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`French Republic Patent Net 2.653.982 (“Silva-tr: Translation").
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`19. FRENCH REPUBLIC
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` NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
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`INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
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`PARIS
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`11. Publication No.:
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`21. National Registration No.:
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`51.
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`Int Cl5: B 60 R 1/08
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`2 650 982
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`89 11192
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`APPLICATION FOR PATENT
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`12.
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`22. Date of filing: August 18, 1989
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`30. Priority:
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`43. Date application made available to the
`public: “Patents” Bulletin No. 8, February
`22, 1991
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`60. References to other related national doc-
`uments:
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`71. Applicant(s): SILVESTRE Aimé and GENIN Jean-
`Georges — FR
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`72. Inventor(s): Aimé Silvestre; Jean-Georges Genin
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`73. Holder(s):
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`74. Attorney(s): Beau de Loménie Law Office
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` FR 2 650 982 – A1
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`54. Windshield wiper comprising an improved device for connection of a principal frame
`to a secondary frame.
`57. An object of the invention is dual rearview
`mirrors intended to be placed on the exterior of
`a vehicle on the driver’s side.
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`A rearview mirror according to the invention
`comprises a regulation principal mirror 2, and an
`auxiliary mirror 4 superimposed thereon, which
`has the same width and a height on the order of
`one half that of the principal mirror. The two mir-
`rors are interdependent and their projections on
`a horizontal plane form an angle between them
`of between 8° and 10°, which is oriented so that
`the field of the auxiliary mirror is in front of the
`field of the principal mirror.
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`An application is equipment for motor vehi-
`cles.
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` Exterior rearview mirror located
`on the driver’s side
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`DESCRIPTION
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`The present invention relates to exterior rearview mirrors located on the driver’s side of
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`motor vehicles.
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`The technical field of the invention is the manufacture of automobile accessories. Current
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`regulations in most countries require that motor vehicles be equipped with an interior rearview
`mirror and an exterior rearview mirror located on the driver’s side to allow the driver to see vehi-
`cles coming from behind preparing to pass.
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`Because of the relative position of the driver’s eyes and the rearview mirrors, and the
`usual dimensions thereof, the field of the two rearview mirrors does not cover part of the road on
`the side of the vehicle where the driver is, so that the driver risks changing lanes without seeing
`that another vehicle is already preparing to pass, a frequent cause of accidents.
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`Already known are vehicles equipped with two exterior rearview mirrors located on the
`driver’s side which can be oriented independent of each other. The solution is not satisfactory
`because the angle between the two rearview mirrors must be adjusted with great precision so that
`the fields of the two mirrors complement each other.
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`The objective of the present invention is to obtain new dual rearview mirrors that are in-
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`terdependent and which form angles between them that are said permanently by the manufacturer
`to a precise value that results in the best rearward visibility.
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`An exterior rearview mirror according to the invention comprises a principal mirror and
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`an auxiliary mirror, which are flat, superimposed, interdependent mirrors and the respective sec-
`tions of the two mirrors along horizontal planes form between them a constant angle of between
`8° and 10° and preferably equal to 9°, and the auxiliary mirror is angularly offset in a direction
`such that its field is located in front of the field of the principal mirror.
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`Advantageously the two mirrors are rectangular, have the same width, and the auxiliary
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`mirror is situated above the principal mirror and is of a height on the order of one half that of the
`principal mirror.
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`Preferably, the sections of the two mirrors along a vertical plane form an angle (β) be-
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`tween them of between 1.5° and 3.5°, and preferably equal to 2.5°, and the auxiliary mirror is tilt-
`ed towards the front of the principal mirror, i.e. towards the rear of the vehicle.
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`The result of the invention is two new exterior rearview mirrors intended to be placed on
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`the same side of a motor vehicle as the steering wheel.
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`The dual rearview mirrors according to the invention comply with regulations since they
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`include a regulation principal rearview mirror. Moreover, without increasing the width, they al-
`low a driver, before changing lanes, to check in the auxiliary rearview mirror to ensure that a ve-
`hicle is not already engaged on his left or right, thus making it possible to avoid accidents particu-
`larly on highways.
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`The angles between the two rearview mirrors are set to their optimal value by the manu-
`facturer and cannot be changed since the two rearview mirrors are interdependent.
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`The following description refers to the appended drawings which represent, without limi-
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`tation, one embodiment of a dual rearview mirror according to the invention.
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`Figure 1 is a top view of a vehicle equipped with a dual rearview mirror according to the
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`invention.
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`Figure 2 is a front view of a dual rearview mirror according to the invention.
