Patent ID: 7753571

Claim:
A rearview mirror assembly of an automotive vehicle with a flashing device comprising: a rearview mirror housing with a first opening in which the said rearview mirror is arranged and a second opening defined in at least part of the rest of the outer perimeter of said housing, which is in the part opposite to the first opening, an outer module which can be coupled to said housing closing said second opening, said outer module defining inwardly an elongated passage delimited between two walls, an inner wall and an outer wall acting as a cover which is at least partly transparent, said elongated passage defining a path, and a double-sided printed-circuit board including at least one light emitting component in each of its sides C 1 , C 2 , said board being electrically connected to a feed and control system and located transversely with respect to said elongated passage, dividing the latter into two areas, a rear area with respect to the direction of travel extending from said board to an end area adjacent to the rearview mirror and visible together with the latter, and a front area formed by the rest of the elongated passage such that one of said at least two light emitting components projects light along said rear area, this light exiting by said end area of the rear area of said elongated passage with desired horizontal and vertical angles through a transparent portion of said cover, and at least another of said two light emitting components located in the other side of said printed-circuit board projects light along said front area, this light exiting through said cover.