| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7452090 |
Interior rearview mirror system with compass |
November 18, 2008 |
| An interior rearview mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly and a compass sensor having first and second magnetoresponsive sensing elements. A physical mount mounts the compass sensor at the rear of the reflective element whereby the compass sensor adjusts in tandem |
| 7446650 |
Accessory system suitable for use in a vehicle |
November 4, 2008 |
| An accessory system suitable for use in a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror-mounting portion that is adapted to detachably mount the interior rearview mirror assembly at an interior portion of the vehicle. A windshield accessory module assembly is also |
| 7423522 |
Tire pressure alert system |
September 9, 2008 |
| A tire pressure alert system suitable for use in a vehicle includes a vehicular tire pressure monitoring system and a telematic system of the vehicle. The telematic system of the vehicle is operable to wirelessly communicate between the vehicle and an external service provider external |
| 7420756 |
Mirror reflective element |
September 2, 2008 |
| A reflective element for a mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a substrate and a functional or anti-abrasion film applied to an exterior surface of the substrate. The substrate comprises a polymeric resin material, such as a transparent optical polymeric resin material. The functi |
| 7420159 |
Accessory mounting system for mounting a plurality of accessories to the windshield of a vehicle |
September 2, 2008 |
| An accessory mounting system suitable for mounting a plurality of accessories at a windshield portion within the interior cabin of a vehicle includes a housing adapted for releasable mounting to a receiving structure on the interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle, and at le |
| 7412328 |
Navigation system for a vehicle |
August 12, 2008 |
| A navigation system includes a communication port in a vehicle, a hand held portable unit, and a wireless communication between the portable unit and the communication port when the portable unit is in the vehicle. The portable unit has a position locator and is capable of establishing a |
| 7400435 |
Mirror assembly with heater element |
July 15, 2008 |
| A mirror reflective element system includes a fourth surface electrically conductive element disposed at the fourth surface and in conductive continuity with a second or third surface electrically conductive coating of the second or third surface, respectively. A heating element at the |
| 7391563 |
Electro-optic mirror cell |
June 24, 2008 |
| A reflective element assembly for a variable reflectance vehicular mirror includes a front substrate having a transparent conductive coating disposed on a second surface thereof, and a rear substrate having an electrically conductive metallic reflective coating disposed on a third su |
| 7382289 |
Vehicular communication system |
June 3, 2008 |
| A vehicular communication system comprises a wireless communication link from the vehicle to an external provider of information or service. Data pertaining to at least one of the location and the direction heading of the vehicle is communicated to the external provider from the vehicle |
| 7377675 |
Vehicle exterior mirror system with signal light |
May 27, 2008 |
| An exterior mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a signal light or security light that provides illumination at a side of the vehicle. The exterior mirror assembly includes a housing with a reflective element, and may include a positioning device for adjusting the position of the r |
| 7370983 |
Interior mirror assembly with display |
May 13, 2008 |
| An interior rearview mirror assembly includes a display screen that is extendable and retractable relative to a casing. The display screen is movably mounted at the casing and movable or slidable in a direction generally parallel to a length axis of the reflective element between a n |
| 7360932 |
Mirror assembly for vehicle |
April 22, 2008 |
| An interior rearview mirror assembly includes a reflective element having a front surface that is viewable by and directed generally toward a driver of a vehicle when the mirror assembly is installed in the vehicle. An overlay element applied to the front surface of the reflective elemen |
| 7349144 |
Exterior electrochromic reflective mirror element for a vehicular rearview mirror assembly |
March 25, 2008 |
| An exterior electrochromic reflective mirror element for a vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly comprises an electrochromic cross-linked polymeric solid film disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate. The electrochromic cross-linked polymeric solid film contact |
| 7344284 |
Lighting system for a vehicle, with high-intensity power LED |
March 18, 2008 |
| A lighting system for a vehicle comprises a sealed unitary light module including at least one high-intensity power light emitting diode operates with a luminous efficiency of at least about 7 lumens per watt when passing a forward current of at least about 350 milliamps and that emits |
| 7338177 |
Mirror reflective element for a vehicle |
March 4, 2008 |
| An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a prismatic mirror element and a display element. The prismatic mirror element includes a wedge-shaped prism element having a front surface and a rear surface and a second element having a transflective reflector on a first |
| 7329013 |
Interior rearview mirror system with compass |
February 12, 2008 |
| An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly, a casing having a reflective element, a compass sensor and a control. The compass sensor is disposed within the mirror casing and has a first magnetoresponsive sensing element and a second |
| 7328103 |
Navigation system for a vehicle |
February 5, 2008 |
| An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a reflective element. An information display is at the interior rearview mirror assembly and displays information for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. The information display may |
