Patent ID: 6764207
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B60Q,B60R

Abstract:
A mirror head assembly for mounting adjacent to or at a distance from exterior surfaces of a vehicle by mirror head mounting components, and which vehicle has an electrical system, comprising:a mirror head outer shell which comprises a shell wall; one or more mirrors mounted adjacent said mirror head outer shell; wherein said mirror head outer shell is constructed and positioned such that a majority of said mirror head outer shell is disposed on a side of said one or more mirrors opposite a reflecting surface of each of said one or more mirrors; wherein said mirror head outer shell is constructed and positioned such that some portion of said mirror head outer shell is in line with substantially every portion of said mirrors in directions perpendicular to said reflecting surfaces of said mirrors; one or more lights that are mounted to said mirror head assembly; and wherein each of said one or more lights mounted to said mirror head assembly is positioned adjacent said mirror head outer shell; said shell wall of said mirror head outer shell defines a light reception opening within which light body(s) of one or more of said lights mounted to said mirror head assembly are disposed; said light reception opening is of such a shape and said one or more light body(s) of said lights disposed within said light reception opening is/are of such a shape and is/are position within said light reception opening in a manner such that, outer lens surfaces of said one or more light bodies of said one or more lights disposed within said light reception opening are substantially contiguous and flush with outer surfaces of said mirror head outer shell adjacent said light reception opening; said one or more mirrors mounted adjacent said mirror head outer shell comprise a first mirror and a second mirror that are mounted to said mirror head assembly; said first mirror and said second mirror are positioned such that a reflective surface of said first mirror and a reflective surface of said second mirror face in a substantially similar direction; said mirror head outer shell defines a narrow waistline portion that is disposed between said first mirror and said second mirror; said narrow waistline portion that said mirror head outer shell defines is a waistline groove that has terminal ends; said waistline groove extends continuously around said mirror head outer shell between its terminal ends; each of said terminal ends of said waistline groove is disposed between said first mirror and said second mirror at a point substantially in a same plane as said reflecting surfaces of said mirror; some portion of said portion of said mirror head assembly that defines said waistline groove is disposed on a side of said mirrors opposite said reflecting surfaces of said mirror and extends substantially away from said mirrors in directions perpendicular to said reflecting surfaces of said mirrors on said side of said mirrors opposite said reflecting surfaces of said mirrors; said mirror head outer shell constructed such that outer surfaces of said mirror head outer shell define rear shell portions that are relatively close to and substantially perpendicular to reflecting surface peripheries of said mirrors; said outer surfaces of said mirror head outer shell extend in a gently curving manner from said rear shell portions in directions away from said mirrors on a side of said mirrors opposite said reflecting surfaces and meet at one or more forward shell portions defined by said outer surfaces of said mirror head outer shell; said mirror head outer shell is constructed such that, for a majority of sections of said mirror head assembly, a mirror head depth from said forward shell portions to said rear shell portions is greater than at least &frac13; of a corresponding mirror head width; said mirror head outer shell comprises recess walls between which a light reception recess is defined inwardly of said light reception opening; and said light body(s) of said lights that are disposed within said light reception opening are engaged to said recess walls.