CN216545982U - Electrochromic anti-dazzling rearview mirror assembly - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to an electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror assembly, which comprises a mirror shell, an electrochromic mirror element and a concave shell, wherein the mirror shell is provided with a concave surface; the mirror shell comprises an opening surrounded by a side wall, and a plurality of first clamping bulges are arranged on the inner surface of the side wall at intervals; the electrochromic lens element is accommodated at the opening of the lens housing, the front side of the electrochromic lens element faces the observer, and the back side of the electrochromic lens element faces away from the observer; the concave shell comprises a transparent outer cover and an opaque connecting piece, the transparent outer cover is attached to the front face of the electrochromic lens element, one end of the opaque connecting piece extends to the peripheral area of the front face of the electrochromic lens element, the other end of the opaque connecting piece extends towards the back face of the electrochromic lens element along the edge surface of the electrochromic lens element, and a plurality of raised first bayonets are arranged at intervals on the end face; the first bayonet is arranged corresponding to the first clamping protrusion, and the first clamping protrusion is clamped at the first bayonet. The rearview mirror assembly has the advantages of attractive appearance, wide visual field, safety, collision prevention, low possibility of being broken and the like.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of rearview mirrors, in particular to an electrochromic anti-dazzling rearview mirror assembly.
Background
The electrochromic rearview mirror has the functions of preventing dazzling and safe driving, and is widely applied to the inner and outer mirrors of the automobile. In GB15084-2006 "requirements for THE performance AND mounting OF motor vehicle MIRRORS" AND ECE-R46 regulation "unity pro vision requirements OF front-VIEW MIRRORS, AND OF motor vision systems WITH REGARD TO occupant vision requirements OF front-VIEW MIRRORS, THE requirements are made for THE field OF VIEW OF THE MIRRORS, while taking into account passenger safety, requiring that THE front edge OF THE mirror is enclosed within a protective frame AND that THE edge position has a radius OF curvature OF not less than 2.5 mm.
In view of the requirements of the above regulations, for example, in the prior art as disclosed in WO2004/098953 and WO2005/082015, it is common to employ a plastic housing design having a front opening, and then to secure the electrochromic mirror element in the position of the front opening, the plastic housing typically having a plastic rim covering the edge surface of the electrochromic mirror element to meet the safety requirements set forth by the regulations.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model provides an electrochromic anti-dazzling rearview mirror assembly, so that the rearview mirror assembly has the advantages of attractive appearance, wide visual field, safety, collision prevention, difficulty in breaking and the like.
In order to achieve the above purposes, the technical scheme adopted by the utility model is as follows:
an electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror assembly, comprising:
the mirror shell comprises an opening surrounded by a side wall, and a plurality of first clamping bulges are arranged on the inner surface of the side wall at intervals;
an electrochromic lens element accommodated at the opening of the mirror housing, the electrochromic lens element having a front side facing the observer and a rear side facing away from the observer; and
the concave shell comprises a transparent outer cover and an opaque connecting piece, the transparent outer cover is attached to the front face of the electrochromic lens element, one end of the opaque connecting piece extends to the peripheral area of the front face of the electrochromic lens element, the other end of the opaque connecting piece extends towards the back face of the electrochromic lens element along the edge surface of the electrochromic lens element, and a plurality of convex first bayonets are arranged at intervals on the end face of the opaque connecting piece;
the first bayonet is arranged corresponding to the first clamping protrusion, and the first clamping protrusion is clamped at the first bayonet.
Preferably, the transparent outer cover is concave, the opaque connector is disposed at an inner surface of the transparent outer cover, and a sidewall of the transparent outer cover at least partially covers an outer wall of the opaque connector.
Preferably, the transparent cover and the opaque connecting member are co-molded integrally, or the transparent cover and the opaque connecting member are separately molded and connected together by at least one of bonding, melting, and molding.
Preferably, at least a partial region of the transparent cover is bonded to the front side of the electrochromic lens element by means of an optical glue.
Preferably, the edge surface of the transparent casing is a smooth transition and has a radius of greater than 2.5 mm.
Preferably, the rear view mirror assembly further comprises a carrier plate attached to the rear surface of the electrochromic lens element by means of gluing.
Preferably, the bearing plate is further provided with a second raised bayonet near the outer peripheral region thereof, and the second bayonet is clamped at a second clamping convex part of the mirror housing.