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`Figures 3 and 4 are cross-sections along III-III and IV-IV of figure 2.
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`Figure 1 represents an automotive vehicle 1 traveling to the right and which has a steer-
`ing wheel on the left.
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`This vehicle is equipped with an exterior rearview mirror 2 called principal rearview mir-
`ror, which is attached to the left door in which is of regulation dimensions. Represented in the
`figure are the eyes of the driver, and in dashed lines the field that he sees in the rearview mirror 2
`for a proper setting of the orientation thereof. It can be seen that a whole area of the road in the
`left lane is located in front of said field, so that the driver of vehicle 1 cannot see a vehicle 3
`which is about to pass and which is located in front of the field of the rearview mirror 2. If he
`changes lanes at that moment the risk of an accident is high.
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`To eliminate this risk, the vehicle 1 is equipped with a second auxiliary rearview mirror
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`In order for said auxiliary rearview mirror to be effective, it must have a field of view that
`is complementary to that of the principal rearview mirror.
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`To achieve this, the auxiliary rearview mirror must make an angle with the principal
`rearview mirror in the horizontal plane that must be determined very precisely during manufac-
`ture of the dual rearview mirror, and which the driver will be unable to change subsequently.
`Represented in solid lines in figure 1 is the field of vision 4' of the auxiliary rearview mirror 4,
`which is situated in front of the field of vision of the principal rearview mirror.
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`Figure 2 is a front view of a preferred embodiment of a dual rearview mirror according to
`the invention. It comprises a rectangular flat principal mirror 2 which has standardized dimen-
`sions, for example a width of 150 mm and a height of 80 mm.
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`Above the principal mirror is a second auxiliary flat mirror 4 which has the same width
`and substantially less height, for example a height of between about one half and one third that of
`the principal mirror.
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`Thus, the driver normally looks into the principal mirror, which is the larger one and
`which is of regulation dimensions. The secondary mirror is superimposed on the principal mirror
`and does not modify the width thereof.
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`The two mirrors 2 and 4 are interdependent with one another. They are mounted in a
`frame – not shown – and the orientation of the two mirrors can be set by orienting the frame
`which can be mounted on a ball, or by orienting the two mirrors with respect to the frame, but
`being interdependent the two mirrors pivot simultaneously by the same angle so that if the fields
`of the two mirrors are complementary they remain so when the orientation of both mirrors is
`modified simultaneously.
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`Figure 3 is a horizontal cross-section along III-III of figure 2. It can be seen in this figure
`that the horizontal section of the auxiliary mirror 4 forms an angle α, the value of which is factory
`set, with the horizontal section of the principal mirror 2, which angle is between 8° and 10° de-
`pending on the models of automobiles, and preferably equal to 9°.
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`The values have been established experimentally by tests performed on automobiles to
`find the angle that makes it possible to obtain a field 4' of the auxiliary mirror that works as effec-
`tively as possible with the field 2' of the principal mirror.
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`Preferably, the two mirrors are fixed on the same vertical axis 5 located in the middle of
`the width, and their projections on a horizontal plane intersect in the middle as shown in figure 3.
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`The angle α is such that the field of the auxiliary mirror is located in front of the field of
`the principal mirror, i.e. the angular offset between the position of the principal mirror and that of
`the auxiliary mirror is in a clockwise direction in the case of a rearview mirror of a left-hand drive
`vehicle, as represented in figure 3.
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`In the case of a rearview mirror equipping a right-hand drive vehicle, the angular offset α
`between the principal rearview mirror and auxiliary rearview mirror is in the reverse direction.
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`Figure 4 represents a vertical cross-section of figure 2 along a line IV-IV.
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`It can be seen in this figure that the sections of the two mirrors 2 and 4 along a vertical
`plane form a constant angle β between them. Said angle is between 1.5° and 3.5°, and is prefera-
`bly equal to 2.5°.
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`The plane of the auxiliary mirror is tilted towards the rear of the vehicle, i.e. towards the
`reflective face of the principal mirror. By varying the sections of the two mirrors along vertical
`planes, they can be aligned.
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`1. Motor vehicle exterior rearview mirror located on the driver’s side, characterized in
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`that it comprises a principal mirror (2) and an auxiliary of mirror (4), which are flat mirrors, su-
`perimposed and interdependent and the respective sections of the two mirrors along the horizontal
`planes form a constant angle (α) between them of between 8° and 10°, and preferably equal to 9°,
`and the auxiliary mirror is angularly offset in a direction such that its field is located in front of
`the field of the principal mirror.
