The invention relates to a rear-view mirror assembly (1) for motor vehicles, said assembly comprising a housing (3) and a mirror sub-assembly (2) held in the housing (3) and comprising a liquid-crystal cell (4), for observing the following traffic. The reflectance of the mirror sub-assembly (2) is designed to be variable by means of a control device and the liquid-crystal cell (4) has a transparent front carrier layer (5), a transparent rear carrier layer (6) and an electrically controllable liquid-crystal layer (7) between the carrier layers. The liquid-crystal layer is held in a sealed manner by means of a sealing frame (8) positioned between the carrier layers (5, 6). The object of the invention is to improve the rear-view mirror assembly (1) such that a consistently flawless optical image can be produced for the vehicle occupant as the user, that the mirror assembly is lightweight and is cost-effective in terms of production costs. To achieve this, the housing (3) is designed as one piece and permits a frameless mounting of the mirror sub-assembly (2) and a housing gap (9) remains between the housing (3) and the mirror sub-assembly (2), into which gap a seal (10) is introduced for mounting the mirror sub-assembly in the housing in a sealed manner.
Rear-view mirror assembly for motor vehicles
2015-12-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G02F DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING,... , Vorrichtungen oder Anordnungen, deren optische Arbeitsweise durch Änderung der optischen Eigenschaften des Mediums der Vorrichtungen oder Anordnungen geändert wird zum Steuern der Intensität, Farbe, Phase, Polarisation oder der Richtung von... / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |