Patent ID: 8550642
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: B60R,G02B,G02F

Abstract:
1. An exterior rearview mirror assembly for a motor vehicle, said exterior rearview mirror assembly comprising: a bracket fixedly secured to the motor vehicle; a mirror casing secured to said bracket, said mirror casing defining a primary opening; a primary mirror disposed within said primary opening for providing a view rearward of the motor vehicle through a primary field of view, said primary mirror defining a primary plane; a spotting mirror spaced apart from said primary mirror, said spotting mirror extending through a secondary plane different from said primary plane; wherein said primary mirror and said spotting mirror are supported on a mirror backing plate, and wherein said primary mirror is supported at a first portion of said mirror backing plate and said spotting mirror is supported at a second portion of said mirror backing plate; a divider of said mirror backing plate extending between said primary mirror and said spotting mirror to separate said primary and secondary mirrors visually; wherein said divider extends from said mirror backing plate and demarcates said first portion of said mirror backing plate from said second portion of said mirror backing plate; wherein said first portion of said mirror backing plate, said second portion of said mirror backing plate and said divider are commonly injection molded to form said mirror backing plate; and wherein, when supported at said second portion of said mirror backing plate, said spotting mirror is tilted downwardly with resect to said primary mirror at an angle in a range of about 0.75 degrees to about 5 degrees.