2nd Inventors' Olympiad - GENIUS 2000 Budapest, Virtual Exhibition

Registry number: B-058 Category: B Country: Hungary
Rear-view mirror, optical device
The invention
  • The problem to be solved:
    Some cars do not let to see the dead zone just behind the car during parking due to their high and steep rear design. The invented rear-view mirror solves this problem.
  • Definition:
    The object of the invention is a rear-view mirror installed at the rear of the car, above the rear window that makes visible for the driver the dead zone just behind the car without getting off.
  • Presentation:
    The object of the invention is a long, narrow and convex mirror built in into a plastic housing. This mirror is installed at the upper edge and at the middle of the rear window in a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the car with a detachable joint and makes visible the dead zone, just behind the car, down to the ground level. The convex mirror and its holding frame are hold inside the plastic housing by a tilting suspension using two cylindrical pins and bushing. This suspension makes possible that the mirror be tilted into and fixed in the required position. There are heating wires cemented on to the rear side of the mirror for demister and defrosting purposes. An additional stop light is also built in into the rear side of the mirror housing.

  • Application:
    The rear-view mirror can advantageously be used in any car where the rear window is small enough or it is located so high as to impede and hide the view behind the car.
  • Advantages:
    During reversing the driver can see any obstacle just behind the car without getting off .
    The upper side of the rear-view mirror assembly can also be shaped to serve as an air spoiler.

     

  • Stage of development:
  • Documentation available: Description, drawings and a demonstration model are available.
The inventor(s)
  • Name(s): Ferenc ESPERGER
  • Self introduction:
    He is 29 years old, he shows interest in solving technical problems. He is a successful building contractor since four years.
The protection
  • Form: Patent application (P 9904374)
  • Priority: 22 November, 1999.
  • Countries where it is force:
Business intention:
Contact
  • Name: András SZABÓ
  • E-mail: ha5cq@elender.hu
  • Fax: +361 203 27 88
  • Address: Ferenc ESPERGER, H-2500 Esztergom, Leiningen Károly u. 2, Hungary