WO2002074583A1 - Side mirror of automobile - Google Patents

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WO2002074583A1
WO2002074583A1 PCT/KR2002/000306 KR0200306W WO02074583A1 WO 2002074583 A1 WO2002074583 A1 WO 2002074583A1 KR 0200306 W KR0200306 W KR 0200306W WO 02074583 A1 WO02074583 A1 WO 02074583A1
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Yang-Ju Kim
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R1/00—Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
    • B60R1/02—Rear-view mirror arrangements
    • B60R1/08—Rear-view mirror arrangements involving special optical features, e.g. avoiding blind spots, e.g. convex mirrors; Side-by-side associations of rear-view and other mirrors
    • B60R1/081—Rear-view mirror arrangements involving special optical features, e.g. avoiding blind spots, e.g. convex mirrors; Side-by-side associations of rear-view and other mirrors avoiding blind spots, e.g. by using a side-by-side association of mirrors
    • B60R1/082—Rear-view mirror arrangements involving special optical features, e.g. avoiding blind spots, e.g. convex mirrors; Side-by-side associations of rear-view and other mirrors avoiding blind spots, e.g. by using a side-by-side association of mirrors using a single wide field mirror or an association of rigidly connected mirrors

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  • the present invention relates to a side mirror of an automobile, and more particularly, to a side mirror of an automobile that allows a driver to readily perceive vehicles positioned at rear or side of the automobile in a one-way three-lane road.
  • automobiles are provided with side mirrors equipped at outer upper edges of the front doors so that drivers can perceive circumstance in the left rear and right rear lanes of the driver's lane.
  • the side mirrors of the automobile are equipped at both sides of the automobile body, and have various essential functions for safety driving, to allow a driver watching the front to perceive driving direction, speed, etc of automobiles approaching from the rear of the automobile, to safely change the driver's lane, to maintain a safety distance from a forwarding automobile or a following automobile, or to safely pass the forwarding automobile without hindering the driving of the following automobile through a mirror attached to the body of the side mirror.
  • the side mirrors are perceived as one of the essential elements for automobiles, and are conventionally equipped at the left and right upper body portions of the head lamps or the front left and right sides of the front doors at the outer portions of the front doors, to there allow the driver to watch the traffic circumstance of the rear or the side.
  • a plane mirror is installed at the rearview mirror of the driver's seat so as to provide the driver with a precise distance feeling and a convex mirror having a high reflection angle is installed at the rearview mirror of the passenger seat so as to grasp a viewing angle of the driver since the reflection angle watchable by the driver is very small due to a distance difference between the driver's seat and the passenger seat.
  • the rearview mirror of the driver' s seat is made of a plane mirror and thus provides a precise distance feeling, but a small viewing angle causes an occurrence of a blind spot that is not watchable by the driver.
  • the present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the invention to provide a side mirror of an automobile having a plane mirror and an auxiliary plane mirror, capable of sufficiently feeling a real distance to the vehicle approaching from the side or rear of the vehicle.
  • a side mirror installed at both sides of an automobile, for securing a rear view.
  • the side mirror comprises: a mirror attaching die 20 including an element for supporting and rotating the mirror within a housing of the side mirror installed at both sides of the automobile; a first plane mirror 30 for securing a viewing angle with respect to the mirror attaching die 20; a second plane mirror 40 formed with a predetermined angle with first plane mirror 30; and an overlap-preventive member for separating the first plane mirror and the second plane mirror from each other.
  • Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a side mirror of an automobile in accordance with the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic view for illustrating a viewing angle of a side mirror of an automobile in accordance with the present invention
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic view for illustrating operations of a side mirror of an automobile in accordance with the present invention.
  • Fig.4 is a schematic view for illustrating operations of a side mirror of an automobile in accordance with the conventional art.
  • Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a side mirror of an automobile in accordance with the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic view for illustrating a viewing angle of a side mirror of an automobile in accordance with the present invention
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic view for illustrating operations of a side mirror of an automobile in accordance with the present invention.
  • the side mirror of the present invention includes a side mirror housing 10, a mirror attaching die 20 including multiple elements for supporting and rotating the mirror within the side mirror housing 10, a first plane mirror 30 for securing a viewing angle with respect to the mirror attaching die 20, a second plane mirror 40 formed with a predetermined angle with first plane mirror 30, and an mirror and the second plane mirror from each other.
  • the mirror attaching die 20 within the housing 10 can be made in an automatic type operated by an electrical motor or a manual type operated by a manual power like the conventional automobile side mirrors.
  • the overlap-preventive member is to prevent views of the first plane mirror 30 and the second plane mirror 40 from being overlapped with each other, and is preferably made of a synthetic resin material.
  • the driver 60 has a viewing angle indicated by numeral 70 with respect to the innermost portion of the first plane mirror 30, and has a viewing angle indicated by numeral 80 with respect to the outermost portion of the first plane mirror 30.
  • the driver 60 has a viewing angle indicated by numeral 90 with respect to the outermost portion of the second plane mirror 40. Accordingly, the driver 60 can perceive an automobile driven with nearly same front position at the side lane of the automobile.
  • the driver comes to grasp a viewing angle for the rear and the rear wheels using the first plane mirror 30 and grasp a viewing angle for the side or side rear of the automobile using the second plane mirror 40.
  • an automobile approaching from the rear of the automobile 100 is contained within the viewing angle 80 of the first plane mirror 30, and an automobile that is being driven on the left or right lane of the driver's automobile and approaches the side of the driver's automobile, is contained within the viewing angle 90 of the second plate mirror 40, and thus can be grasped by the driver.
  • the driver of the automobile 100 changes the lane to the left lane and at the same time the driver of the automobile 300 driven on the third lane changes the lane to the left lane
  • the driver of the automobile 300 provided with the conventional side mirrors cannot confirm side view of the automobile 3000, so that rear-ending or broadside collision may occur, but the automobile 100 provided with the side mirrors of the present invention can confirm the side view of the automobile 100 readily, to thereby prevent such a collision accident in advance.
  • first plane mirror 30 and the second plane mirror 40 are made in an integrated structure, every driver can readily control the viewing angle. Further, since the first and second plane mirrors 30 and 40 are flat, they enable to confirm grasp the distance feeling of the automobile approaching from the rear. While the present invention has been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made hereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims .
  • side mirrors according to the present invention enable drivers to readily discriminate the automobiles approaching from the rear, rear body, and side, and to grasp the distance feeling. Especially, in a road having at least three lanes in one way, such as the expressway, collision accidents due to the change of lane and no grasp of viewing angle can be prevented in advance.

