IP Library Granted Patent US 12681220
Granted Patent B2
US 12681220 · App. 18/327,668 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Mirror and head-up display device

Inventors: Tetsuta Higuchi (Niigata, JP); Akitoshi Koshiba (Niigata, JP); Hiroyuki Furusawa (Niigata, JP)
Assignee: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
G02B5/0841G02B1/14G02B27/0101G02B27/0149G02B2027/0154
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12681220
App. No.
18/327,668
Filed
Jun 1, 2023
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2872
USPC
359/584
Abstract

To provide a mirror in which an optical film more firmly adheres to a base material, and a head-up display device including the mirror. A mirror disclosed herein includes a base material that is formed of a synthetic resin material, an adhesion layer that is provided on one surface of the base material, and an optical film that adheres to the base material by the adhesion layer and reflects light, wherein an adhesion surface including silicon is formed between the base material and the adhesion layer. Further, a head-up display device disclosed herein includes a display unit that emits display light, the mirror described above that reflects the display light, and a housing that houses the display unit and the mirror and in which an opening portion through which the display light passes to a windshield is formed.

Claims (17)

1 . A mirror comprising:

a base material that is formed of a synthetic resin material;

an adhesion layer that is provided on one surface of the base material;

an optical film that adheres to the base material by the adhesion layer; and

a protective layer formed between the base material and the adhesion layer, the protective layer including silicon, and

wherein the optical film is configured to i) reflect visible light, among incident light, which is polarized light in a certain direction, ii) allow light other than the visible light to pass through the optical film, and iii) is formed of a dielectric multilayer.

2 . The mirror according to claim 1 wherein the protective layer includes silicon dioxide or silicon monoxide.

3 . The mirror according to claim 1 wherein the adhesion layer is an acrylic gluing agent.

4 . The mirror according to claim 1 wherein the base material is especially made of polycarbonate or cyclic olefin based resin.

5 . A head-up display device comprising:

a display unit that emits display light;

the mirror according to claim 1 that reflects the display light; and

a housing that houses the display unit and the mirror and in which an opening through which the display light passes to a transmission reflection member is formed.

6 . The head-up display device according to claim 5 wherein

the mirror is rotatably held to adjust a reflection angle of the display light; and

a shaft portion that is to be a rotation shaft of the mirror is integrally formed with the base material.

7 . The mirror according to claim 1 , wherein the protective layer including silicon is configured to reduce an amount of gas that passes from the base material toward the adhesion layer.