Preferably, the mirror housing is further provided with a shoulder for supporting the electrochromic lens element.
Preferably, the electrochromic lens element comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a sealing member and an electrochromic medium; the seal member is circumferentially disposed between peripheral regions of the first and second substrates to sealingly bond the first and second substrates to one another and define a cavity; the electrochromic medium is disposed in the cavity; a transparent conductive film layer and a conductive reflection film layer are respectively deposited on the first substrate and the second substrate; the transparent conductive film layer and the conductive reflective film layer are in contact with the electrochromic medium.
Preferably, the electrochromic lens element further comprises a first conductive clip and a second conductive clip; one end of the first conductive clip extends to the second surface of the first substrate to be electrically contacted with the transparent conductive film layer, and the other end of the first conductive clip extends to the fourth surface of the second substrate; one end of the second conductive clip extends to the third surface of the second substrate to be electrically contacted with the conductive reflection film layer, and the other end of the second conductive clip extends to the fourth surface of the second substrate.
The utility model has the beneficial effects that:
the electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror assembly has the advantages of attractive appearance, wide visual field, safety, collision prevention, difficulty in breaking and the like through the arrangement of the concave shell.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of an electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror assembly of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a mirror housing of a rearview mirror assembly in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the mirror assembly of FIG. 2 as a whole, viewed in the direction A-A;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a mirror housing of a rearview mirror assembly in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the entire rearview mirror assembly of FIG. 4 as viewed along the direction B-B;
FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the entire rearview mirror assembly of FIG. 4 as viewed in the direction C-C;
the lens comprises a lens shell 1, an electrochromic lens element 2, a concave shell 3, a bearing plate 4, an optical cement 5, a first substrate 21, a second substrate 22, a sealing piece 23, an electrochromic medium 24, a first conductive clip 25, a second conductive clip 26, a first surface 21a, a second surface 21b, a third surface 22a, a fourth surface 22b, a transparent outer cover 31, an opaque connecting piece 32, a rounded corner 31a, a first clamping protrusion 101, a shoulder 102, a second clamping protrusion 103, a transparent conductive film layer 201, a conductive reflective film layer 202, a first clamping opening 321 and a second clamping opening 401.
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The following description is presented to disclose the utility model so as to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the utility model. The preferred embodiments in the following description are given by way of example only, and other obvious variations will occur to those skilled in the art.
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The electrochromic antiglare rearview mirror assembly of the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, includes a mirror housing 1, an electrochromic lens element 2, and a concave housing 3; the mirror shell 1 comprises an opening surrounded by a side wall, and a plurality of first clamping protrusions 101 are arranged on the inner surface of the side wall at intervals; the mirror housing 1 is further provided with a shoulder 102 for supporting the electrochromic lens element 2. The end face of the side wall of the mirror shell 1 extends along the outer surface of the opaque connecting piece 32 and butts against at least part of the end face of the side wall of the transparent outer cover 31, or a gap is reserved between the end face of the side wall of the mirror shell 1 and the end face of the concave side wall of the transparent outer cover 31. The outer surface of the side wall of the mirror shell 1 is basically flush or smoothly transited with the outer surface of the side wall of the transparent outer cover 31, so that the aesthetic degree of the rearview mirror assembly is improved.
The female housing 3 comprises a transparent outer cover 31 and an opaque connecting piece 32. By way of example, the transparent cover 31 may be made of a substantially transparent resin material to protect the rearview mirror assembly from being broken. The transparent outer cover 31 and the opaque connecting member 32 are integrally formed by co-molding, or the transparent outer cover 31 and the opaque connecting member 32 are separately molded and connected by at least one of bonding, melting, and molding. The transparent cover 31 has a concave shape, the opaque connector 32 is disposed at an inner surface of the transparent cover 31, and a sidewall of the transparent cover 31 at least partially covers an outer wall of the opaque connector 32. The transparent cover 31 is attached to the front surface of the electrochromic lens element 2, and at least a part of the area of the transparent cover is bonded to the front surface of the electrochromic lens element 2 through the optical adhesive 5. One end of the opaque connector 32 extends to the peripheral region of the front surface of the electrochromic lens element 2 to shield the sealing member 23 and the conductive clip, so as to improve the aesthetic degree of the rearview mirror assembly, and in addition, in order to further improve the aesthetic degree of the rearview mirror assembly, the reflectivity and the color of the opaque connector 32 are as close as possible to the reflectivity and the color of the central region of the electrochromic lens element 2; the other end of the opaque connector 32 extends towards the back of the electrochromic lens element 2 along the edge surface of the electrochromic lens element 2, and a plurality of raised first bayonets 321 are arranged at intervals on the end surface; wherein, first bayonet socket 321 corresponds the setting with first bayonet socket 101, first bayonet socket 101 joint is in first bayonet socket 321 department prevents to loosen between concave shell 3 and the mirror shell 1. In at least one embodiment, the edge surface of the transparent outer cover 31 is a smooth transition and has a rounded corner 31a with a radius greater than 2.5 mm.