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`2. Rearview mirror according to claim 1, characterized in that said mirrors are generally
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`rectangular in shape and have the same width, and in that said auxiliary mirror (4) is situated
`above the principal mirror at a height of between about one half and one third of that of the prin-
`cipal mirror (2).
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`3. Rearview mirror according to claim 2, characterized in that the sections of the two
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`mirrors along a vertical plane form an angle (β) between them of between 1.5° and 3.5°, and pref-
`erably equal to 2.5°.
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`4. Rearview mirror according to claim 3, characterized in that said auxiliary mirror (4)
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`is tilted towards the reflecting face of said principal mirror (2).
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`5. Rearview mirror according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the two
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`mirrors (2, 4) are mounted on the same vertical axis (5) located in the middle of their width.
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`@ N“de publication:
`l'a n'unlrser que pour les
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`2 650 982
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`INSTITUT NATIONAL
`DE LA PROPRIETE INDUSTRIELLE
`PARlS
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`commandes ole reproducuom
`@ N" d'enregistrement national :
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`89 1 1 192
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`(53 Int on : B 60 111/08.
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`DEMANDE DE BREVET D'INVENTION
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`» A1
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`Date de dépfit: 18 aofit1989.
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`663 Priorlté :
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`Date de la mise a disposition du public de la
`demande : BOPI ( Brevets » n“ 8 do 22 février 1991.
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`Références é d'autres documents nationaux appa-
`rentés :
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`Rétroviseurs extériaurs situés du cété du conducteur.
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`L'invention a pour objet des rétroviseurs doubles destinés
`a étre placés a l'extérieur d'un véhicule du cété du conducteur.
`Un rétroviseur selon l'invention comporte un miroir princrpal
`2 réglementaire et un miroir auxiliaire 4 qux lui est superposé,
`qui a la méme largeur et une hauteur de l'ordre de la moitié de
`celle du miroir principal. Les deux miroirs sont solidaires at
`leurs projections sur un plan horizontal ferment entre elles un
`angle compris entre 8° at 10° qui est orienté de telle sorte que
`le champ du rnirolr auxiliaire soit en avant du champ du miroir
`principal.
`Une application est l'équipement des véhicules automobiles.
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`@ Demandeur(s) : SILVESTHE Aime’
`Gearges. — FR.
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`et GEN/N Jean-
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`® |nventeur(s) : Aimé Silvestre: Jean-Georges Genin.’
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`@ Titulairels) :
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`Mandatairels) : Cabinet Beau de Loménie.
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`Rétroviseurs extérieurs situés du
`cété du conducteur.
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`DESCRIPTION
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`La présente invention a pour objet des rétroviseurs de véhicule
`automobile situés a l'extérieur sur la portiére qui se trouve du cété
`du conducteur.
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`Le secteur technique de l'invention est celui de la construction
`accessoires
`automobiles.
`Les
`réglements
`en tigueurr dans
`la
`des
`majorité des pays.
`exigent
`que
`les véhicules
`automobiles
`soient
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`équipées d'un rétroviseur intérieur et d'un rétroviseur extérieur qui
`est situé du c6té du conducteur et qui permet a celui-ci de voir les
`véhicules venant de l‘arriere qui s‘apprétent a le doubler.
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`Compte tenu de la position relative des yeux du conducteur et
`des rétroviseurs et des dimensions courantes de ceux-ci. 1e champ des
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`deux rétroviseurs ne couvre pas une partie de la route située sur le
`cote du véhicule ou se trouve 1e conducteur de sorte que le conducteur
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`risque de déboiter sans voir qu'un autre véhicule est déja engagé pour
`le doubler ce qui est une cause fréquente d'accidents.
`rétroviseurs
`0n
`connait déja des véhicules
`équipés
`de deux
`extérieurs situés du caté du conducteur et orientables indépendamment
`l'un de l'autre. Cette solution n'est pas satisfaisante car
`l'angle
`entre les deux rétroviseurs doit étre réglé avec beaucoup de precision
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`pour que les champs des deux miroirs se complétent.
`L'objectif.de la présente invention est de procure: de nouveaux
`rétroviseurs doubles qui
`sont
`solidaires 'l'un de
`l'autre et qui
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`ferment entre eux des angles qui sont réglés une fois pour toute par
`1e constructeur
`a une valeur precise qui conduit
`a
`la meilleure
`visibilité vers l'arriére.
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`Un rétroviseur
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`extérieur selon l'invention comporte un miroir
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`sont des miroirs plans.
