A tool for chamfering cleaved tips of optical fibers. The tool including conical bores of relatively smooth and hard material terminate at a cylindrical bore that is slightly larger than the fiber core maximum diameter and a fiber centering bore that is slightly larger than the fiber coating maximum diameter. The tool provided such that when a cleaved fiber tip is inserted into the centering bore the sharp edge falls upon the chamfering surface that, when rotated relative to the fiber, gently grinds the edge to the chamfer angle. Chamfering cannot occur on the core face due to the absence of tool surface at this dimension.

A tool for chamfering cleaved tips of optical fibers. The tool including conical bores of relatively smooth and hard material terminate at a cylindrical bore that is slightly larger than the fiber core maximum diameter and a fiber centering bore that is slightly larger than the fiber coating maximum diameter. The tool provided such that when a cleaved fiber tip is inserted into the centering bore the sharp edge falls upon the chamfering surface that, when rotated relative to the fiber, gently grinds the edge to the chamfer angle. Chamfering cannot occur on the core face due to the absence of tool surface at this dimension.

An apparatus for finishing a cut edge of a glass laminate includes a support including a surface and an edge, a rail disposed adjacent the support and extending substantially parallel to the edge, a carrier coupled to the rail, and a finishing tool coupled to the carrier and including an abrasive surface positioned adjacent the edge. The carrier is translatable along the rail to translate the abrasive surface relative to the edge. A method includes securing a glass laminate to a support and contacting a cut edge of the glass laminate with an abrasive surface of a finishing tool coupled to a carrier. The carrier is translated along a rail to move the abrasive surface along the cut edge of the glass laminate and transform the cut edge into a finished edge. The glass laminate can have an edge strength of at least about 100 MPa.

An apparatus for finishing a cut edge of a glass laminate includes a support including a surface and an edge, a rail disposed adjacent the support and extending substantially parallel to the edge, a carrier coupled to the rail, and a finishing tool coupled to the carrier and including an abrasive surface positioned adjacent the edge. The carrier is translatable along the rail to translate the abrasive surface relative to the edge. A method includes securing a glass laminate to a support and contacting a cut edge of the glass laminate with an abrasive surface of a finishing tool coupled to a carrier. The carrier is translated along a rail to move the abrasive surface along the cut edge of the glass laminate and transform the cut edge into a finished edge. The glass laminate can have an edge strength of at least about 100 MPa.

A vehicular frameless interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head and a mounting portion. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element and a mirror casing. The mirror reflective element includes a glass substrate having a planar front side and a planar rear side. No portion of the mirror casing overlaps the planar front side of the glass substrate of the mirror reflective element. A camera is disposed within the mirror casing. With the mounting portion of the mirror assembly mounted at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle, the camera views a driver of the vehicle, and when the mirror head is moved by the driver of the vehicle to adjust the rearward view provided by the mirror reflective element to the driver, the camera moves in tandem with movement of the mirror head. The camera is part of a driver monitoring system of the vehicle.

A cover window includes a lower surface and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface. The upper surface includes: a center area extending in a first direction and being spaced apart from the lower surface by a first interval in a thickness direction; a first curved area extending in a curved shape from a first side of the center area; and a first area extending from the first curved area in the first direction and being spaced apart from the lower surface by a second interval in the thickness direction; and the first curved area includes a first partial area concavely extending from the center area and a second partial area convexly extending from the first partial area in a cross-sectional view.

A machining apparatus for a curved plate includes a holder that holds a main surface of a curved plate having curved surfaces on both main surfaces; a machining device that machines an outer circumference of the curved plate held by the holder; a movable frame that retains the machining device; a driver that moves the movable frame to move a machining point of the curved plate held by the holder; a controller that controls the driver; and a guide that guides the movable frame along the outer circumference of the curved plate held by the holder.

A vehicular frameless interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head and a mounting portion. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element and a mirror casing. The mirror reflective element includes a glass substrate having a planar front side and a planar rear side. No portion of the mirror casing overlaps the planar front side of the glass substrate of the mirror reflective element. A camera is disposed within the mirror casing. With the mounting portion of the mirror assembly mounted at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle, the camera views a driver of the vehicle, and when the mirror head is moved by the driver of the vehicle to adjust the rearward view provided by the mirror reflective element to the driver, the camera moves in tandem with movement of the mirror head. The camera is part of a driver monitoring system of the vehicle.

A vehicular frameless interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head and a mounting portion. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element and a mirror casing. The mirror reflective element includes a glass substrate having a planar front side and a planar rear side. No portion of the mirror casing overlaps the planar front side of the glass substrate of the mirror reflective element. A camera is disposed within the mirror casing. With the mounting portion of the mirror assembly mounted at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle, the camera views a driver of the vehicle, and when the mirror head is moved by the driver of the vehicle to adjust the rearward view provided by the mirror reflective element to the driver, the camera moves in tandem with movement of the mirror head. The camera is part of a driver monitoring system of the vehicle.

An apparatus for finishing a cut edge of a glass laminate includes a support including a surface and an edge, a rail disposed adjacent the support and extending substantially parallel to the edge, a carrier coupled to the rail, and a finishing tool coupled to the carrier and including an abrasive surface positioned adjacent the edge. The carrier is translatable along the rail to translate the abrasive surface relative to the edge. A method includes securing a glass laminate to a support and contacting a cut edge of the glass laminate with an abrasive surface of a finishing tool coupled to a carrier. The carrier is translated along a rail to move the abrasive surface along the cut edge of the glass laminate and transform the cut edge into a finished edge. The glass laminate can have an edge strength of at least about 100 MPa.