Patent ID: 7738155
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: B60R,C09J,C09K,G02F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electrochromic variable reflectance mirror for vehicles comprising front and rear spaced elements, said rear surface of the front element having a layer of transparent conductive coating disposed thereon, and said front surface of said rear element comprises a reflective element having at least one layer of conductive coating deposited on a front surface thereof, where the front and the rear elements are sealably bonded together by a spaced apart relationship defining a chamber therebetween, said chamber containing an electrochromic medium, and wherein the conductive front surface of the reflective rear element is connected by a conductive path to the rear surface of the reflective rear element, the conductive path comprising (a) a portion of the conductive coating deposited on the front surface thereof, (b) conductive material deposited on a portion of the rear surface thereof, and (c) conductive material deposited on the edge of the reflective rear element and extending along the edge thereof from the conductive material on the front surface to the conductive material on the rear surface.