EP0442978A1

EP0442978A1 - Front area mirror systems for vehicles, in particular automobiles

Info

Publication number: EP0442978A1
Application number: EP19900904746
Authority: EP
Inventors: Mohammad-Sadegh Tavana
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1989-03-29
Filing date: 1990-03-26
Publication date: 1991-08-28
Also published as: WO1990012706A3; WO1990012706A2; AU5282890A

Abstract

Systèmes de miroirs latéraux pour région antérieure de véhicules, en particulier véhicules automobiles, qui donnent au conducteur une visibilité totale sur les régions antérieures au niveau du pare-choc du véhicule, ce qui permet d'éviter tout contact accidentel entre les deux extrémités du pare-choc antérieur et d'autres objets, en particulier des voitures déjà garées, ainsi que les dégâts qui pourraient en découler, et qui permettent en outre au conducteur d'emprunter des passages très étroits avec une visibilité parfaite et donc sans problème. On peut préinstaller ces systèmes ou les régler par rapport aux miroirs latéraux pour régions arrières habituels de quatre manières différentes: sans aucun lien fonctionnel ou structurel; avec un lien uniquement fonctionnel; avec un lien fonctionnel et structurel; et enfin avec un lien uniquement structurel entre les systèmes avant et arrière.Side mirror systems for anterior region of vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, which give the driver total visibility over the anterior regions at the level of the bumper of the vehicle, which prevents accidental contact between the two ends of the bumper - previous shock and other objects, in particular cars already parked, as well as the damage which could result therefrom, and which also allow the driver to use very narrow passages with perfect visibility and therefore without problems. These systems can be pre-installed or adjusted in relation to the side mirrors for usual rear regions in four different ways: without any functional or structural link; with a purely functional link; with a functional and structural link; and finally with a purely structural link between the front and rear systems.

Description

Apron mirror systems of vehicles,

In particular passenger cars

description

The invention concerns the lateral apron mirror systems of the vehicles, which, firstly with the commonly used lateral rear-view mirror systems, neither in functional nor in design, secondly only in functional, thirdly in functional as well as in design, and finally fourth in design coupling would be.

1. With the completely separate i.e. neither functionally nor in terms of design coupled use of these side apron mirror systems, which as task enable the indispensable driver's view of the two front corner areas of the vehicles and in particular of the corner areas located at the bumper height and thus any possible contact of the front corners of the vehicles with other objects (and in particular Trap with the others already parked

Vehicles) and the occurrence of the damage in question can be avoided, each of these systems could be attached to suitable but different positions of the two side body areas of a vehicle in such a way that the driver can see the two front corners of his vehicle is given or possible.

2. With the only functional coupling of each side apron mirror system with the usual rear field mirror system, there is a renewed reflection of the line of sight on the mirror of the secondary system, while the lateral apron mirror system is pre-fixed or adjustable to one of the suitable and at the same time arbitrarily chosen points of the lateral areas of the Vehicles and is completely separate from the rear field mirror system.

3. Within the framework of the functional as well as design-related coupling of the apron mirror system with the rear panel mirror system, these two mirror systems are manufactured in a uniform overall shape and in such a way that the apron mirror is pre-fixed or adjustable in any zone, i.e. Above, below or to the side of the rear-field mirror, stand closest to him under the minimum possible distance and love to reflect the line of sight first of all and then at the rear-field mirror to the driver's eyes.

4. The best option would be to use the fourth type, i.e. dispensing with the functional coupling of the two front and rear field mirror systems, while they remain subject to a mere design coupling.

In this way, the two front and rear-view mirror systems are integrated into a uniform overall shape (better for trucks and buses than a common frame), while the apron mirror is above, below or, best of all, on the side that is further away from the driver of the rear-field mirror and at a sufficient distance from it and would therefore be completely independent of the satisfaction of the required self-function.

A. In the case of a coupling in terms of design, it could possibly be advantageous to cut out any surface part of the rear-field mirror and to have the space containing the apron mirror embedded in the relevant space gap. (Fig 0)

B. The apron mirror itself can be made both uncurved and also curved or with an uncurved reflection surface but curved glass surface (lens effect) or vice versa and broken or unbroken with or without heating wires.

C. For better protection of the apron mirror, the entire frame of the two front and rear apron mirrors in the rear area and possibly also in the front area of the partial area in which the apron mirror is located can be made of transparent material, e.g. Glass with or without additional refractory function can be built or heated.

D. The space between the apron and the rear-view mirror could therefore only be opened on two sides in the direction of travel and thus be permeable to the flow if you want to increase the distance between the two mirrors, which means that the apron mirror is wallless in a rather narrow interior or at least in their inside wall area made of transparent material and especially in their transparent wall areas would serve as a heatable or non-heatable chamber.

E. The apron mirror can also remain hidden within the overall framework of the two mirror systems and only be revealed during the application time by the aperture movement, and can be folded out or pushed out electromechanically or only mechanically according to the known principles, with the setting of the apron being adjusted mirror ice from a distance ie just as electromechanically or purely mechanically, i.e. by moving wire or up close i.e. could take place in its space containing it, namely according to the basic principles of FIGS. 1 and 2.