| 7311428 |
Interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle |
December 25, 2007 |
| An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a reflective element having a field of view rearward of the vehicle when the interior rearview mirror assembly is attached at a portion of the interior of the vehicle. A directional |
| 7310178 |
Rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle |
December 18, 2007 |
| An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle comprises an electro-optic mirror unit whose reflectivity is variable in response to an electrical voltage applied thereto. The mirror unit includes a first substrate and a second substrate with an electro-optic medium sandwiched the |
| 7310177 |
Electro-optic reflective element assembly |
December 18, 2007 |
| A rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes an electro-optic reflective element with an overhang region at an edge region of a first substrate that extends beyond a corresponding edge region of a second substrate. A transparent electrical conductor is disposed at a second surfa |
| 7293888 |
Rearview mirror assembly with utility functions |
November 13, 2007 |
| An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a housing having a mirror casing and a support for mounting said mirror casing to a vehicle. The rearview mirror assembly further includes a retractable cord for use by an occupant of the vehicle for coupling to an accessory and |
| 7289037 |
Mirror assembly for vehicle |
October 30, 2007 |
| An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a reflective element assembly portion and at least one cap portion adapted to attach to the reflective element assembly portion. The reflective element assembly portion includes a reflective element. The reflective element a |
| 7274501 |
Mirror reflective element assembly |
September 25, 2007 |
| A mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror element having at least one substrate that has a forward surface and a rearward surface. The mirror element comprises at least one substantially reflective metallic layer sandwiched between a respective pair of substantially transparent |
| 7265342 |
Accessory mounting system for mounting a plurality of accessories to the windshield of a vehicle |
September 4, 2007 |
| An accessory mounting system suitable for mounting a plurality of accessories at a windshield portion within the interior cabin of a vehicle includes a housing adapted for releasable mounting to a receiving structure on the interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle, and at le |
| 7262406 |
Accessory mounting system for mounting a plurality of accessories to the windshield of a vehicle |
August 28, 2007 |
| An accessory mounting system suitable for mounting a plurality of accessories at a windshield portion within the interior cabin of a vehicle comprises a housing that is adapted for releasable mounting to a receiving structure on the interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle. |
| 7255465 |
Interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle |
August 14, 2007 |
| An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a field of view rearward of the vehicle when the interior mirror assembly is attached at a portion of the interior of the vehicle. The interior mirror assembly includes at least one |
| 7255451 |
Electro-optic mirror cell |
August 14, 2007 |
| A reflective element assembly for a variable reflectance vehicular mirror includes a front substrate having a transparent conductive coating disposed on a second surface, and a rear substrate having a third surface conductive coating disposed on its third surface and preferably, a fourth |
| 7253723 |
Mirror assembly |
August 7, 2007 |
| An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a casing having a human machine interface thereat. The human machine interface includes at least one user actuatable input integrally formed at a portion of the casing during the molding operation that forms the casing. The |
| 7234756 |
Exterior accessory module for vehicular modular door |
June 26, 2007 |
| An exterior accessory assembly or module for a vehicle door assembly comprises an exterior rearview mirror and/or door cap assembly, which may further include a cover member, a door handle, window frame, window seal and/or an exterior rearview mirror assembly. The vehicle door assembly |
| 7233230 |
Vehicular rearview mirror system with microcontroller |
June 19, 2007 |
| A vehicular rearview mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror system that has an interior reflective element, a drive circuit, a tire pressure monitoring system and a microcontroller. The drive circuit supplies a drive signal to the interior mirror reflective element, which |
| 7224324 |
Interactive automotive rearvision system |
May 29, 2007 |
| A vehicular mirror system includes a mirror assembly with a mirror casing and a reflective element with a rearward field of view when the mirror assembly is mounted to a vehicle. The mirror casing includes a mounting portion that is adapted to mount the mirror casing to the vehicle. At |
| 7209278 |
Rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle |
April 24, 2007 |
| A rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle comprises an electro-optic mirror unit whose reflectivity is variable in response to an electrical voltage applied thereto. At least one light sensor is included and an electrical circuit controls operation of the mirror unit in response to the at |
| 7202987 |
Electrochromic polymeric solid films, manufacturing electrochromic devices using such solid film |
April 10, 2007 |
| An electrochromic mirror device suitable for use in a vehicle comprises a first transparent substrate having a transparent conductive layer on a surface thereof and a second substrate having a conductive layer on a surface thereof. The conductive layer of the first substrate opposes the |
| 7195381 |
Vehicle interior LED lighting system |
March 27, 2007 |
