Patent ID: 9656601
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B60Q,B60R,C22C,C23C,F21S,G02B,Y02T,Y10T

Claim:
1. A rear view device for a vehicle, the rear view device comprising: a polymeric housing having disposed therein a side turn indicator, the side turn indicator comprising at least one light element, and a polymeric substrate, wherein the polymeric substrate is coated with a chromium-based reflective coating and wherein the polymeric substrate and the chromium-based reflective coating are at least in part permeable to light originating from the at least one light element, wherein the coating is an alloy of chromium and a dopant material, the dopant material being selected from the hexagonally close-packed transition metals, the alloy having a crystal structure of a primary body-centered cubic phase in coexistence with a secondary omega hexagonally close-packed phase.