F. In the only functional coupling with one other mirrors, the apron mirror could be brought into functional corporation not only with the usual rear-field mirror, but also with the other mirrors located outside or inside the vehicle compartment.

G. Unfavorable but feasible, the ordinary rear-view mirror system could replace the front-view mirror system by exposing part or all of the mirror of the first-mentioned system to rapid electromechanical or mechanical rotation and adjustment.

H. The setting mechanism takes place within the framework of the two different basic system forms, i.e. for the apron mirror with a vertical axis of rotation in the first and for the apron mirror with an additional horizontal axis of rotation in the second basic system form.

The first basic system form;

The apron mirror is in the simplest of cases attached to one of the outer ends of its axis of rotation and best by a ball joint on the system frame in such a way that it could easily perform both a rotation about its axis of rotation and a physical inclination movement around its attachment point if one Would turn knob F or slide it back and forth.

A non-slip screw P, which could clamp the axis Q to the column R with the aid of a disk or cross device, would put the entire system in a fixed state. (Fig 1)

The second basic system form

The apron mirror is attached to the system frame at the generally non-displaceable upper or lower end of its axis of rotation and is best attached to the system frame by a ball joint in such a way that it could easily perform both a rotation about its axis of rotation and a physical inclination movement around its upper or lower attachment point if one would turn knob B or move it outwards or inwards.

Each time the button B, which is best located in the vehicle compartment, is turned, the basic axis C, the bevel gears X and X ', the axis D and ultimately the apron mirror itself would also be rotated.

Likewise, with every axial displacement of the button B outwards or inwards, the basic axis C, the rotation-independent connecting piece G, the connecting piece H which is free in the axial directions, would be subjected to a displacement which, for the axis D, is nothing other than a radial one Movement around the attachment point A and for the mirror would result in nothing other than a physical inclination movement around the attachment point mentioned.

The column K serves for additional stabilization of the axis D, in particular during its radial displacement. The spring L keeps the axially limited displaceable bevel gear X 'on the other axially fixed bevel gear Pressure.

After each mirror adjustment and while tightening the non-slip screw Z, the adjacent parts of the split cone Y are pressed together, as a result of which the basic axis C would remain immobile in its stabilizing tube I and the entire system should therefore be set in a fixed state. (Fig 2)

Claims

Expectations

1. claim;

he application of any reflective surface which, under the perpendicular striking of the light beam, is principally opaque (reflection e.g. through a shiny metallic surface or as a result of a shiny metallic surface coating like normal mercury reflection) or basically transparent (angular reflection of a translucent material medium without a shiny metallic surface coating of the relevant material medium like that Partial internal reflection of a prism) reflecting surface that redirects the light rays originating primarily or secondarily from each of the two front space zones located at the bumper height of the vehicles and in particular the cars, and also their blurred boundaries into the driver's observation area.

2. claim;

The use of each of the reflecting surfaces described in the first claim (apron mirror) can be in any desired pre-fixable or adjustable functional form and furthermore completely separately or with the use of the usual side rear field mirrors only in functional, both in functional as well as in design, or only in design coupling to be brought.

3rd claim;

In the case of the new side mirror systems to be produced, the apron mirror system can be retrofitted as well as from the outset in a common main design anywhere on the rear mirror system. be installed above, below and to the side of the second-mentioned system, the installation zones being the sides of the two rear-field mirror systems located to the driver remover and also the areas above and below the system sides characterized in this way because of the best visual functions being achieved.

4. claim;

In the case of the already existing side mirror systems, the apron mirror system can be added to the rear mirror system considering the local attachment options specified in the context of claim 3, a connection system which is reversible from a multidirectionally elastic, that is to say coordinatively in the relevant differently oriented directions and therefore the relevant outer ones Housing unevenness of the already manufactured lateral rear-view mirror system covering rubber jacket is surrounded and the apron mirror system from the top, from below, from the outside, from the rear or any combination holds on to the rear-view mirror system depending on the adopted design.

5. claim;

For better protection of the apron mirror, the overall frame of the two apron and rear apron mirrors in the rear area and possibly also in the front area of the partial area in which the apron mirror is located can be made of clear material, e.g. Glass with or without additional refraction function can be built or heated.

6. claim;

The apron mirror can be manufactured both as a permanently visible and only as a temporarily visible segment of the entire side mirror system. In the second case, the apron mirror is either or a- by means of a screen that can be pushed mechanically or electromechanically, or that can be folded vertically or horizontally, in any viewing direction or directions, i.e. to the front and / or to the back of the room revealed and at the end of the required time either randomly or automatically covered again,

b- pushed out mechanically or electromechanically in a straight line or partially rotating together with its adjustment system or partly solely through the upper, outer, lower, frontal or antifrontal side of the housing of the entire side mirror system and at the end of the required time again arbitrarily manually or by the relevant movement system automatically drawn in, as a result of which the outer original shape of the entire side mirror system would remain unchanged. In the context of section b, the apron mirror is adjusted remotely as well as electromechanically or purely mechanically, i.e. by movement-transmitting wire, specifically according to the basic principle of FIG. 1 or 2 or from ff & he d.h., in its space containing it and this also according to the basic principles of FIGS. 1 and 2.

