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Granted Patent B2
US 9,079,538 · App. 13/636,462 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

Pair of external vehicle mirrors

Inventors: Willibald Assmann (Ostfildern, DE); Fabian Franke (Hochstadt, DE); Michael Friederich (Gerlingen, DE); Wolfgang Much (Ammerbuch, DE); Volker Nickel (Voehringen, DE); Robert Schwed (Bad Teinach, DE)
Assignee: Daimler AG
B60R1/06
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Patent No.
US 9,079,538
App. No.
13/636,462
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pair of external vehicle mirrors with a driver-side external vehicle mirror and a passenger-side external vehicle mirror are provided. Each have a mirror foot and a mirror housing pivotably attached, in which an adjustable mirror glass is arranged. The mirror housings of the two external vehicle mirrors are constructed symmetrically, so that an identical oncoming wind flow situation is achieved, and that on a rear side of the two mirror housings there is arranged a mask encompassing the mirror glass, the mask of the driver-side external vehicle mirror being formed asymmetrically to the mask of the passenger-side external vehicle mirror.

Claims (18)

1. A pair of external vehicle mirrors, comprising:

a driver-side external vehicle mirror; and

a passenger-side external vehicle mirror,

wherein the driver- and passenger-side mirrors each have a mirror foot and a mirror housing pivotably attached pivotably to the mirror foot,

wherein an adjustable mirror glass is arranged in each of the mirror housings,

wherein each of the mirror housings of the two external vehicle mirrors are constructed symmetrically, so that an identical oncoming wind flow situation is achieved,

wherein a mask encompassing the mirror glass is arranged on a rear side of each of the mirror housings, and

wherein the mask of the driver-side external vehicle mirror is asymmetrically formed with respect to the mask of the passenger-side external vehicle mirror,

wherein the driver-side mask has a constant thickness and the passenger-side mask is formed conically.

2. A motor vehicle, comprising:

a driver-side external vehicle mirror; and

a passenger-side external vehicle mirror,

wherein the driver- and passenger-side mirrors each have a mirror foot and a mirror housing pivotably attached pivotably to the mirror foot,

wherein an adjustable mirror glass is arranged in each of the mirror housings,

wherein each of the mirror housings of the two external vehicle mirrors are constructed symmetrically, so that an identical oncoming wind flow situation is achieved,

wherein a mask encompassing the mirror glass is arranged on a rear side of each of the mirror housings, and

wherein the mask of the driver-side external vehicle mirror is asymmetrically formed with respect to the mask of the passenger-side external vehicle mirror,

wherein the driver-side mask has a constant thickness and the passenger-side mask is formed conically.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: DAIMLER AG
To: MERCEDES BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 072886/0467 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2012
From: ASSMANN, WILLIBALD; FRANKE, FABIAN; FRIEDERICH, MICHAEL; MUCH, WOLFGANG; NICKEL, VOLKER; SCHWED, ROBERT
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 029234/0608 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 012 316 · Mar 23, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130057976A1 · Mar 7, 2013