`qui
`principal et un miroir auxiliaire
`superposés et solidaires et les sections respectives des deux miroirs
`par des plans horizontaux formant entre elles un angle
`constant
`compris entre 8° at 10° et de préférenoe égal 5 9° et
`le miroir
`auxiliaire est décalé angulairement dans un sens tel que son chamo se
`situe en avant du champ du miroir principal.
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`Avantageusement
`les deux miroirs sont rectangulaires at out
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`le miroir auxiliaire est situé au-dessus du miroir
`largeur et
`méme
`principal at a une hauteur de l‘ordre de la moitié de celle du miroir
`principal.
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`De preference 1es sections des deux miroirs par un plan vertical
`ferment entre elles an angle (fl) compris entre l,5° et 3,5° et de
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`incliné vers
`le miroir auxiliaire est
`é 2.5° et
`préférence égal
`l'avant du miroir principal. c'est-a-dire vers l'arriére du véhicule.
`L'invention a pour résultat de nouveaux rétroviseurs extérieurs
`destinés é étre placés du méme cété d'un véhicule automobile que le
`volant.
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`Les
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`rétroviseurs
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`doubles
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`selon l'invention répondent
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`a
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`la
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`rétroviseur principal
`un
`fair qu'ils comportent
`réglementation du
`réglementaire. De plus, sans augments:
`l'encombrement en largeur.
`ils
`permettent au conducteur de vérifier dans
`le rétroviseur auxiliaire
`avant de déboiter qu'un véhicule n‘est pas déja engagé sur sa gauche
`ou sur sa droite. ce qui permet d‘éviter des accidents, notamment sur
`les autoroutes.
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`par
`réglés
`sont
`rétroviseurs
`deux
`les
`entre
`angles
`Les
`construction a
`leur valeur optimale et ne peuvent étre modifiés
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`puisque les deux rétroviseurs sont solidaires.
`Lap description suivante
`se
`référe aux dessins
`représentent,
`sans
`aucun
`caractére
`limitatif.
`un
`realisation d‘un double rétroviseur selon l'invention.
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`annexés
`exemple
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`qui
`de
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`La figure 1 est une vue en plan d'un véhicule équipé d'un double
`rétroviseur selon l'invention.
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`La figure 2 est une vue de face d'un double rétroviseur selon
`l'invention.
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`Les figures 3 et 4 sont des coupes selon III III et IV IV de la
`figure 2.
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`représente un véhicule automobile l qui
`figure 1
`La
`droite et qui a un volant é gauche.
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`roule a
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`2 dit
`extérieur
`rétroviseur
`d'un
`équipé
`est
`véhicule
`Ce
`rétroviseur principal qui est fixé a la portiére gauche et qui a des
`dimensions réglementaires. On a représenté sur la figure les yeuk du
`conducteur et en pointillés 1e champ qu'il voit dans le rétroviseur 2
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`pour un bon réglage de l'orientation de celui-ci. 0n voit que toute
`one zone de la route située sur la voie de gauche se trouve en avant
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`de ce champ de sorte que le conducteur du véhicule 1 ne peut pas voir
`un véhicule 3 qui s'est engage pour le doubler et qui se trouve en
`avant du champ du rétroviseur
`2 et s'il déboite a cat
`instant
`le
`risque d‘accident est élevé.
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`Pour supprimer ce riSque. 1e véhicule 1 est équipé d'un deuxiéme
`rétroviseur auxiliaire 4.
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`Pour que ce rétroviseur auxiliaire soit efficace i1 faut qu'il
`ait un champ de vision qui soit complémentaire de celui de rétroviseur
`principal.
`Pour cela i1 faut que le rétroviseur auxiliaire fasse avec le
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`rétroviseur principal un angle dans 1e plan horizontal qui doit étre
`déterminé de
`fagon trés precise lors de la construction du double
`rétroviseur sans que le conducteur puisse le modifier par la suite. On
`a
`représenté
`en trait pleins sur la figure 1
`le champ de vision 4"
`du rétroviseur auxiliaire 4 qui se situe en ayant du champ de vision
`du rétroviseur principal.
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`realisation
`de
`face d’un mode
`figure 2 est une vue de
`La
`préférentiel d'un double
`rétroviseur
`selon l'invention. Celui-ci
`comporte un miroir principal plan rectangulaire 2 qui a des dimensions
`normalisées par example une largeur de 150 mm et une hauteur de 80 mm.
`Au-dessus
`du miroir principal
`se
`trouve un deuxiéme miroir
`
`largeur et une hauteur nettement
`la meme
`a
`auxiliaire plan 4 qui
`inférieure. par example une hauteur cOmprise entre environ 1a moitié
`et le tiers de celle du miroir principal.