Another alternative embodiment of an electrochromic anti-glare rear view mirror assembly, as shown in fig. 4 to 6, comprises a mirror housing 1, an electrochromic lens element 2 and a concave housing 3; a plurality of first clamping protrusions 101 and a plurality of second clamping protrusions 103 are arranged on the inner surface of the side wall of the mirror shell 1 at intervals. The first clamping protrusion 101 is clamped at the first clamping opening 321 to prevent the concave housing 3 and the mirror shell 1 from loosening. The rear view mirror assembly further comprises a carrier plate 4, which carrier plate 4 is connected to the back of the electrochromic lens element 2 by means of adhesive bonding. The bearing plate 4 is close to the outer peripheral area thereof and is further provided with a raised second bayonet 401, and the second bayonet 401 is clamped at the second clamping protrusion 103 of the mirror housing 1 to fixedly connect the bearing plate 4 and the mirror housing 1 to prevent the bearing plate from loosening. The mirror housing 1 is provided with a shoulder 102 for supporting the electrochromic lens element 2, which shoulder 102 bears on the surface of the carrier plate 4.
As shown in fig. 3, 5 and 6, the electrochromic lens element 2 is accommodated at the opening of the mirror housing 1, with the front side of the electrochromic lens element 2 facing the viewer and the back side thereof facing away from the viewer; the electrochromic lens element 2 comprises a first substrate 21, a second substrate 22, a sealing member 23 and an electrochromic medium 24; for convenience of description, a side of the first substrate 21 facing the viewer, i.e., a front surface of the electrochromic lens element 2, is defined as a first surface 21a, a side facing away from the viewer is defined as a second surface 21b, a side of the second substrate 22 facing the viewer is defined as a third surface 22a, and a side facing away from the viewer, i.e., a back surface of the electrochromic lens element 2, is defined as a fourth surface 22 b. The seal 23 is circumferentially disposed between the outer peripheral regions of the first and second substrates 21 and 22 to sealingly bond the first and second substrates 21 and 22 to each other and define a cavity; the electrochromic medium 24 is disposed in the cavity; a transparent conductive film layer 201 and a conductive reflective film layer 202 are respectively deposited on the second surface 21b of the first substrate 21 and the third surface 22a of the second substrate 22; the transparent conductive film layer 201 and the conductive reflective film layer 202 are in contact with the electrochromic medium 24. The electrochromic lens element 2 further comprises a first conductive clip 25 and a second conductive clip 26; one end of the first conductive clip 25 extends to the second surface 21b of the first substrate 21 to be electrically contacted with the transparent conductive film layer 201, and the other end extends to the fourth surface 22b of the second substrate 22; the second conductive clip 26 has one end extending to the third surface 22a of the second substrate 22 to be in electrical contact with the conductive reflective film layer 202 and another end extending to the fourth surface 22b of the second substrate 22.
The transparent conductive film layer 201 may be any transparent conductive film layer 201 known to those skilled in the art, for example, the transparent conductive film layer 201 may be ITO, FTO, or the like. The conductive reflective film 202 may be any film system obtained by combining a conductive film and a reflective film, which is well known to those skilled in the art, for example, the conductive film may also be ITO, FTO, etc., the reflective film may be a single metal film of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, etc., or a composite film composed of a first high refractive index film, a low refractive index film and a second high refractive index film. Further, the first high refractive index film layer and the second high refractive index film layer are made of Nb2O5，Ta2O5，TiO2，ZrO2One of (1); the low refractive index film layer is made of SiO2Or MgF2. The above materials are only examples, and the transparent conductive film layer 201 of the present invention is within the scope of the present invention as long as it is a film layer material with transparent and conductive functions disclosed in the art, and the conductive reflective film layer 202 is within the scope of the present invention as long as it is a film layer material with both conductive and reflective functions disclosed in the art.
