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Details

Inventors: Regan, Patrick M.;
Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation (Auburn Hills, MI)
Primary Examiner: Hofsass; Jeffery
Assistant Examiner: Nguyen; Hung
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fuller, III; Roland A.

A trip computer is incorporated into a rearview mirror assembly for displaying trip information to the driver of a motor vehicle. The mirror assembly includes a reflective element, a housing for the reflective element, a trip computer for determining vehicle trip information, and a display device for displaying the vehicle trip information, where the display device is electrically connected to the trip computer and embedded within the reflective element.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with the present invention, a trip computer is incorporated into a rearview mirror assembly for displaying trip information to the driver of a motor vehicle.
The mirror assembly includes a reflective element, a housing for the reflective element, a trip computer for determining vehicle trip information, and a display device for displaying the vehicle trip information, where the display device is electrically connected to the trip computer and embedded within the reflective element.
Additional benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention relates from a reading of the subsequent description of the preferred embodiment and the appended claims, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

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