Rear-view mirror assembly for motor vehicles

摘要

A rear-view mirror arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a mirror assembly held on a carrier plate. The mirror assembly includes a liquid-crystal cell to view following traffic, and which has a variable reflectance controllable via a control device. The mirror assembly has a transparent plate arranged on a front side thereof and a rear-side reflective coating adjacent to and pointing toward the carrier plate. The rear-view mirror arrangement is automatically dimmable and heatable, and includes an optical liquid-crystal cell to produce a permanently clear optical image for the vehicle occupant as a user. In order to provide a heatable effect, an areal heating element is arranged on the carrier plate to generate thermal radiation, and a housing gap is disposed between the carrier plate and the mirror assembly such that the thermal radiation is to transmitted to a radiation-absorbing coating arranged on a reflective coating of the mirror assembly.

主权项

1. A rear-view mirror arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a carrier plate; a mirror assembly including a liquid-crystal cell, a transparent layer arranged on a front side thereof, a rear-side reflective layer, and a radiation-absorbing coating on the rear-side reflective layer; a housing gap between the carrier plate and the mirror assembly; and an areal heating element to generate thermal radiation which is transmitted through the housing gap to the radiation-absorbing coating, thereby heating the mirror assembly.