In at least one embodiment, the rearview mirror assembly further comprises a mirror foot, one end of which is rotatably connected to the mirror housing 1 by a ball socket, and the other end of which is mounted on the vehicle windshield, as is well known to those skilled in the art. It is also well known to those skilled in the art that the electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror further includes a circuit board, a glare light sensor and an ambient light sensor, the first conductive clip 25 and the second conductive clip 26 of the electrochromic lens element 2 are led out through a power line and electrically connected with the circuit board to form an electrical circuit, and in addition, the glare light sensor and the ambient light sensor are also electrically connected with the circuit board. The circuit board controls the change of optical properties such as reflectivity, color and the like of the rearview mirror assembly by comparing the strong light intensity of the back vehicle received by the glare photosensitive sensor with the environmental light intensity received by the environmental light photosensitive sensor, thereby realizing the technical effect of anti-dazzle of the electrochromic rearview mirror assembly.
The foregoing shows and describes the general principles, essential features, and advantages of the utility model. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are merely illustrative of the principles of the utility model, but that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, which fall within the scope of the utility model as claimed.
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1. An electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror assembly, comprising:
the mirror shell comprises an opening surrounded by a side wall, and a plurality of first clamping bulges are arranged on the inner surface of the side wall at intervals;
an electrochromic lens element accommodated at the opening of the mirror housing, the electrochromic lens element having a front side facing the observer and a rear side facing away from the observer; and
the concave shell comprises a transparent outer cover and an opaque connecting piece, the transparent outer cover is attached to the front face of the electrochromic lens element, one end of the opaque connecting piece extends to the peripheral area of the front face of the electrochromic lens element, the other end of the opaque connecting piece extends towards the back face of the electrochromic lens element along the edge surface of the electrochromic lens element, and a plurality of convex first bayonets are arranged at intervals on the end face of the opaque connecting piece;
the first bayonet is arranged corresponding to the first clamping protrusion, and the first clamping protrusion is clamped at the first bayonet.
2. The electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror assembly of claim 1, wherein the transparent housing is concave, the opaque connector is disposed at an inner surface of the transparent housing, and a sidewall of the transparent housing at least partially covers an outer wall of the opaque connector.
3. The electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror assembly of claim 1, wherein said transparent cover and said opaque connector are co-molded as a single piece, or said transparent cover and said opaque connector are separately molded and joined together by at least one of bonding, melting, and molding.
4. The electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror assembly of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the transparent cover is bonded to the front face of the electrochromic lens element by an optical adhesive.
5. The electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror assembly of claim 1, wherein an edge surface of said transparent housing is a smooth transition and has a radius of greater than 2.5 mm.
6. The electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror assembly of claim 1, further comprising a carrier plate adhesively attached to the rear surface of the electrochromic lens element.
7. The electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror assembly of claim 6, wherein the carrier plate is further provided with a second raised bayonet near an outer peripheral region thereof, and the second bayonet is snapped into the second bayonet of the mirror housing.
8. The electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror assembly of claim 1, wherein said mirror housing further defines a shoulder for supporting said electrochromic lens element.
9. The electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror assembly of any one of claims 1-8, wherein the electrochromic lens element comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a sealing member, and an electrochromic medium; the seal member is circumferentially disposed between peripheral regions of the first and second substrates to sealingly bond the first and second substrates to one another and define a cavity; the electrochromic medium is disposed in the cavity; a transparent conductive film layer and a conductive reflection film layer are respectively deposited on the first substrate and the second substrate; the transparent conductive film layer and the conductive reflective film layer are in contact with the electrochromic medium.
10. The electrochromic anti-glare rearview mirror assembly of any one of claims 1-8, wherein said electrochromic lens element further comprises a first conductive clip and a second conductive clip; one end of the first conductive clip extends to the second surface of the first substrate to be electrically contacted with the transparent conductive film layer, and the other end of the first conductive clip extends to the fourth surface of the second substrate; one end of the second conductive clip extends to the third surface of the second substrate to be electrically contacted with the conductive reflection film layer, and the other end of the second conductive clip extends to the fourth surface of the second substrate.
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