defining an airfoil shape have a first side surface and a second side surface extending between a forward edge and an aft edge; positioning the mirror housing at a first position at which the mirror housing is aerodynamically aligned with an airflow flowing past the vehicle when the vision system is being used to provide the rearwardly extending side-view of the vehicle, wherein a mirror of the mirror assembly only reflects a view directed towards a portion of the vehicle when the mirror housing is located at the first position; and moving the mirror housing to a second position at which the mirror housing is not aerodynamically aligned with the airflow flowing past the vehicle when the vision system is not being used to provide the rearwardly extending side-view of the vehicle, wherein the mirror reflects the rearwardly extending side-view of the vehicle when the mirror is moved to the second position.
Drag reducing mirror assemblies for vehicles
2019-01-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English