US 11,865,973 B2
Housing for a rear view element of a rear view device for a vehicle
Thomas Baggi, Dammarie-les-Lys (FR); Francis Charlet, Dammarie-les-Lys (FR); David Gaskin, Portchester (GB); Andrew Lettis, Portchester (GB); Benjamin Bruhin, Dammarie-les-Lys (FR); and Wilfried Bonny, Dammarie-les-Lys (FR)
Assigned to SMR Patents S.à.r.l., Luxembourg (LU)
Filed by SMR Patents S.à.r.l., Luxembourg (LU)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/237,619.
Application 17/237,619 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/706,029, filed on Sep. 15, 2017, granted, now 10,988,082.
Claims priority of application No. 102016117488.2 (DE), filed on Sep. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0237647 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/06 (2013.01) 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing for a rear view element of a rear view device for a vehicle, comprising:
a scalp portion comprising a first circumferential edge being c-shaped extending at least partially around an opening of the scalp portion;
a lower casing portion comprising a second circumferential edge being c-shaped extending at least partially around an opening of the lower casing portion; and
a bezel comprising a third circumferential edge having a lip portion extending at least partially around the bezel,
wherein each of the c-shaped first circumferential edge of the scalp portion and the c-shaped second circumferential edge of the lower casing portion is adapted to at least partly overlap the lip portion to obtain a flush surface at a separation edge which is located at least partly at an inside panel of the bezel.