Abstract

Disclosed is a side mirror of an automobile that allows a driver to readily perceive vehicles positioned at rear or side of the automobile in a one-way three-lane road. The side mirror comprises: a mirror attaching die 20 including an element for supporting and rotating the mirror within a housing of the side mirror installed at both sides of the automobile; a first plane mirror 30 for securing a viewing angle with respect to the mirror attaching die 20; a second plane mirror 40 formed with a predetermined angle with first plane mirror 30; and an overlap-preventive member for separating the first plane mirror and the second plane mirror from each other. Thus, the drivers readily discriminate the automobiles approaching from the rear, rear body, and side, and to grasp the distance feeling.

Description

SIDE MIRROR OF AUTOMOBILE
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a side mirror of an automobile, and more particularly, to a side mirror of an automobile that allows a driver to readily perceive vehicles positioned at rear or side of the automobile in a one-way three-lane road.
Background Art
Generally, automobiles are provided with side mirrors equipped at outer upper edges of the front doors so that drivers can perceive circumstance in the left rear and right rear lanes of the driver's lane.
In other words, the side mirrors of the automobile are equipped at both sides of the automobile body, and have various essential functions for safety driving, to allow a driver watching the front to perceive driving direction, speed, etc of automobiles approaching from the rear of the automobile, to safely change the driver's lane, to maintain a safety distance from a forwarding automobile or a following automobile, or to safely pass the forwarding automobile without hindering the driving of the following automobile through a mirror attached to the body of the side mirror.
Thus, the side mirrors are perceived as one of the essential elements for automobiles, and are conventionally equipped at the left and right upper body portions of the head lamps or the front left and right sides of the front doors at the outer portions of the front doors, to there allow the driver to watch the traffic circumstance of the rear or the side. Accordingly, a plane mirror is installed at the rearview mirror of the driver's seat so as to provide the driver with a precise distance feeling and a convex mirror having a high reflection angle is installed at the rearview mirror of the passenger seat so as to grasp a viewing angle of the driver since the reflection angle watchable by the driver is very small due to a distance difference between the driver's seat and the passenger seat.
Then, the rearview mirror of the driver' s seat is made of a plane mirror and thus provides a precise distance feeling, but a small viewing angle causes an occurrence of a blind spot that is not watchable by the driver.
In other words, as shown in Fig. 4, since a conventional side mirror installed in a driving automobile 100 has a relatively small rear viewing angle 110, it always has a danger of contact accident with an automobile approaching from the side of the driving automobile. In order to prevent this danger from occurring, although a side mirror provided with an auxiliary side mirror is bought and attached to the conventional automobile, a control means for adjusting the side mirror to be matched with the respective drivers' bodies is complex, so that the drivers feel inconvenience. Detailed Description of the Invention
The present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the invention to provide a side mirror of an automobile having a plane mirror and an auxiliary plane mirror, capable of sufficiently feeling a real distance to the vehicle approaching from the side or rear of the vehicle.
To accomplish the above objects, there is provided a side mirror installed at both sides of an automobile, for securing a rear view. The side mirror comprises: a mirror attaching die 20 including an element for supporting and rotating the mirror within a housing of the side mirror installed at both sides of the automobile; a first plane mirror 30 for securing a viewing angle with respect to the mirror attaching die 20; a second plane mirror 40 formed with a predetermined angle with first plane mirror 30; and an overlap-preventive member for separating the first plane mirror and the second plane mirror from each other.
Brief Description of the Drawings
Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a side mirror of an automobile in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a schematic view for illustrating a viewing angle of a side mirror of an automobile in accordance with the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a schematic view for illustrating operations of a side mirror of an automobile in accordance with the present invention; and
Fig.4 is a schematic view for illustrating operations of a side mirror of an automobile in accordance with the conventional art.
* Description of Symbols in Main Portions of the Drawings * 10: Housing 20: Mirror attaching die
30: 1st plane mirror 40: 2nd plane mirror 50: Overlap-preventive member
Best Modes for Carrying out the Invention
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the accompanying drawings .
Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a side mirror of an automobile in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a schematic view for illustrating a viewing angle of a side mirror of an automobile in accordance with the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a schematic view for illustrating operations of a side mirror of an automobile in accordance with the present invention.
Referring to Figs. 1 to 3, the side mirror of the present invention includes a side mirror housing 10, a mirror attaching die 20 including multiple elements for supporting and rotating the mirror within the side mirror housing 10, a first plane mirror 30 for securing a viewing angle with respect to the mirror attaching die 20, a second plane mirror 40 formed with a predetermined angle with first plane mirror 30, and an mirror and the second plane mirror from each other.
The mirror attaching die 20 within the housing 10 can be made in an automatic type operated by an electrical motor or a manual type operated by a manual power like the conventional automobile side mirrors.
The overlap-preventive member is to prevent views of the first plane mirror 30 and the second plane mirror 40 from being overlapped with each other, and is preferably made of a synthetic resin material.
Next, there are described operation and effect of the side mirror having the above structure. First, as shown in Fig. 2, the driver 60 has a viewing angle indicated by numeral 70 with respect to the innermost portion of the first plane mirror 30, and has a viewing angle indicated by numeral 80 with respect to the outermost portion of the first plane mirror 30.
Also, the driver 60 has a viewing angle indicated by numeral 90 with respect to the outermost portion of the second plane mirror 40. Accordingly, the driver 60 can perceive an automobile driven with nearly same front position at the side lane of the automobile.
In other words, the driver comes to grasp a viewing angle for the rear and the rear wheels using the first plane mirror 30 and grasp a viewing angle for the side or side rear of the automobile using the second plane mirror 40.
As shown in Fig. 3, when the driver's automobile 100 is driven on the first lane in a road having three lanes or more in one way, an automobile approaching from the rear of the automobile 100 is contained within the viewing angle 80 of the first plane mirror 30, and an automobile that is being driven on the left or right lane of the driver's automobile and approaches the side of the driver's automobile, is contained within the viewing angle 90 of the second plate mirror 40, and thus can be grasped by the driver.
In other words, when the driver of the automobile 100 changes the lane to the left lane and at the same time the driver of the automobile 300 driven on the third lane changes the lane to the left lane, the driver of the automobile 300 provided with the conventional side mirrors cannot confirm side view of the automobile 3000, so that rear-ending or broadside collision may occur, but the automobile 100 provided with the side mirrors of the present invention can confirm the side view of the automobile 100 readily, to thereby prevent such a collision accident in advance.
Also, since the first plane mirror 30 and the second plane mirror 40 are made in an integrated structure, every driver can readily control the viewing angle. Further, since the first and second plane mirrors 30 and 40 are flat, they enable to confirm grasp the distance feeling of the automobile approaching from the rear. While the present invention has been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made hereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims .
Industrial Applicability
As described previously, side mirrors according to the present invention, enable drivers to readily discriminate the automobiles approaching from the rear, rear body, and side, and to grasp the distance feeling. Especially, in a road having at least three lanes in one way, such as the expressway, collision accidents due to the change of lane and no grasp of viewing angle can be prevented in advance.

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1. A side mirror installed at both sides of an automobile, for securing a rear view, the side mirror comprising: a mirror attaching die 20 including an element for supporting and rotating the mirror within a housing of the side mirror installed at both sides of the automobile; a first plane mirror 30 for securing a viewing angle with respect to the mirror attaching die 20; a second plane mirror 40 formed with a predetermined angle with first plane mirror 30; and an overlap-preventive member for separating the first plane mirror and the second plane mirror from each other.
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JPS57121944A (en) * 1981-01-20 1982-07-29 Koichi Kiyohara Wide range identification mirror
JPS60259544A (en) * 1984-06-04 1985-12-21 Masashi Ogushi Rear-view mirror for automobile
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JPH01186443A (en) * 1988-01-21 1989-07-25 Norihiko Kitsumoto Double side mirror for automobile
JPH01208245A (en) * 1988-02-17 1989-08-22 Takumi Moriwake Vision mirror of vehicle
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