Patent ID: 6590725
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A sideview mirror for vehicles, comprising:a housing connected to a forward portion of a driver's side of a vehicle so that a first aperture formed at one side of the housing is arranged outside the vehicle and is directed to an outer rearward portion of the vehicle and a second aperture at an other side of the housing is arranged inside the vehicle; an object lens system including: at least one object lens of a convex lens type connected to the first aperture, an upper reflecting unit arranged in the housing at a predetermined angle within a focal length of the object lens so as to reflect a first ray passing through an upper portion of a horizontal center line of the object lens to an interior of the vehicle, and a lower reflecting unit arranged in the housing so that the upper reflecting unit is at a right angle with respect to the lower reflecting unit and a contact line located at an intersection of the lower reflecting unit and the upper reflecting unit corresponds to the horizontal center line of the object lens and the lower reflecting unit is adapted to reflect a second ray passing through a lower portion of the horizontal center line of the object lens; and an eye lens system having: a third reflecting unit arranged beyond the focal length of the object lens and adapted to reflect the first and second rays to the second aperture of the housing, and at least one eye lens of a convex lens type connected to the second aperture of the housing and adapted to magnify and refract the first and second rays reflected by the third reflecting unit to form an image having either an unit magnification or a predetermined magnification for thereby forming an afocal system.