Abstract: A mirror actuator for a vehicle includes a housing and a cover disposed, when the mirror actuator is assembled, at an upper side of the housing. The cover has a cover rail formed therein. An adapter plate has a rotatable shaft which, when the mirror actuator is assembled, is seated on the cover rail and rotatable around a first axis of rotation. A pivot clip, when assembled to the cover, is rotatable around a second axis of rotation, surrounds the rotatable shaft, and affixes the adapter plate on the cover rail.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 1, 2015
Date of Patent:
December 25, 2018
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, KDS Co., Ltd., S L Mirrortech Corporation
Inventors:
Hyun Sub Kim, Nak Kyoung Kong, Young Sub Oh, Jin Hee Lee, Seung Won Yang, Young Kook Cho
Abstract: A back light unit for an outside mirror of a vehicle for optimizing a light-emitting structure of an LED to improve uniformity of light emission and brightness of light so that night visibility for a driver can be improved may include a bottom case, a light source seated on an inner lower side of the bottom case and emitting light when an electric power is supplied, a light guide plate positioned on an inner upper side of the bottom case and uniformly diffusing light emitted from the light source and transferring the light to a prism plate, the prism plate disposed in front of the light guide plate at the inner upper side of the bottom case and refracting and refocusing light from the light guide plate to increase surface brightness, and a top case coupled to a front end of the bottom case.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 15, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 13, 2017
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, S L Mirrortech Corporation, JS Automotive Inc.
Inventors:
Geon Jin Kim, Byoung Gyu Park, Jong Sik Bae, Chan Mook Choi, Seung Ju Yang, Se Been Oh, Byoung Gon Choi, Hyun Dong Lee, Dae Soo Shin
Abstract: A back light unit for an outside mirror of a vehicle for optimizing a light-emitting structure of an LED to improve uniformity of light emission and brightness of light so that night visibility for a driver can be improved may include a bottom case, a light source seated on an inner lower side of the bottom case and emitting light when an electric power is supplied, a light guide plate positioned on an inner upper side of the bottom case and uniformly diffusing light emitted from the light source and transferring the light to a prism plate, the prism plate disposed in front of the light guide plate at the inner upper side of the bottom case and refracting and refocusing light from the light guide plate to increase surface brightness, and a top case coupled to a front end of the bottom case.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 15, 2014
Publication date:
September 10, 2015
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, S L Mirrortech Corporation, JS Automotive Inc.
Inventors:
Geon Jin KIM, Byoung Gyu PARK, Jong Sik BAE, Chan Mook CHOI, Seung Ju YANG, Se Been OH, Byoung Gon CHOI, Hyun Dong LEE, Dae Soo SHIN