Patent ID: 6280041
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: B60R,G02F

Abstract:
Electrochromic mirror having an optically active cell comprising a front transparent plate and a rear transparent plate which are arranged in a laminate-like fashion, each having an upper half and a lower half, andwhich plates are each provided, on that side which faces the other plate, with an electrically conductive electrode layer which extends over the entire surface of said side of said plate and with which contact is made in each case with a contact wireof which the rear plate is of mirrored design, which plates are connected to one another in a sealed fashion by means of a bead of adhesive which runs around each plate adjacent to the edges thereof and leaves a narrow edge strip exposed, andbetween which an electrochromic medium is arranged,wherein, on one of said plates, in the associated electrode layer on the lower half thereof and on the other of said plates in the associated electrode layer in the upper half thereof, there is formed a separating trench which is covered by said bead and prescribes an insulated edge-strip section in the respective electrode layers, and wherein one contact wire is embedded in the space between the one insulated edge-strip section and the non-insulated edge-strip section on the electrode layer lying opposite, and the second contact wire is embedded between the other insulated edge-strip section and the non-insulated edge-strip section on the electrode layer lying opposite, in each case, by means of an electrically conductive material.