Patent ID: 6286983
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: B60Q,B60R,G09F,H05B

Abstract:
An external mirror assembly for an automotive vehicle comprising:a shell having an aperture;a mirror carried by said shell, substantially occluding said aperture; anda first lighting element comprising an electoluminescent film electrically connected to a triggering device for energizing said electro luminescent film, said triggering device comprising a first switch device for generating a series of high frequency pulses, a second switch device for generating a series of low frequency pulses, a power source connected in series to said first and second switches for supplying power to each of said first and second switches, and a control device connected to each of said first and second switches for selectively and independently triggering each of said first and second switches to illuminate said first lighting element in one of a flashing pattern or continuous illumination.