IP Library Granted Patent US 12693459
Granted Patent B2
US 12693459 · App. 17/780,771 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Mirror comprising a rib having a tapered side surface and a widened inlet

Inventors: Yuuki Nishi (Kirishima, JP); Kenichi Hamamura (Kirishima, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
G02B5/10G02B7/18
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12693459
App. No.
17/780,771
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mirror ( 1 ) includes a mirror surface ( 3 a ) provided on a front surface ( 3 ) of a body portion ( 2 ), having a plate shape and made of ceramics, a recessed portion ( 6 ) formed on a back surface ( 4 ) of the body portion ( 2 ), and a rib ( 7 ) provided along edges of the recesses ( 6 ) and including a tapered side surface ( 7 a 1, 7 b 1, 7 c 1 ).

Claims (20)

1 . A mirror comprising:

a mirror surface having body portion with a front surface and a back surface, a plate shape, and made of ceramics, wherein

the back surface includes a widened inlet, a recessed portion with an edge, and a rib provided along the edge of the recessed portion and comprising a tapered side surface that decreases in tapered width, terminating in the widened inlet,

the widened inlet gradually widens as the tapered side surface decreases in tapered width.

2 . The mirror according to claim 1 , wherein

the mirror surface is a curved surface, and

a bottom surface of the recessed portion is a curved surface along a shape of the mirror surface.

3 . The mirror according to claim 1 , wherein

the mirror surface is a curved surface, and

a bottom surface of the recessed portion has a stepped shape along a shape of the mirror surface.

4 . The mirror according to claim 1 , wherein

the mirror surface is a curved surface, and

a bottom surface of the recessed portion is a flat surface along a shape of the mirror surface.

5 . The mirror according to claim 1 , wherein

the rib comprises an outer peripheral rib provided on an outer peripheral side of the back surface, an inner peripheral rib provided on an inner peripheral side of the back surface, and a connection rib provided to connect the outer peripheral rib and the inner peripheral rib, and

a width of the outer peripheral rib is wider than a width of the inner peripheral rib and a width of the connection rib.

6 . The mirror according to claim 1 , wherein the body portion has a disk shape, and comprises a flat portion on a part of a side surface on an outer peripheral side of the body portion.

7 . The mirror according to claim 1 , wherein the body portion is configured by connecting a plurality of split members having the same shape.

8 . The mirror according to claim 7 , wherein the split members adjacent to each other are connected by a fastening member that penetrates through a part of the rib.

9 . The mirror according to claim 7 , wherein the split members adjacent to each other are connected via a plate-shaped member disposed to cover a part of the rib.