Rear under view mirror system for vehicles

Abstract

The present invention provides a rear under view mirror system for vehicles. The rear under view mirror system includes a rear under view mirror unit having a semitransparent glass and a smart glass. When a vehicle moves forwards, the rear under view mirror unit does not protrude rearwards relative to a vehicle body and overlaps a rear windshield glass, thus providing a good appearance and preventing resistance to airflow, without hindering a driver from seeing the area behind the vehicle through the rear windshield glass. The rear under view mirror unit has a large area corresponding to that of the rear windshield glass, thus providing a sufficient view of the low area to the rear of the vehicle.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application is based on, and claims priority from, Korean Application Serial Number 10-2005-0097393, filed on Oct. 17, 2005, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates, in general, to a rear under view mirror system for vehicles and, more particularly, to a rear under view mirror system, intended to allow a driver to sufficiently see low areas to the rear of a vehicle, without hindering a driver's sight at normal times. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] A rear under view mirror is used for SUVs, buses, etc. to allow a driver to distinguish obstacles which are located at low positions to the rear of a vehicle body. Generally, the rear under view mirror is provided on the outer portion of a rear windshield glass in such a way as to protrude rearwards. [0004] As such, the rear under view mirror is secured to the vehicle body in...

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Benefits of technology

[0005] Embodiments of the present invention provide a rear under view mirror system for vehicles, which is constructed so that the system does not protrude rearwards from a vehicle when the vehicle moves forwards, and allows a driver to sufficiently see low positions to the rear of the vehicle, without hiding a rear windshield glass.

Problems solved by technology

Thus, the rear under view mirror is problematic in that it has resistance to airflow, creates a poor appearance, and hides part of the rear windshield glass, thus hindering a driver from seeing the rear of a vehicle.

Further, the mirror is small, so that the driver cannot sufficiently see low positions to the rear of the vehicle.

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