7. claim;

Depending on the needs and the appropriate type of construction, the apron mirror and or the areas in need of its housing walls can be equipped with thin heating wires and thus heated in the presence of a partially or completely covering layer of precipitation.

8. claim;

The apron mirror can take on any kind of broken or unbroken curved shape for its reflective surface as well as for its glass surface and the apron mirror housing for both the inner and the outer surface of its transparent walls, as well as any type of broken or unbroken flat shape (lens and prism effect as well as unplane reflection function).

9. claim;

The space between the front and rear field mirror could therefore only be opened on two sides in the direction of travel and thus be permeable to flow if you want to increase the distance between the two mirrors, which means that the apron mirror is made of transparent material in a rather narrow and wallless interior or at least in the interior wall area and especially in its clearly transparent wall areas as heatable or non-heatable Chamber would be located.

10. Claim

In the mere functional coupling with another mirror, the apron mirror could be brought into functional cooperation not only with the usual rear-field mirror, but also with the other mirrors located outside or inside the vehicle compartment.

11. Claim;

The conventional rear-view mirror system could replace the front-view mirror system in that, in an unfavorable form, entire mirrors of the former system or, in better form, part of this mirror may be subjected to rapid electromechanical or mechanical rotation and adjustment.

12. Claim

Especially with the design-related coupling of the apron mirror to the rear-field mirror, one could cut out a surface part of the rear-field mirror and let the apron mirror function in the resulting gap, which in the first form is completely uncomplementary, in the second form self-complementary, i.e. that the reflecting surface of the apron mirror would replace the already cut-out part of the surface during the inoperative times and thirdly complementary i.e. that a third mirror would replace the relevant part of the area in the times mentioned and in the two cases at the beginning of each requirement time the gap in question would arise again by an arbitrarily dimensioned rotation of the apron mirror part system

13. claim;

The adjustment mechanism takes place within the framework of the two different basic system forms, i.e. for the apron mirror with only a vertical axis of rotation in the first and for the apron mirror with an additional horizontal axis of rotation in the second basic system form.

The adjustment mechanism in the first system basic form is done in the simplest case by the presence of a ball and socket joint, which enables the apron mirror to both rotate and tilt, by rotating or reciprocating the relevant button located at the other end of the axis, after which it is tightened by the rotation of the two screws of a reciprocally movable clamping device on the same axis end should be both rotationally and radially in a fixed position. The adjustment mechanism in the second basic system form happens in the simplest case by the movement transmission via a second axis and two bevel gears, the frontal end of the axis with the respective cone clamping device should be located in the vehicle compartment.

In the second basic system form, a hollow tube and a small-angle joint system for the stabilization of the second axis, a column for the stabilization of the apron mirror axis, and furthermore a spring and also an arbitrarily designed connection system would ensure the functional cohesion of the two axes, while the one in question Spring not only between the stabilizing column and the axially displaceable bevel gear, but also between the mentioned bevel gear and the part of the connection system free in the axial direction should function as a tension spring if this part would remain unaltered and as a compression spring if the part in question between the displaceable bevel gear and the stabilization column should be activated.

14. Claim;

In the second basic system form and therefore in the simplest adjustment mechanism equipped with an additional horizontal axis function, one has to do with a structural union of the axes and in particular the horizontal axes in the middle and thus with the elementary basic form of the adjustment system functioning in this way, and vice versa by splitting the middle axes up to the still useful two- or three-axis system structures could be developed, e.g. the middle axis by its rotating or pushing movement for the inclination movement and the one or two secondary axes by their pushing or. Rotational mobility would provide for the vortex movement of the apron mirror, while the adjustment axes, which in the normal case act in a roughly horizontal position, should not only be in horizontal but also in other technically required positions.

Furthermore, the adjustment systems with the standard horizontal or horizontal axes are not only from the inside but, as is the case with the adjustment systems with only a vertical axis, also from the outside of the car, in both cases both by button and by hand as can also be operated by screw and screwdriver.

15. claim;

The apron mirror can

a: on its own approximately vertical axis or on the additional approximately horizontally lying axis either by hand, i.e. by turning a readily rotatable button or, preferably during a push or pull to turn, a button fastening system with a roughened surface or toothed surface, or by screwdriver a similarly functioning screw of a similarly equipped and similarly functioning screw fastening system, namely according to the relevant system structure of the exterior or interior of the car and,

b: can be adjusted by a mechanical wire or wire system embossed tele-functionally in accordance with the effective function of the mechanism described above, or by a remote adjustment device embossed by an accordingly acting electronic function.

16. claim;

While the attachment point, which is provided with a spherical or other joint, can be located anywhere above or below the apron mirror and thus shift the adjustment point alternately, these two end points of the apron mirror axis could be moved apart or in relation to one another with any meaningful dimensioning, so that they formed a unit point below a zero distance, which could be regarded as both an articulation point and an adjustment point and would completely replace the apron mirror axis.