Patent ID: 7422336
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: B60R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle side mirror comprising: a mirror housing attached to a side of a vehicle body of a vehicle; a main mirror attached to a rear surface of the mirror housing to form a main image; a first sub-mirror that reflects a blind spot at a forward area of the side of the vehicle body to form a first sub-image, the first sub-mirror being provided on the side of the mirror housing so as to face the vehicle body; and a second sub-mirror that reflects a blind spot at a center area of the side of the vehicle body to form a second sub-image, the second sub-mirror being provided on a bottom portion of the rear surface of the mirror housing on the vehicle body, the second sub-mirror being arranged with adjacent edges of the first and second sub-images and adjacent edges of the main image and the second sub-image mating, respectively, and curvatures of a bottom portion of the main mirror and the second sub-mirror being the same and curvatures of the first and second sub-mirrors being the same, to form a serial image that continuously moves from the first sub-mirror to the main mirror via the second sub-mirror as the vehicle moves in a forward direction.