Mirror glass component including an integrated luminescent film

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5 . A vehicular external mirror module comprising:

a mirror housing;

a mirror glass housed within said mirror housing, said mirror glass including a non-mirrored surface facing out of said mirror housing and a mirrored surface facing into said mirror housing; and

a luminescent film fixedly secured to said mirror surface of said mirror glass for emitting light out from said luminescent film through said mirror glass.

6 . A vehicular external mirror module as set forth in claim 5 including a transmitted light orientation film disposed between said mirror glass and said luminescent film to direct the light emitted by said luminescent film.

7 . A vehicular external mirror module as set forth in claim 6 wherein a portion of said mirrored surface is partially transparent.

8 . A vehicular external mirror module as set forth in claim 7 wherein said luminescent film and said transmitted light orientation film are disposed adjacent said portion of said mirrored surface that is partially transparent.

9 . A vehicular external mirror module as set forth in claim 8 wherein said luminescent film is substantially planar.

10 . A vehicular external mirror module as set forth in claim 9 wherein said transmitted light orientation film is substantially planar.

11 . A vehicular external mirror module as set forth in claim 10 wherein said transmitted light orientation film includes a plurality of microlamellae to direct the light emitted by said luminescent film.

12 . A vehicular external mirror module as set forth in claim 11 wherein each of said plurality of microlamellae are parallel to each other.

13 . A vehicular external mirror module as set forth in claim 12 wherein each of said plurality of microlamellae defines a thickness of approximately one hundredth of a millimeter.