`
`Ainsi le conducteur regards normalement dans le miroir principal
`
`qui est le plus grand et qui correspond aux dimensions réglementaires.
`Le miroir secondaire étant superposé au miroir principal ne modifie
`
`pas 1'encombrement en largeur de celui-ci.
`Les deux miroirs 2 et
`4 sont solidaires l'un de l'autre. Ils
`sont montés dans un cadre non représenté et
`l'orientation des deux
`
`miroirs peut érre réglée en orientant le cadre qui peut étre monté sur
`une rotule en en orientant les deux miroirs par rapport au cadre mais
`les deux miroirs étant solidaires ils pivotent simultanément du méme
`angle de sorta que si les champs des deux miroirs sont complémentaires
`ils 1e restent lorsqu'on modifie simultanément l'orientation des deux
`miroirs.
`
`La figure 3 est une coupe horizontale selon III III de la figure
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`la section horizontale du miroir
`sur cette figure que
`0n voit
`2.
`auxiliaire 4 forme avec la section horizontale du miroir principal 2
`
`un angle u dont la valeur est réglée en usine et qui est compris entre
`8° et 10° selon les modéles de voitures et de preference égal a 9°.
`Les valeurs ont été établies expérimentalement par des essais
`effectués
`sur des voitures afin de
`trouver
`l'angle
`qui permet
`
`se conjugue le plus
`d'obtenir un champ 4' du miroir auxiliaire qui
`efficacement possible avec le champ 2' du miroir principal.
`De préférence les deux miroirs
`sont
`fixes
`sur un meme, axe
`vertical
`5 situé au milieu de la largeur et leurs projections sur un
`
`plan horizontal se recoupent done en leur milieu comme 1e montre la
`figure 3.
`
`L'angle u est tel que le champ du miroir auxiliaire se trouve en
`du
`champ du miroir principal c’est-a-dire que
`le- décalage
`avant
`angulaire entre la position du miroir principal et celle du miroir
`auxiliaire est
`dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre dans le cas
`d'un rétroviseur
`d'un véhicule
`avec
`conduite
`a
`gauche
`qui
`est
`
`représenté sur la figure 3.
`Dans le cas d'un rétroviseur équipant un véhicule avec conduite
`a droite 1e décalage angulaire a entre rétroviseur principal et
`rétroviseur auxiliaire est en sens inverse.
`.
`
`La figure 4
`une ligne IV IV.
`0n voit sur cette figure que les sections des deux miroirs 2 et
`
`représente une coupe verticale de la figure 2 par
`
`ferment entre elles un angle constant B. Cet
`4 par un plan vertical
`angle est compris entre l.5° et 3,5° et de préférence égal a 2.S°.
`Le plan du mircir auxiliaire est
`incline vers
`l'arriére du
`véhicule c'est-é-dire vets la face réfléchissante du miroir principal.
`
`En variante les sections des deux miroirs par des plans verticaux
`
`peuvent étre alignées.
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`REVENDICATIONS
`
`1.
`
`Rétroviseur extérieur de véhicule automobile situé d‘u cété
`
`(2)
`du conducteur caractérisé en ce qu‘il comporte un m'iroir principal
`et un miroir auxiliaire (4) qui sont des miroirs plans. superposés et
`solidaires et les sections respectives des deux miroirs par des plans
`horizontaux formant entre elles un angle ((1) constant, compris entre-
`
`le miroir auxiliaire estr
`5 9° et
`8° at 10° et de préférence égal
`décalé angulairement dans un sens tel que son champ se situe en avant
`du champ du miroir principal-
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`2. Rétroviseur salon 1a revendication l caractérisé en ce que
`
`lesdits miroirs ont une forme générale rectangulaire at out 18 méme
`largeur et ledit miroir auxiliaire (4) est situé au~dessus du miroir
`principal et
`a une hauteur comprise entre environ rla moitié et
`le
`tiers de celle du miroir principal (2).
`3. Rétroviseur salon la revendication 2 caractérisé en ce que
`
`les sections des deux miroirs par un plan vertical formant entre elles
`
`un angle (8) compris entre l.5° et 3.5° et de préférence égal a 2,5".
`-
`1:. Rétroviseur selon la revendication 3 caractérisé en ce que
`ledit miroir auxiliaire (4) est
`incline vers lajface féfléchissante
`
`'dudit miroir principal (2).
`5. Rétroviseur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 a 4
`caractérisé en ce que les'deux miroirs (2. 4) sont montés sui' un méme
`axe vertical
`(5) situé au milieu de leur largeur.
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