Patent ID: 8749366

Claim:
A rear view mirror for a vehicle comprising a mirror housing, an antenna module arranged on the backside of said mirror housing having an antenna electrically connected thereto for receiving data of at least one radio data service, an electronic display unit being arranged on the front side of said mirror and an electronic unit in electrical communication with said antenna module and said display unit for displaying at least portions of said data received by said antenna module onto said display unit, wherein an antenna module sealing mechanism hiding said antenna module inside a casing of said mirror housing in a deactivated state and exposing said antenna module towards a driving direction/windscreen side in an activated state, whereby said antenna module is arranged in a recess of said mirror housing and said antenna module sealing mechanism comprises a pivotable door with said antenna secured thereto, said pivotable door opening said recess in the activated state moving said antenna away from said backside of said mirror housing and closing said recess in the deactivated state moving said antenna back toward said backside of said mirror housing wherein said antenna module sealing mechanism comprises an electromotor unit for opening and closing said door, wherein said electronic unit is in electrical connection with a power supply over a vehicle's ignition switch and said activated state is a motor running state (KEY ON) or an ignition on (ACC ON) state and said deactivated state is an ignition off (KEY OFF) state of said vehicle's ignition switch.