Patents by Inventor Richard R. Hook
Richard R. Hook 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).
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Patent number: 7978094Abstract: An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a reflective element assembly portion and at least one cap portion adapted to attach to the reflective element assembly portion. The reflective element assembly portion includes a reflective element. The reflective element assembly portion comprises a first molding that encompasses at least a perimeter portion of the reflective element. The first molding is formed by molding a first resinous material having a tool shrinkage factor equal to or greater than about 1%. The cap portion comprises at least one second molding formed by molding a second resinous material having a tool shrinkage factor of less than or equal to about 1%. The cap portion preferably includes internal structure for supporting at least one accessory.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Donnelly CorporationInventors: John T. Uken, Lee Karner, Richard R. Hook, Niall R. Lynam
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Publication number: 20110141543Abstract: An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror reflective element having a glass substrate with first and second surfaces and a circumferential edge along the periphery of the glass substrate. The mirror reflective element includes a mirror reflector established at a surface of the mirror reflective element other than the first surface of the glass substrate. The mirror assembly includes a plastic molding circumferentially disposed about the circumferential edge of the glass substrate without overlapping onto the first surface of the glass substrate. The plastic molding includes a portion that (a) abuts the circumferential edge of the glass substrate and (b) has an outer curved surface that extends from generally adjacent to the first surface of the glass substrate and that lacks a sharp edge. The plane of the first surface of the glass substrate may be generally flush with the outermost part of the plastic molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2011Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: DONNELLY CORPORATIONInventors: John T. Uken, Lee Karner, Richard R. Hook, Niall R. Lynam
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Publication number: 20100246198Abstract: A pocket assembly is provided for mounting at a recess of a vehicle body where a charge port of the vehicle is located, the pocket assembly has a body mountable to a vehicle, wherein the body has a base portion and a bezel portion, at least one outer layer established at an outer surface of said bezel portion, wherein the at least one outer layer is viewable at the side of the vehicle when the charge port is being accessed by a user of the vehicle and an illumination source disposed at or behind said bezel portion, and an illumination source being operable to illuminate indicia established at or on the bezel portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Richard R. HOOK, David A. Dingman
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Publication number: 20100195229Abstract: An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror casing having a human machine interface thereat. The mirror assembly includes a display device disposed behind the transflective mirror reflector of the interior rearview mirror assembly and visible through the transflective mirror reflector to the driver when displaying information. The display device may include a video screen. The user actuatable input may be actuatable by a user to operate at least one element of circuitry disposed in the mirror casing. The human machine interface may be at least partially at a bezel portion of the casing, or may be at least partially at a rear casing portion of the mirror casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: Donnelly CorporationInventors: John O. Lindahl, Peter J. Whitehead, Niall R. Lynam, John T. Uken, Lee Karner, Richard R. Hook
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Patent number: 7683768Abstract: An interior rearview mirror assembly includes a human machine interface having at least one user actuatable input accessible at a portion of the mirror casing. The user actuatable input provides user input to at least one element of circuitry that is disposed in the mirror casing, the interior rearview mirror assembly and/or an accessory module. The circuitry is associated with at least one of (i) a moisture sensor, (ii) a blower motor, (iii) a cabin air monitoring device that monitors the air within the cabin of the vehicle, (iv) a cabin air monitoring device that monitors the level of carbon monoxide in the air within the cabin of the vehicle, (v) an air intake, (vi) a remote ignition system, (vii) a humidity sensing device, and (viii) a display device disposed behind a transflective mirror reflector of the interior rearview mirror assembly and visible to the driver when displaying information.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Donnelly CorporationInventors: John O. Lindahl, Peter J. Whitehead, Niall R. Lynam, John T. Uken, Lee Karner, Richard R. Hook
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Publication number: 20090243824Abstract: A mirror system of a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a reflective element and an information input display providing a display representative of a plurality of input characters. The information input display is disposed behind the reflective element and viewable through the reflective element and a transflective mirror reflector of the reflective element when the information input display is backlit by a backlighting device. A control is operable to determine a location of a touch or proximity of an object at the reflective element and correlate the determined location to an input character of the information input display. The mirror system may include a video display for displaying video images and the information input display may be disposed at a main viewing region of the reflective element so as to provide an information input display that is larger than the video display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth C. Peterson, Keith D. Foote, Richard R. Hook, Eric S. Deuel, Niall R. Lynam
