IP Library Granted Patent US 11,479,176
Granted Patent B2
US 11,479,176 · App. 16/978,977 · Granted Oct 25, 2022

Mounting assembly of a vehicle interior mirror or other pane add-on part

Inventors: Claire Barras (Herzogenrath, DE); Martin Lakshmanan (Aachen, DE)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
B60R1/04B60R2011/0033B60R2011/0063
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Patent No.
US 11,479,176
App. No.
16/978,977
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mounting assembly of a vehicle interior mirror or other pane add-on part, includes a pane adhesive element, shaped in a substantially plate-shaped or disc-shaped manner and having a free first surface designed as an adhesive surface for fastening the mounting assembly to the inner-side of a vehicle pane and a second surface and a mirror mount, having a first end face, on which the pane adhesive element is seated with the second surface thereof, and a second end face designed for mounting a housing of the vehicle interior mirror or add-on part, wherein the pane adhesive element has the shape of a flat truncated cone or a flat pyramid such that the second surface is smaller than the free first surface.

Claims (29)

1. A mounting assembly of a vehicle interior mirror, which comprises:

a pane adhesive element shaped in a substantially plate-shaped or disc-shaped manner and having a free first surface configured as an adhesive surface for fastening the mounting assembly to an inner-side of a vehicle pane, and a second surface and a mirror mount having a first end face on which the pane adhesive element is seated with the second surface thereof, and a second end face configured for mounting a housing of the vehicle interior mirror,

wherein

the pane adhesive element has the shape of a flat truncated cone or a flat pyramid such that the second surface is smaller than the free first surface,

wherein the pane adhesive element consists of a compressible material or flexible material, or both a compressible and flexible material, such that, in the mounted state, the free first surface deforms in adaptation to a curved adjacent pane surface, while the second surface does not deform or deforms only slightly.

2. The mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the pane adhesive element has the shape of a straight circular truncated cone.

3. The mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the pane adhesive element has the shape of a pyramid with a rectangular base.

4. The mounting assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the pyramid has a square base.

5. The mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second surface of the pane adhesive element is parallel to the free first surface.

6. The mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the cone angle of the truncated cone or pyramid angle of the pyramid is between 5° and 45°.

7. The mounting assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the cone angle of the truncated cone or pyramid angle of the pyramid is between 10° and 30°.

8. The mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the free first surface or the second surface, or both the free first surface and the second surface, of the pane adhesive element is coated with adhesive.

9. The mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first end face of the mirror mount is at least 25% larger than the adjacent second surface of the pane adhesive element.

10. The mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second surface of the pane adhesive element and the adjacent first end face of the mirror mount are provided with mutually corresponding connection means for a positive connection of the mirror mount to the pane adhesive element.

11. The mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the mirror mount is of multi-part design and includes a mirror foot part, which has the first end face connected to the mirror adhesive element, and a cantilever part connected to the mirror foot part, which has the second end face configured for mounting the mirror housing.

12. The mounting assembly according to claim 11 , wherein the cantilever part is movably connected to the mirror foot part.

13. A glass pane comprising:

a mounting assembly of a vehicle interior mirror, the mounting assembly including

a pane adhesive element shaped in a substantially plate-shaped or disc-shaped manner and having a free first surface configured as an adhesive surface for fastening the mounting assembly to an inner-side of a vehicle pane, and a second surface and a mirror mount having a first end face on which the pane adhesive element is seated with the second surface thereof, and a second end face configured for mounting a housing of the vehicle interior mirror,

wherein

the pane adhesive element has the shape of a flat truncated cone or a flat pyramid such that the second surface is smaller than the free first surface,

wherein the pane adhesive element consists of a compressible material or flexible material, or both a compressible and flexible material, such that, in the mounted state, the free first surface deforms in adaptation to a curved adjacent pane surface, while the second surface does not deform or deforms only slightly.

14. The glass pane according to claim 13 , wherein the pane adhesive element has the shape of a straight circular truncated cone.

15. The glass pane according to claim 13 , wherein the pane adhesive element has the shape of a pyramid with a rectangular base.

16. The glass pane according to claim 13 , wherein the second surface of the pane adhesive element is parallel to the free first surface.

17. The glass pane according to claim 13 , wherein the cone angle of the truncated cone or pyramid angle of the pyramid is between 5° and 45°.

18. The glass pane according to claim 13 , wherein the free first surface or the second surface, or both the free first surface and the second surface, of the pane adhesive element is coated with adhesive.

19. The glass pane according to claim 13 , wherein the first end face of the mirror mount is at least 25% larger than the adjacent second surface of the pane adhesive element.

20. The glass pane according to claim 13 , wherein the second surface of the pane adhesive element and the adjacent first end face of the mirror mount are provided with mutually corresponding connection means for a positive connection of the mirror mount to the pane adhesive element.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 16, 2025
From: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
To: SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE
Reel/Frame 071969/0743 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2020
From: BARRAS, CLAIRE; LAKSHMANAN, MARTIN
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 053713/0657 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 18181947 · Jul 5, 2018 · regional
Continuity (1)
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