Patents by Inventor Thomas G. Polanyi

Thomas G. Polanyi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for adjusting automobile side view mirror
    Patent number: 5237458
    Abstract: A side view mirror assembly for an automobile comprises a side view mirror having a reflective surface and a transparent portion, a target fixed with respect to the automobile, located behind the side view mirror, and an auxiliary mirror having a reflective surface which is considerably smaller than the reflective surface of the side view mirror attached to the rear of the side view mirror, and so inclined with respect to the side view mirror that it enables a driver of an automobile to see the target in the auxiliary mirror through the transparent portion of the side view mirror, and when the target is seen by the driver in the auxiliary mirror the line of sight of the driver looking in the side view mirror is directed toward a required blind spot area near the automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Inventors: Michael L. Polanyi, Thomas G. Polanyi
  • Device for adjusting automobile side view mirror
    Patent number: 5122910
    Abstract: A device for adjusting a side view mirror of an automobile has an auxiliary mirror arranged on the side view mirror and having a reflective surface inclined relative to the reflective surface of the side view mirror so that when the driver sees an image of a target on the automobile body in the auxiliary mirror the line of sight of a driver looking in the side view mirror is directed toward a required blind spot area near the automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Inventors: Michael L. Polanyi, Thomas G. Polanyi
  • Device for adjusting automobile side view mirror
    Patent number: 5022747
    Abstract: A device for adjusting a side view mirror has an auxiliary mirror arranged on the side view mirror and having a reflective surface inclined relative to the reflective surface of the side view mirror so that when the driver sees an image of a target on the automobile body the line of sight of a driver looking in the side view mirror is directed toward a required blind spot area near the automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Inventors: Michael L. Polanyi, Thomas G. Polanyi