| A vehicle lighting system for a vehicle includes an accessory module assembly that is adapted for attachment to an interior portion of a vehicle and configured to illuminate, for example, an area inside the vehicle. The module assembly includes a single high-intensity power light emi |
| 7188963 |
Vehicle accessory module |
March 13, 2007 |
| An accessory system of a vehicle comprises an accessory module assembly having a mounting portion, a head portion and a rearview mirror assembly. The mounting portion extends generally upward when mounted to an attachment member at a vehicle windshield. The head portion may extend ge |
| 7184190 |
Electro-optic reflective element assembly |
February 27, 2007 |
| An electro-optic reflective element assembly includes a pair of substrates and an electro-optic medium sandwiched therebetween. Each of the pair of substrates includes at least one conductive or semi-conductive layer disposed thereon. The electrical connections may electrically connect t |
| 7168830 |
Vehicle exterior mirror system with signal light |
January 30, 2007 |
| An exterior mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a signal light that provides an advanced notification system to approaching vehicles that the driver of the vehicle intends to turn or make a lane change. The exterior mirror assembly includes a housing with a reflective element and a |
| 7167796 |
Vehicle navigation system for use with a telematics system |
January 23, 2007 |
| A navigation system for a vehicle includes a vehicle-based telematics system, a vehicle-based global positioning system and a control. The telematics system is operable to receive a user input from a driver of the vehicle and to download directional information from an external servi |
| 7167294 |
Automobile exterior sideview mirror system |
January 23, 2007 |
| An automobile exterior sideview mirror system includes an exterior sideview mirror assembly, which includes a reflective element assembly. The reflective element assembly includes a first reflective element having a unit magnification and a second reflective element having a curvatur |
| 7158881 |
Navigation system for a vehicle |
January 2, 2007 |
| A navigation system suitable for use in a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having an interior reflective element. A database at a site remote from the vehicle includes map data and/or directory data. A global-positioning system receiver is operable to receive sig |
| 7156358 |
Interior rearview mirror assembly with polymeric components |
January 2, 2007 |
| An interior rearview mirror assembly for vehicles incorporates a reflective mirror element and a first polymeric pivot joint allowing pivotal adjustment of the field of view of the reflective element. The assembly includes a polymeric support element, a polymeric rearview mirror moun |
| 7151997 |
Vehicle-based navigation system with smart map filtering, portable unit home-base registration a |
December 19, 2006 |
| A vehicle-based navigation system is described including a position locator that establishes the geographic position of the vehicle and a map database located external to and remote from the vehicle. The system determines at least one of a vehicle parameter and a personal parameter, |
| 7110156 |
Rearview mirror assemblies |
September 19, 2006 |
| A rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle comprises an electro-optic mirror unit whose reflectivity is variable in response to an electrical voltage applied thereto and an electrical circuit for controlling operation of the mirror unit in response to one or more light sensors. A bracket f |
| 7108409 |
Interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle |
September 19, 2006 |
| An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle comprises an interior rearview mirror assembly having a reflective mirror element. The reflective element may be a variable reflectance reflective element having a reflectivity which is variable in accordance with a voltage applied the |
| 7097226 |
Safety system for a compartment of a vehicle |
August 29, 2006 |
| A safety sensing and/or release system for a closed compartment of a vehicle is operable to detect an occupant within the vehicle compartment. The system may be operable to sense ambient conditions in the vehicle compartment, and may generate a control signal in response to the sensed |
| 7053761 |
Vehicular tire pressure monitoring system |
May 30, 2006 |
| A tire pressure monitoring system is provided for a vehicle equipped with at least a front driver-side wheel location, a front passenger-side wheel location, a rear driver-side wheel location and a rear passenger-side wheel location. A tire (that is inflated to a tire pressure) is as |
| 7041965 |
Vehicle interior mirror system including a rain sensor |
May 9, 2006 |
| An interior mirror system for a vehicle comprises a housing having an interior compartment and is adapted for releasable mounting to an interior surface of the vehicle. A first electrical component/accessory is disposed in the interior compartment of the housing. A rearview mirror in |
| 7035678 |
Modular rearview mirror assembly including an electronic control module |
April 25, 2006 |
| A modular rearview mirror assembly for vehicles incorporates a housing into the mirror assembly case for supporting an electronic control module to reduce the vibration, to ease the installation of the components in the mirror assembly, and to improve access to the various components in |
| 7023322 |
Garage door opening system for vehicle |
April 4, 2006 |
| A vehicle-based door opening system for opening a door at a building includes a vehicle-based transmitting unit, a control and an actuating device. The transmitting unit is positioned at the vehicle and operable to transmit a first signal, and the actuating device is positioned at the |
| 7012727 |
Rearview mirror assembly with utility functions |
March 14, 2006 |
| An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a reflective element, a housing or casing supporting the reflective element, and the casing including a storage space. The storage space provides storage for at least one accessory and for storing the accessory in the location |