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Patent number: 7510287Abstract: An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a circuit element having a mirror wire harness extending therefrom and extending from a mirror casing. The mirror assembly includes a mirror mounting assembly having a mounting base and a support arm for adjustably mounting the mirror reflective element at the mounting base. The mirror wire harness is routed along an exterior surface of the support arm and an exterior surface of the mounting base. A support arm sleeve is attached at an exterior of the support arm and routes and may contain the mirror wire harness substantially along the support arm and within the support arm sleeve. A mounting base cover assembly is disposed at the mounting base of the mirror assembly and substantially conceals the mounting base and the mirror wire harness at the mounting base.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2006Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Donnelly CorporationInventor: Richard R. Hook
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Patent number: 7289037Abstract: An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a reflective element assembly portion and at least one cap portion adapted to attach to the reflective element assembly portion. The reflective element assembly portion includes a reflective element. The reflective element assembly portion comprises a first molding that encompasses at least a perimeter portion of the reflective element. The first molding is formed by molding a first resinous material having a tool shrinkage factor equal to or greater than about 1 percent. The cap portion comprises at least one second molding formed by molding a second resinous material having a tool shrinkage factor of less than or equal to about 1 percent. The cap portion preferably includes internal structure for supporting at least one accessory.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2004Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Donnelly CorporationInventors: John T Uken, Lee Karner, Richard R Hook, Niall R Lynam
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Patent number: 7253723Abstract: An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a casing having a human machine interface thereat. The human machine interface includes at least one user actuatable input integrally formed at a portion of the casing during the molding operation that forms the casing. The mirror assembly includes circuitry. The user actuatable input may be actuatable by a user to operate at least one element of the circuitry. The human machine interface may be at least partially at a bezel portion of the casing, or may be at least partially at a rear casing portion of the mirror casing.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2005Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Donnelly CorporationInventors: John O. Lindahl, Peter J. Whitehead, Niall R. Lynam, John T. Uken, Lee Karner, Richard R. Hook
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Patent number: 5615857Abstract: A mirror assembly for use in vehicles having a support bracket which provides an adjustment mechanism to position the mirror under a substantially constant clamping pressure over a wide range of ambient temperature conditions. The support bracket includes a generally spherical socket which receives a polymeric ball cup substantially enclosing a ball member extending from the mirror. A spring forces the cup and ball member into the socket and causes the polymeric cup to compress about the ball member. The bracket may be used on both header- and windshield-mounted mirror assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1994Date of Patent: April 1, 1997Assignee: Donnelly CorporationInventor: Richard R. Hook
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Patent number: 5487522Abstract: A mirror assembly for use in vehicles having a support bracket which provides an adjustment mechanism to position the mirror under a substantially constant clamping pressure over a wide range of ambient temperature conditions. The support bracket includes a generally spherical socket which receives a polymeric ball cup substantially enclosing a ball member extending from the mirror. A spring forces the cup and ball member into the socket and causes the polymeric cup to compress about the ball member. The bracket may be used on both header- and windshield-mounted mirror assemblies, and may include an adjustable clamping member forming a portion of the socket whereby the clamping pressure may be further adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1993Date of Patent: January 30, 1996Assignee: Donnelly CorporationInventor: Richard R. Hook
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Patent number: D458568Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1999Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: Donnelly CorporationInventors: Richard R. Hook, Jonathan E. DeLine
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Patent number: D470089Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2002Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Donnelly CorporationInventors: Richard R. Hook, Jonathan E. DeLine
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Patent number: D391214Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1997Date of Patent: February 24, 1998Assignee: Donnelly CorporationInventors: Richard R. Hook, James M. Wellington, Adam M. Deck